Baby names often echo the news, or major events that marked the year. Kobe Bryant, one of the biggest stars in the NBA, died last January in his helicopter crash in southern California, plunging fans and the sports world into grief. This is how the first name of the late basketball player experienced a resurgence in popularity in the United States in 2020. According to the BabyCenter site, whose data was relayed by the American channel CNN, the attributions of the first name Kobe increased by 175% compared to last year.
The first name of the daughter of the five-time NBA champion, Gianna, who also died in the dramatic accident in January at the age of 13, has also met with enthusiasm among young parents. The attribution of this name saw a jump of 216% compared to 2019, allowing Gianna to establish itself in the top 100 of the most popular girl names in the United States, at the 24e square. Despite its resurgence in popularity, the first name Kobe failed, for its part, to make a place among the top 100 for boys.
The first name Kamala is popular
Another phenomenon observed by the BabyCenter site: the strong increase in popularity of the first name Kamala (+ 104%). This enthusiasm was most certainly fostered by the appointment last August of Senator Kamala Harris as running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Note also the decline of the first name Karen (-13%), especially because it is now used in the United States in slang as a pejorative term for a middle-class and middle-aged woman who complains of everything and is openly racist.
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