These Instagram Filters As Baby Names Are A Growing Trend
Yes, real human babies named after Instagram filters. The next generation of baby-makers really, truly have the power now. And they're squandering it. Turning their children into photo filter names from an app. On the plus side, these names aren't the most horrifying massacres of a set of baby names we've ever heard. But they're not the best names in the history of the world, either. Can you imagine anyone making a large contribution to our society with a name derived from a photo filter? From a social networking app owned by Facebook?
The following names are surging in popularity for human babies according to BabyCenter.com: Lux, Juno, Reyes, Ludwig, Amaro, Valencia, and Willow.
The rankings you're seeing are based on BabyCenter's database calculations as well as the US Government Social Security Administration's public listings. Some of the newer names do not yet have any publicly available information from the US government, while some – like the name "Ludwig" is obviously an old name, and can be tracked back quite a few years.
You'll see here how the name Ludwig, though also an Instagram filter, was once a rather popular name in the United States. Now that it's returned to prominence – right at the same time Instagram was launched and took hold of the app universe – the name is growing in popularity.
That's not to say that the name is now extremely popular. You'll see just 36 (babies per million) entries in the year 2013, a far cry from the 131 (babies per million) peak in 1897.
The following names have jumped in popularity by the percentages you see near them since Instagram was first brought into popularity over the past several years.
Lux is up 75 percentLudwig is up 42 percentAmaro is up 26 percentReyes is up 10 percentHudson is up 4 percentKelvin is up 3 percentJuno is up 30 percentValencia is up 26 percentWillow is up 13 percent
Unfortunately the filters/human names Walden, Sierra, and Lark were all down in usage over the past several years.
Sadness.
People don't like those filters, clearly. Not enough to name their babies after them.
Are you surprised by these developments? Did you expect that naming babies after photo filters would NOT be happening?