It's difficult to pinpoint the precise degree of "Twilight's" influence on the more than 4 million baby names chosen annually in the U.S., in part because Meyer chose names for her characters that were either already high on the hot list (Jacob), rising (Bella, Alice, Jasper, Emmett) or related to those that were. Isabella was already a top-10 girls' name in 2005, and Bella was at No. 208 and rising at a nice clip.
Cullen was at No. 727 in 2005 and falling, but using last names as first names was already a powerful trend. <-- That.
I'm not saying Twilight had no influence on the popularity of those names, just that it wasn't necessarily what made them popular. Now obviously this does not apply to Renesmee, which I would kind of enjoy seeing in the top 1000, if only to see the outraged reactions of everyone in this community. ;)
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:45 pm (UTC)Cullen was at No. 727 in 2005 and falling, but using last names as first names was already a powerful trend. <-- That.
I'm not saying Twilight had no influence on the popularity of those names, just that it wasn't necessarily what made them popular. Now obviously this does not apply to Renesmee, which I would kind of enjoy seeing in the top 1000, if only to see the outraged reactions of everyone in this community. ;)
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Date: 2010-08-02 07:41 pm (UTC)Awesome.