BabyCenter just released its annual report on the year's most popular baby names, and it included some very interesting trends.
Perhaps because 2016 was a shitstorm, many parents named their babies after horror characters, like The Walking Dead's Tyreese (up 48% since 2015), Hershel (up 37%), and Carol (up 18%).
Also on the rise were names from Stranger Things: Dustin (up 32%), Mike (up 28%), and Joyce (up 23%).
Iris — the name of Kathy Bates's murderous front desk clerk in American Horror Story: Hotel — was up too (16% from 2015).
Another trend was to name babies after superheroes — especially those with a dark side. Banner (as in Dr. Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk) was up 48% over 2015.
Harley (as in Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad) was up big too — 35%.
One more trend: Parents of baby girls named their bundles of joy after powerful women. Hillary, for example, rose 64%.
Ivanka was up 39%.
Ellen increased by 30%.
And Venus was up 26%.
But enough about trends! Here are the top 10 lists for 2016:
To see the full top 100 names of 2016, and for all the naming-trend news you could ever need, visit BabyCenter.