Per Social Security Admin, how many of the Palin's kids names make Top 1000 list for 2008?

In an Ancient Time, Far Away: There was a very popular men's deodorant called Trig...

Cool question.

I agree with mork. It is a cool question. I never would have thought of that take on it.

If the last two administrations are any indication though, the question might actually be coming a year too soon for us to see a bump. Out of curiosity, I looked up the name, Jenna, to see if President Bush gave it a bump. In 2000 while Bush was campaigning, it had declined to #64 from #61. However, after he took office in 2001, it jumped up to #45. It declined slowly in the years to follow until 2006 and 2007 when it declined rapidly...perhaps following Bush's own popularity ratings?? :) (The name Barbara didn't seem to be impacted, but I wouldn't expect people to snatch that one up anyway)

Lest the Republicans feel picked on, I'll also point out that the name Chelsea was moving steadily up the list through 1992, and then began a fairly significant and steady decline from 1993 on (from #15 in 1993 to #209 in 2007). Maybe its true that conservatives hate the Clintons more than the liberals love them...or maybe politics have no effect on baby names. Interesting to note that it followed the same pattern though...moving in one direction all the way through the election year, and then changed direction the year that Dad took office. Well, interesting to me anyway, but I'm a geek.

By the way, despite this, I still put my money on one more name being added to the list. It looks like most years it takes a little less than 200 births to make the boys list. Trig and Track are names that I could envision hearing at the playground, and since they are so unusual I think they might grab people's attention. There have got to be a few expecting parents watching the political coverage who are still fighting over names, right? So maybe Palin's kids will buck the trend.