As President Donald Trump’s favorability among Americans continues to reach record lows, so too has the number of infants given the name “Donald,” a review of Social Security Administration data by NOTUS found Tuesday.
“The federal agency received fewer than 400 Social Security card applications for baby Donalds last year, making ‘Donald’ the nation’s 690th most popular baby name amid Trump’s return to the White House for a second term,” NOTUS’ Dave Levinthal wrote.
“‘Donald’ did tick up a few notches in 2017, Trump’s first year in office, but continued its nearly unabated free fall for the next eight years, losing more than 200 popularity places by 2025.”
The name “Donald,” according to NOTUS’ review of federal data, saw its popularity peak in 1934, with more than 30,400 babies receiving the name.
The name ‘Donald’ would remain among the 100 most-popular baby names in the United States through 1990, just as Trump’s tabloid fame exploded after Vanity Fair published its explosive profile of Marla Maples, who was revealed to be the president’s “hidden” girlfriend amid his crumbling marriage to Ivana Trump, who today is buried at one of Trump’s golf clubs.
“Even in Florida, Trump’s new home state and a Republican stronghold, parents minted just 21 baby boy Donalds last year, at par with the names ‘Abner,’ ‘Enoch,’ ‘Neythan,’ ‘Ariun,’ ‘Eros,’ ‘Stone’ and ‘Westley,’ and slightly behind the likes of ‘Mohammad,’ ‘Kash,’ ‘Brandon,’ ‘Maximus,’ ‘Keanu’ and ‘Truce,’ among hundreds of others,” NOTUS’ report reads.
“Parents haven’t been influenced by the first lady, either. ‘Melania’ once cracked the top 1,000 most popular baby girl names – in 2017 – but did not appear before or after Trump’s first year in office, according to Social Security Administration records.”
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