We also recognize the phenomenon: when its success goes beyond cinemas and television screens. With more than a billion dollars worldwide since its release, Barbie steps into that box and goes so far as to inspire…parents-to-be.
According to TMZwhich is based on data Babynames.comJuly 2023 was marked by a sharp increase in searches for the names Barbie and Ken: +300% for her, +200% for him.
This isn’t the first time pop culture has inspired this kind of thing, as many girls named Khaleesi can attest to when the Game of Thrones craze was in full swing (though many parents may have regretted it when they discovered the season). 8).
Not even that barbie causes this effect. In the 1960s, between seventy and a hundred children were named after a doll born in 1959. Consequently, Greta Gerwig’s film is at risk of causing a new wave in the coming months.
And those future kids will be able to count themselves lucky that Summer’s Cardboard Cutout wasn’t Pixar’s Elementary, or they’d risk being named Flam or Flack.
Source: Allocine
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