For some parents, the main driver in picking a baby name is a car.
Yahoo managing editor Justin Hyde researched Social Security Administration data for registered newborns to see what the most popular baby names in 2014 were based on car names. Some like Lincoln and Bentley were the most popular among the thousands of babies named after cars.
This isnt necessarily a new trend, either. Laura Wattenberg, founder of BabyNameWizard, a popular baby name website, told Yahoo that parents have looked to their cars for baby names for decades.
You do see a lot of luxury brands cross the line onto baby names, Wattenberg told Yahoo. Any kind of brand associated with a lifestyle, like Armani or Prada an obvious place to look is things you like and admire.
What other names made the list? Heres a look at the most popular baby names based on cars, broken down by the specific number of boys and girls who received each name in 2014.
Lincoln
Boys: 4,785, Girls: 127, Total: 4,912
Bentley
Boys: 4,722, Girls: 173, Total: 4,895
Royce
Boys: 601, Girls: 43, Total: 644
Chevy
Boys: 236, Girls: 43, Total: 279
Mercedes
Boys: 0, Girls: 268, Total: 268
Ford
Boys: 244, Girls: 0, Total: 244
Lexus
Boys: 0, Girls: 73, Total: 73
Ram
Boys: 38, Girls: 0, Total: 38
Dodge
Boys: 30, Girls: 0, Total: 0
Kia
Boys: 0, Girls: 23, Total: 23
Audi
Boys: 0, Girls: 12, Total: 12
Tesla
Boys: 9, Girls: 0, Total: 9
Mercury
Boys: 6, Girls: 0, Total: 6
Nissan
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total: 5
Infinity
Boys: 0, Girls: 5, Total: 5
Jaguar
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total: 5
McLaren
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total 5
Yahoo managing editor Justin Hyde researched Social Security Administration data for registered newborns to see what the most popular baby names in 2014 were based on car names. Some like Lincoln and Bentley were the most popular among the thousands of babies named after cars.
This isnt necessarily a new trend, either. Laura Wattenberg, founder of BabyNameWizard, a popular baby name website, told Yahoo that parents have looked to their cars for baby names for decades.
You do see a lot of luxury brands cross the line onto baby names, Wattenberg told Yahoo. Any kind of brand associated with a lifestyle, like Armani or Prada an obvious place to look is things you like and admire.
What other names made the list? Heres a look at the most popular baby names based on cars, broken down by the specific number of boys and girls who received each name in 2014.
Lincoln
Boys: 4,785, Girls: 127, Total: 4,912
Bentley
Boys: 4,722, Girls: 173, Total: 4,895
Royce
Boys: 601, Girls: 43, Total: 644
Chevy
Boys: 236, Girls: 43, Total: 279
Mercedes
Boys: 0, Girls: 268, Total: 268
Ford
Boys: 244, Girls: 0, Total: 244
Lexus
Boys: 0, Girls: 73, Total: 73
Ram
Boys: 38, Girls: 0, Total: 38
Dodge
Boys: 30, Girls: 0, Total: 0
Kia
Boys: 0, Girls: 23, Total: 23
Audi
Boys: 0, Girls: 12, Total: 12
Tesla
Boys: 9, Girls: 0, Total: 9
Mercury
Boys: 6, Girls: 0, Total: 6
Nissan
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total: 5
Infinity
Boys: 0, Girls: 5, Total: 5
Jaguar
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total: 5
McLaren
Boys: 5, Girls: 0, Total 5