Potent “Netflix effect” seen in baby naming

The annual accounting of what we’re naming our babies has been unearthed by the Toronto Star. There was a time when children were necessarily named after their dads (Hiram the III and stuff like that) or royalty. In many ways English kids were lucky to have the anonymity offered by names like George or Edward. Movies changed  much of that and today it is Netflix, HBO and other entertainment spinners causing us to name kids after stars.