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By HERB SCRIBNER DESERET NEWS
July 6, 2015 - 11:04 am
 

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 isn’t 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? Here’s 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

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