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Popularity of names surrounding releases of fictional media
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Seriously worried about the people who watched the movie Lolita and decided it was a good name for a little girl.
I'm really hoping they just heard the name and didn't see it.
Less significant, but in the film they do reference Forrest being named after famous Confederate general and KKK pioneer Nathan Bedford Forrest.
That's actually what I was thinking from the graph. The name rises in popularity with the upcoming movie like with the other names, but the downward turn is sharper and more sudden following the premiere than with most other movies (with the exception of Forrest).
It's like the name was being heard more with the upcoming movie and many thought it sounded nice - but when the movie came out many were like: "oh".
"Oh wait, turns out Forrest Gump isn't very smart"
But he did more than most of us will
And yet, surprisingly parents didn't want to name their children after a mentally challenged character.
But he knows what love is