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U.S. Presidential Last Names as Baby Names

Can you guess the 10 most common presidential LAST names that were used as baby FIRST names in the U.S. since 2020?
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First submittedOctober 22, 2020
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% Male
Name
33,863
99.8
Jackson
29,320
92.0
Carter
24,751
97.8
Lincoln
22,985
0.5
Madison
13,391
3.4
Kennedy
12,378
99.7
Harrison
10,318
100
Arthur
10,110
94.6
Tyler
8,905
6.6
Reagan
7,665
23.8
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79 Comments
HinesBrothers
+21
Level 75
Oct 22, 2020
Nearest misses:

Grant - 1,980. There are an estimated over 111,000 Grants in America - this one is trending downward

Hayes - 1,227. Who names their kid Hayes?

McKinley - 679. Personally I thought this one would have been higher on the list

Monroe - 618. This is by far the most unisex names of all the top 15, ~61% are males.

Pierce - 609. I could see this one being a baby name but, like Hayes, I don't know of any Pierces.

plattitude
+19
Level 91
Oct 23, 2020
Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan.
markthoma
+26
Level 73
Oct 23, 2020
More than anything I was stunned Grant didn't make it. That is a pretty common name, or at least I thought it was until today.
SissyGirl
+4
Level 65
Nov 2, 2020
I have a friend whose name is Grant.
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 89
Oct 24, 2020
My sister's middle name is Pierce, and it's what she goes by.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
May 18, 2024
And one of my other sister's friends in high school was a girl named Jackson.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Oct 24, 2020
Hamilton and Jefferson didn't even make the near misses? hm.. less than Hayes or McKinley? weird.
morcaca
+29
Level 59
Oct 24, 2020
Hamilton... wasn't president.
emmachka
+14
Level 47
Oct 30, 2020
Well he's never gonna be now...
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 31, 2020
yeet: oh yeah.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Oct 31, 2020
Alexander Hamilton is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.
Jacktheguy
+15
Level 89
Oct 31, 2020
Well, being the subject of a Broadway musical helps.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 31, 2020
yes :) but... I was quoting someone who was talking about Frederick Douglass.
FlyingG
+2
Level 68
Nov 1, 2020
cool
KIS
+1
Level 81
Nov 4, 2020
I got stuck on Grant and Hayes. I know a kid named Hayes.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
May 18, 2024
I also know someone named Hayes. I don't think it's uncommon.
NEGeo
+1
Level 58
May 18, 2024
Pierce Johnson, Braves reliever, there's a lot of Pierces out there
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Oct 23, 2020
I've never heard of McKinley as a first name until now. It seems to have been invented around the same time that President McKinley became well known. It was almost exclusively a boys name until suddenly, around 1970, people started naming girls McKinley. Today 90% of babies named McKinley are female.
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 75
Oct 23, 2020
I've heard of a few McKinleys. I couldn't name any from the top of my head, but I know I have heard the name several times
kalbahamut
+47
Level 82
Oct 24, 2020
When they grow up they'll change their name to Denali.
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Oct 24, 2020
Funny enough, there are a couple thousand people in the U.S. named Denali.
mf3
+14
Level 87
Oct 23, 2020
What -- no Van Burens?
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 75
Oct 23, 2020
Nope
vermiciousknid
+8
Level 88
Oct 23, 2020
"The popularity of Vanburen peaked in 1914, when it was the 2,915th most popular name for baby boys."
Ghostbuster
+5
Level 90
Oct 24, 2020
You don't want to associate your kid with a dangerous street gang.
loganite
+1
Level 89
Oct 25, 2020
They're not too dangerous if you know their sign. They'll never come after one of their own. ;)
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Oct 31, 2020
Well it was when I was bangin'!
trombonekid98
+11
Level 71
Oct 23, 2020
I'm surprised Wilson doesn't even make the honorable mentions. Guess there aren't as many Tom Hanks fans these days.
HinesBrothers
+6
Level 75
Oct 23, 2020
Who'd name their kid after a volleyball?
DonTheLamplighter
+23
Level 84
Oct 23, 2020
Yeah, that'd be dumb. My son, Slinky, thinks so too.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
Don, you always make me chuckle.
plattitude
+1
Level 91
Oct 23, 2020
Or Tim Allen fans either.
ander217
+5
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
We were friends with a man whose first name was Wilson, and to make it really confusing his surname was a common male first name - something like "Wilson Mike" - not his name, but you get the idea. When getting official forms filled out the secretary or registrar would ask him his name and when he answered they thought he was giving his surname first and they would nearly always switch it around to Mike Wilson when they typed in his name.
brainchild
+4
Level 69
Oct 23, 2020
I like the name Hayes as a boys' name. If your boy became a farmer he could sell Hayes Hays for all Hay Occasions!
HinesBrothers
+3
Level 75
Oct 23, 2020
Hay that's not a bad idea!
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
He would do well in Hays, Kansas. Hayes Hay in Hays.
TheodoreE45
+4
Level 93
Oct 23, 2020
Where are all the Buchanan's at?
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
My seventh grade English teacher would say, "Behind the at." (I never really understood many of her sayings but at least she tried to set us straight on grammar.)
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
May 18, 2024
I'm wondering where the Roosevelts are!
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Oct 23, 2020
Eisenhower doesn't appeal?
InterAlia
+6
Level 75
Oct 24, 2020
I knew a kid named Eisenhower in high school. He went by Ike
ander217
+5
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
Did you like Ike?
orange3472
+1
Level 55
May 18, 2024
Not when he's with Mike
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 83
Oct 23, 2020
Never ever heard of anybody with the first name Kennedy.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 88
Oct 23, 2020
The only one I could think of is the former MTV VJ
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 89
Oct 24, 2020
I knew a Kennedy in high school.
TravelingMama
+6
Level 73
Oct 24, 2020
I've had a few students named Kennedy, all girls. I think it's a cute name for a girl.
Djilas
+4
Level 83
Oct 29, 2020
If you can find this movie and its sequels, it's a very fun watch: https://www.zilnikzelimir.net/kenedi-goes-back-home The protagonist's father named his Roma boys after US presidents so that they'd have better chances in life: Kenedi, Džonson, Nikson (Serbian phonetic spelling)
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Nov 22, 2023
I bet the guy with Nixon's name was extremely happy with his lot and never given strange and disapproving looks
SissyGirl
+2
Level 65
Nov 2, 2020
There is an anchorwoman/comentator named Kennedy. I think on Fox or OAN News.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
May 18, 2024
I'm pretty sure that's the same Kennedy (full name: Lisa Kennedy Montgomery) who was formerly on MTV. She's an unaffiliated libertarian; her embracing of neoconservatism has varied over her career. But, generally more conservative than one would expect on MTV, at least back then.
KIS
+2
Level 81
Nov 4, 2020
Friend of mine in HS had her very conservative brother name his kid Kennedy (girl). We were confused.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 88
Oct 23, 2020
Fun quiz idea!
esb219
+5
Level 76
Oct 23, 2020
Wait so I'm the only one who named their kids Coolidge and Hoover?
ander217
+6
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
Again, no love for Fillmore.
SissyGirl
+2
Level 65
Nov 2, 2020
I love the name Fillmore. :-)
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 89
Oct 24, 2020
I wonder how many people have named their kids Trump?
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 86
Oct 24, 2020
Roughly the same as "Obama" or "Van Buren," according to the source.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 75
Oct 24, 2020
There have never been at least five Trumps of Bidens of the same gender born in the same year.
peardestroyer
+5
Level 58
Oct 24, 2020
That was a quick feature. Great quiz!
halpie
+5
Level 77
Oct 25, 2020
I would love to see a list of worst presidential last names to give your child. Intentionally excluding the last twenty hears, here are my top three: Hoover, Fillmore, Polk.
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Oct 29, 2020
The last one should be among those, even regardless of political assessment.
bestanford
+4
Level 70
Oct 31, 2020
We demand more Garfields!
mrnafe
+6
Level 82
Oct 31, 2020
And they demand lasagna!
QuadaleDingleton
+2
Level 56
Oct 31, 2020
Cleveland?
QuadaleDingleton
+1
Level 56
Oct 31, 2020
should be 10-15k according to internet
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
Only 20 Americans were born in 2019 and named Cleveland
JFM01
+1
Level 53
Jan 11, 2022
I guess Family Guy has gotten unpopular
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 31, 2020
Cleveland was a family name among my mother's cousin's family in the early to mid-1900s, but they were all called Cleve.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Nov 1, 2020
Kind of astounded there are more Lincolns and Reagans than there are Arthurs.
JSSTyger
+1
Level 53
Nov 1, 2020
I gave it 2 stars because I thought it was last names for baby's as well.
seabird
+3
Level 67
Nov 1, 2020
Thought Clinton might be on here. I know a baby named Lincoln surprised I missed that one.
SissyGirl
+1
Level 65
Nov 2, 2020
Used to know a guy named Lincoln.
FlyingG
+3
Level 68
Nov 1, 2020
Tops to those 8 people who named their kid Garfield
jayhiatt
+3
Level 71
Nov 2, 2020
I thought surely Grant would be higher than Arthur. People still name their babies Arthur though? I thought Truman might do better too.
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Nov 3, 2020
What about Ford? Companion of Arthur made popular by Adams? That's like, all the presidents there.
JFM01
+1
Level 53
Jan 11, 2022
Didn't think Regan was a girl name. I only know ex-NASCAR driver Regan Smith.
Koopa
+2
Level 77
Oct 28, 2022
I really thought Pierce would be on here...and maybe Wilson.
de07mi
+1
Level 62
May 18, 2024
Surprised Grant wasn't on the list... went to school with so many Grants in the 90s, early 00s
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