New statistics have shown that fewer parents than ever before are choosing to name their newborn babies "Donald". According to <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">figures released by the Social Security Administration</a>, the popularity of Donald as a name for boys saw a steep decline in 2020. The name reportedly fell a sharp 55 places, from the 555th most popular name for boys in 2019 to the 610th last year. This is the lowest it has ever ranked on the annual list, which dates all the way back to the 1880s. <img class="size-large wp-image-1263112792" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-20.30.45-1024x726.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="726" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Social Security Administration]] Per <a href="https://www.indy100.com/politics/donald-baby-name-low-ivanka-jared-b1863414">The Independent</a>, 602 babies were named 'Donald' back in 2017. However, this dropped to 539 in 2018 and dropped yet again to 507 in 2019. And in 2020, just 444 people in the US named their baby 'Donald'. The name Donald peaked in its popularity as a name in 1934, when it was the sixth-most popular name for American baby boys. That year, 30,408 boys (and apparently 110 girls) recorded as being named Donald. Related - Baby says "hello" at just eight weeks old: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/gCfJk4da-Q0L14jDU.mp4||gCfJk4da]] These statistics show that the names of a number of other members of the Trump family members have dropped down the list as well. For example, the name 'Tiffany' plummeted 96 spots from 696th place in 2019 to 792nd in 2020. 'Eric' also dropped from 176th in 2019 to 198th in 2020, and 'Jared' - the name of the former president’s son-in-law and senior adviser - also fell seven spots from 361st in 2019 to 368th the following year. <img class=" wp-image-1263109867" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/05/Baby-FI-Website.jpg" alt="" width="793" height="413" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Pexels / Lisa]] 'Melania' was one of the fastest rising names for baby girls back in 2017: ranking at number 933. However, the name has subsequently fallen from the top 1,000 list, with only 190 baby girls named Melania recorded in 2020. However, the data also shows that the names 'Ivanka' and 'Barron' have been on the rise in recent years. In 2020, 106 babies were named Ivanka - up from 95 in 2019 and 97 in 2018. Meanwhile, 134 baby boys were named Barron last year, up from 107 in 2019 and 121 in 2018. <img class=" wp-image-1263104523" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/04/DonaldTrumpFI2.jpg" alt="" width="718" height="374" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy/Marjorie Kamys Cotera/Bob Daemmrich Photography]] The names of sitting Presidents often decrease in popularity in the course of their tenure. For example, the name 'Ronald' dropped in popularity during the Reagan Administration, as did 'Richard' during Nixon's, 'Gerald' during Ford's, and 'George' under Bush. <h6>Featured Image Credit: Alamy/UPI</h6>

Fewer people than ever are naming their baby 'Donald'

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