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In terms of popular baby names, how long before "Rudolph" makes a comeback?

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Giuliani probably hasn't done the name any favors.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about the action film star?

Rudolph Lundgren

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Smells crime before it happens?

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Crime, penetration, crime, penetration. Then it just kind of ends.

[–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Rudolph name frequency in US 1900-2024

Hasty screenshot sorry. Peak was just over 1650 people in the US named Rudolph in 1927.

No sign of a comeback as of 2024. Maybe this is your year.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Call him Rudy or Olly for short and you're golden. He'll never escape it during Christmas season though.

[–] dumbass@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago

This year if I have anything to do about it!

[–] Toes@ani.social 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably around the same time Christmas songs become irrelevant.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait...quiet... Does anyone else hear Maria Carey?

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

Laaaast Christmas ....

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Probably around the same time that Adolph makes a comeback.

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Anyone who reads the Dresden files would never...