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Visual Thinking Day, Part 2: Which “Buffy” Character Names are Popular?

According to this graph from Very Small Array, “Xander” is the hot name for babies right now, with “Willow” a close second. “Buffy” peaked in the early 1970s, and with perhaps “Rupert” and “Giles” are due for a comeback:


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Joey deVilla

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