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"Alexa" Baby Name Falls in Popularity Since Release of Amazon's Smart Speakers

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 15 2018, @12:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the increased-interest-in-the-names-Blexa,-Clexa,-and-Dlexa dept.

takyon writes:

'Alexa' has become a less popular baby name since Amazon launched Echo

Amazon started widely selling its Echo speaker, voiced by the Star Trek-inspired personal assistant Alexa, in 2015. That year, 6,050 baby girls in the United States were named Alexa, or 311 for every 100,000 female babies born.

Since then, the name has declined in popularity 33 percent, according to new data from the Social Security Administration crunched by University of Maryland sociology professor Philip Cohen. Last year, just 3,883 baby girls were named Alexa.

Nobody wants to name their baby after their digital slave.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday May 15 2018, @12:18PM (7 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Tuesday May 15 2018, @12:18PM (#680017)

    Nobody wants their children named after a dystopian device.

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:07PM

    by looorg (578) on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:07PM (#680028)

    It could be that or they just want to avoid future misunderstandings -- are they calling for me (someone named Alexa) or are they just talking to their digital servant (or master depending on perspective).

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:16PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:16PM (#680031) Journal

    Are you saying people wouldn't want to name their baby "Cortana" ?

    Or "Hey Google" ?

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    • (Score: 1) by petecox on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:25PM (3 children)

      by petecox (3228) on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:25PM (#680033)
      Much better to name them Silly Siri.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:05PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:05PM (#680119) Journal

    Speak for yourself!

    Sincerely;

    Telescreen J DeathMonkey