‘Barbie’ and ‘Ken’ searches on baby name websites skyrocketed after the movie’s release — as parents flock to bring Barbiecore to a new generation of babies
Barbiecore has been inescapable for the past few months during the highly anticipated movie release of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling — and it seems the Barbie mania has now extended to parents-to-be, flooding the baby-name website with searches for the dolls’ nicknames.
Released on July 21 and starring Margot and Ryan as Barbie and Ken, Barbie sent fans on a pink-splattered adventure and grossed an astonishing $1 billion worldwide.
The movie has had a big effect on doll lovers, with one woman even dumping her boyfriend after he branded the movie offensive.
And now it’s filtered down to a new generation, with a popular baby name website revealing that it’s seen a phenomenal increase in searches for the nicknames “Barbie” and “Ken” in the wake of the film’s release.
After Barbie had huge success from fans, parents now name their children after the plastic dolls
BabyNames.com told TMZ that searches for the doll’s name have skyrocketed since the movie
The site has seen a ‘300 percent’ increase for Barbie and ‘200 percent’ for Ken in the month of July alone
BabyNames.com told TMZ those searches for the names Barbie and Ken have skyrocketed since the movie.
The site has seen a “300 percent” increase for Barbie and “200 percent” for Ken in the month of July alone.
According to the site, Barbie means “stranger.”
Ken means ‘handsome’.
According to the Administration of Social Securityafter the release of Barbie in 1959, the name’s popularity increased.
Between 70 and 100 babies per million were named Barbie in the early to mid-1960s.
Kenneth or Ken first gained popularity before the 1920s, when it was in the top 25 most popular boy names, according to the Social Security Administration.
The doll Ken joined Barbie in 1961 and soon after, searches for the name skyrocketed.
According to the Social Security Administration, the name’s popularity increased after the release of Barbie in 1959
Kenneth or Ken first gained popularity before the 1920s when it was in the top 25 most popular boy names according to the Social Security Administration
Allan – played by Michael Cera – was a favorite character in the film, but the name’s popularity hasn’t increased, according to the site
The name Ken became most popular in 1963.
Barbie is named after the inventor of Barbie, Ruth Handler’s daughter, Barbara, and Ken after her son, Kenneth.
Allan – played by Michael Cera – was a favorite character in the film, but the name’s popularity hasn’t increased, according to the site.
But as with other rare Barbie dolls whose prices have skyrocketed, the cost of the Allan doll on eBay has skyrocketed to around $300 a doll, with some toys costing as much as $700.