Thanks to the overwhelming popularity of Netflix’s Stranger Things, we’ve seen a spike in babies with names that clearly took some inspiration from the hit show. If you’re looking for a fun baby name from your favorite bingeathon, here’s a list of the most common names this year to come out of Stranger Things!
- Mike – Overwhelmingly the most popular, probably because it’s impossible not to recognize this is a reference to Stranger Things!
- Clarke – Clearly inspired by everyone’s favorite character, Mr. Clarke!
- WILL!! – Parents are now opting to spell this name the Stranger Things way!
- Stranger– This lovely nod to Stranger Things is the first word of the show’s title
- Shadow Monster – Gender neutral and sort of a firsty-lasty
- Papa– For boy, or Mama– For girl
- Cool Girl– Also for girl, but if she’s going to be cool
- Nougat– Fun fact: the Nougat in the show was played by a Nougat in real life!
- Daenerys Targaryen– A little obscure, this was the name of the only female scientist at the Hawkins Lab
- Detective Hopper– Of course we have future high school graduating classes full of Detective Hoppers to look forward to!
- BarbBob – Looks like proud nerd parents are taking a page from Albus Severus!
- Billy’s Earring– The alternative option of the bunch that still totally works
- Easy Peasy– There was no way Easy Peasy wasn’t making the most popular Stranger Things baby name list!
- Paul Reiser – Paul Reiser was played by twins in Stranger Things!
- Self-Aware-But-Not-Self-Aware-Enough Regressive 80s Gender Dynamics– This name just screams “your parents must have loved Stranger Things!”