People are still naming their kids after ‘Game of Thrones’ characters

The Social Security Administration has released its list of top baby names for U.S. kids in 2017. Surprise: people are still super into naming their kids after television characters.

The trend of naming a child after a Game of Thrones favorite has always been a little puzzling to me, mostly because you never know when your favorite character is going to die a disturbing death. Nevertheless, two of the names that increased the most in popularity last year were Lyanna and Yara — although Black-ish star Yara Shahidi probably had a hand in the latter. Arya also enjoyed an increase in popularity.

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