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How Is ‘Donald’ Doing? The Poll of Baby Names Tells All
The divide between red and blue states starts in the cradle.
No Donalds or Hillarys here.
Photographer: Mike Simons/Getty Images
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How is Donald Trump doing as president? The usual way of answering this question is to look at opinion polls. But back at the very beginning of his administration, I speculated — half jokingly, half seriously — that there might be a better way to assess how ordinary Americans view him: baby names.
The Social Security Administration recently released the data on baby names for 2017, which means we can assess the popularity of “Donald” with new parents.