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Taffy Tucker …in the baby name data! Taffy isn’t just a type of candy — it’s also a name, and it debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 1943: 1947: 12 baby girls named Taffy1…

The name Desiree, which became super trendy in the mid-1950s, wasn’t doing anything special in the early ’40s when the baby name Desira first appeared in the U.S. data: 1944: unlisted 1…

The new Captain Marvel movie showcases the most powerful hero of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She controls energy, she regenerates, she has far-reaching cosmic awareness. As embodied by actress Brie Larson, she is young and beautiful and badass. Her name, you ask? Carol. The character Carol Danvers made her comics …

Speaking of Desira, here’s another baby name that was influenced by a Flash Gordon comic strip character. This one is Darlia, and it was a one-hit wonder in 1946. In fact, it was the top one-…

Sheena was a punk rocker. And a jungle queen, and a pop star. Oh, and a baby name too…