The rise of Game of Thrones babies
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Some people in the real world really have GoT names
The annual list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales is out.
Amongst the thousands of Olivers and Amelias are a growing number of baby names indebted to George R R Martin.
Children with names taken from his phenomenally successful Game of Thrones books and TV shows are cropping up more and more.
In 2014, 244 newborns were named after Arya Stark - played by Maisie Williams. That said, Maisie was still a far more popular name, given to 1,221 girls.
A perhaps worrying number of parents have opted for things that even George R R Martin doesn't consider a proper name.
Fifty-three girls were called Khaleesi in 2014. In GoT a khaleesi is the title for the wife of a khal - a bit like a queen to a king, or lady to a lord.
Daenerys Targaryen holds the title of khaleesi - but so far only a tiny handful of girls have been saddled with the name Daenerys.
Numbers of girls called Sansa and boys called Bran have been increasing since the show first aired, but this year's seen the first babies named Brienne.
In 2014 four girls were named after the warrior - who rose to be a major character in later seasons of the show.
Some GoT names are yet to catch on - Khal, Petyr and Joffrey, for example. But Tyrion and Grey are amongst those names that have come from nowhere since 2010.
Dear Jon, fewer people like your name
However, while Jon Snow is arguably GoT's most popular character, his name's taken a hammering.
Twenty years ago hundreds of boys were called Jon, now even Kit Harington can't halt the name's decline. You could probably put all the Jons born last year into an ox cart.
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