--- title: Netflix influences baby name trends description: Baby names in 2014 were influenced by Netflix characters and other popular culture trends. canonical: https://time.com/3613871/netflix-baby-name-trends/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-02T17:58:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:23.855Z og:title: This Company Drove Baby Name Trends in 2014 og:description: 2015 might just be the year of Marco Polo. og:url: https://time.com/3613871/netflix-baby-name-trends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e7f6b94d6e97b3/69876bdbe20a871b44a83ae8/494440465.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: "Orange Is The New Black" Season 2 Photocall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Company Drove Baby Name Trends in 2014 twitter:description: 2015 might just be the year of Marco Polo. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e7f6b94d6e97b3/69876bdbe20a871b44a83ae8/494440465.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Company Drove Baby Name Trends in 2014 > Sponsored content. 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Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon attend a photocall to launch season 2 of the Netflix exclusive series "Orange Is The New Black" at Soho Hotel on May 29, 2014 in London, England. Karwai Tang—WireImage  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 2, 2014 5:58 PM UTC A close look at BabyCenter’s [top baby names of 2014](http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2014) doesn’t suggest anything out of the ordinary. Anyone who’s walked past a gaggle of nursery schoolers wouldn’t be surprised to see names like Sophia, Olivia, Liam and Aiden topping the lists. But dig a little deeper and you will find that for as much as parents-to-be weigh factors like honoring family names and improving junior’s chances for an Ivy League diploma, Netflix is as big an influence as anything. Yes, Netflix. Parents looked past the crimes of Litchfield Correctional Facility’s inmates and instead reaffirmed the humanity of _Orange Is the New Black_’s characters. Galina, better known as Red, rose 67 percent in popularity, while Piper cracked the top 100 names for girls. Nicky, Alex, Dayanara and even the ever-unpopular Larry enjoyed a greater share of this year’s baby name pie. _House of Cards_ held sway in baby nurseries as well, despite the unsavory motivations that drive so many of its characters. Frank, Remy and Zoe all jumped between 10 and 20 percent from the previous year. The influence of popular culture on name trends extends, of course, beyond Netflix. In a nod to two of 2014’s other major cultural phenomena — _Frozen_ and Shonda Rhimes — Elsa and Hans saw a healthy boost, Olivia kept her top three spot and a handful of names from _Scandal_ and _How to Get Away With Murder_ made their way onto more birth certificates. 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