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Everybody stopped naming their babies after Knicks

Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports

This, from the Social Security website via Ben Mathis-Lilley, is a chart of the baby names that decreased most in popularity between 2013 and 2014. Notice anything?

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Out of the top 20 names experiencing the most significant drop in rank in 2014, two were Knicks at the time, and one is the unusually spelled first name of the disgraced former Knicks GM/new New York Liberty boss.

More sports in here: Xavi, and a more phonically accurate spelling of Dwyane Wade’s first name. And Juelz. Poor Juelz.

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