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If Corby on the Ticket last week wasn’t blowing smoke,

Jalen Rose, of Fab Five fame, was the first Jalen…ever. By the year 2000, the name Jalen went from 0 to the top 100 baby names….by 2025 Jalen is the most popular NBA name…it’s also the most popular NBA name in history…it’s also the most popular NFL name…it’s also the most popular NCAA basketball name…it’s also the most popular NCAA football name.

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2 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

If Corby on the Ticket last week wasn’t blowing smoke,

Jalen Rose, of Fab Five fame, was the first Jalen…ever. By the year 2000, the name Jalen went from 0 to the top 100 baby names….by 2025 Jalen is the most popular NBA name…it’s also the most popular NBA name in history…it’s also the most popular NFL name…it’s also the most popular NCAA basketball name…it’s also the most popular NCAA football name.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31309206/the-jalen-generation-how-jalen-rose-name-spread-world-sports

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While there was at least one Jalen born in the United States before Jan. 30, 1973, when Jeanne Rose gave her son the name that was a combination of his father's (James) and his uncle's (Leonard), there's no doubt the popularity of the name can be tied directly to Jalen Rose's fame. "When a name jumps fast, that means that there's something going on, that something is influencing it," said Jennifer Moss, founder and CEO of BabyNames.com. "Why wasn't it anywhere on the charts before 1992? Well, of course, because it must have been influenced by Jalen Rose." Rose debuted as part of Michigan's Fab Five in 1991. The very next year, Jalen cracked the top 1,000 most popular names, according to the U.S. Social Security Office of the Actuary for U.S. Births. The name debuted at No. 378. The next year, when Rose was helping the Wolverines reach a second consecutive national title game, it jumped to 216.

 

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3 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


Texas Tech is about to start showing up on these lists.

Yes, by all means. Let's sandwich that visit in between USC and Texas and see how that works out for their fair town. 

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