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The image above might be a little confusing. That’s not actually a map of the top baby names in each state (if it was, so many of them would say “Mason”). What it does show is which names are disproportionately popular in those states against the national numbers. What that tells us is the Southeast loves William more than the country does on average, flyover states shouldn’t be allowed to name their kids, and Pennsylvanians love naming their sons Chase.

In 2013, 401 of the nation’s 5,504 babies named Chase were born in Pennsylvania (go to PA on the drop down menu to the left). That number, however, has been on a steady decline. In fact, if you look at the name’s PA popularity numbers, you might notice something:

2012 – 454
2011 – 520
2010 – 581
2009 – 668
2008 – 574

Chase peaked in Pennsylvania in 2009, the year when babies conceived during the 2008 World Series run would have been born. The women of Pennsylvania were closing their eyes and picturing Chase Utley, and the men were doing the same. But if this just random? Let’s look at “Cole.”

While Chase was the overall 30th most popular name for a boy baby in PA in 2013, Cole was way down at 70th. But what do the years tell us? Here are the number of Cole babies in those same years:

2013 – 218
2012 – 241
2011 – 228
2010 – 301
2009 – 407
2008 – 374

World Fucking Champions, right?

h/t reader Daniel