Talk about a name for a very important person! Move over, Anderson — a Kennedy is coming through. 

Kennedy is a name any American will recognize from, well, any given history book. There have been a multitude of famous Kennedys throughout history — most famously, of course, the 35th President of the United States. Perhaps this is the reason behind the name's surge in popularity amongst young elected officials, an interesting trend reported by The Huffington Post in a 2012 article. 

According to the report, the year 2012 saw at least three young elected officials choose Kennedy as the name for their baby daughters. But according to those officials, the infamously cursed Kennedy family was not the sole inspiration behind the choice of moniker. For Sean Gatewood, a Kansas state representative, the name's Gaelic origin was a strong selling point. 

"She's an Irish girl," Gatewood said of his daughter. "We saw her red hair and we were sold [on the name]."