Barack Obama

If you only look at raw numbers, you might be surprised to see the name "Barack" on this list. However, naming trends have less to do with isolated numbers and more to do with their correlation to one another over time. In that case, Obama should be on this list, and possibly higher up.

Consider the fact that in 2006, when Barack Obama was just starting out as a US Senator, there were 0 babies named Barack. Only one year after announcing his candidacy for president, the US Census reports five newborns named Barack. In 2008, the year he was elected, Barack Obama had 52 children, which increased to 71 in 2009.

When you consider the uniqueness of the name and its statistically meteoric rise in just a few years, it's clear that Obama belongs in the ranks of Kennedy, Lincoln, and others whose names appeared on birth certificates as well as ballots.