Photo: Courtesy of Slate.If you live in New York City and the headline above doesn't make sense to you, it's because New Yorkers are relatively immune to an alarming trend in baby naming that's sweeping the nation. According to Slate, in 2012 around 5 in every 10,000 baby girls from Brooklyn were actually named Brooklyn. Compare that to the 131 out of every 10,000 baby girls born in West Virginia that were named Brooklyn that same year, and it's clear that New Yorkers aren't into naming babies a...
Photo: Courtesy of Slate.If you live in New York City and the headline above doesn't make sense to you, it's because New Yorkers are relatively immune to an alarming trend in baby naming that's sweeping the nation. According to Slate, in 2012 around 5 in every 10,000 baby girls from Brooklyn were actually named Brooklyn. Compare that to the 131 out of every 10,000 baby girls born in West Virginia that were named Brooklyn that same year, and it's clear that New Yorkers aren't into naming babies a...
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