According to Laura Wattenberg, "The Baby Name Wizard" blogger, 146 American girls were named Khaleesi last year after HBO's Game of Thrones title.

According to Wattenberg, the recent skyrocketing of the baby name marked "a 450% jump in the name's usage from 2011, and before that year it was completely unknown."

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Perhaps most interesting is that the name Khaleesi has no meaning in English, and comes from the Dothraki language, completely invented by George R. R. Martin, author of the book series. But Khaleesi is not the only character from pop culture that has had this great of an influence over American baby-naming patterns. Here are some other pop culture figures who have captured America's hearts and baby name charts.