Fewer Mohammeds After 9/11
Passport Foreign Policy notes that the baby name Mohammed has disappeared after 9/11. People just aren’t naming their children that anymore, since it has a definite connection with an unpleasant American memory. The graph they show indicated that after 9/11 the naming dipped substantially, and only now is it beginning to recover:
This could be considered an experiment in how memory fades. It seems after 6 years, we’re ready to forget about the terrorist bombing and subsequent destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC. That, or at least the Muslim community believes we are and dares name their children what they want to again.
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