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An image from the episode "The One Where Rachel Has A Baby: Part 2," which aired on May 16, 2002.
The cultural impact of “Friends” has manifested in hairstyles, parodies, pop-ups, and more. Another testament to the show’s influence is baby names.
In honor of the “Friends” reunion premiere, we took a look at the Social Security Administration’s baby naming data for the years the show was on the air (1994-2004) and afterward to see how the names of “Friends” characters fared.
Ross
“Friends” premiered on Sept. 22, 1994. That same year, Ross was No. 311 on the SSA’s popularity list for boys, a continuation of a general downward pattern that began in the ’80s.