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Sisters Piper, left, Willow and Bristol Palin, holding baby brother Trig, in 2008.

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Sisters Piper, left, Willow and Bristol Palin, holding baby brother Trig, in 2008.

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Palin daughter names move quickly up the baby-name charts

Published: December 2nd, 2010 10:52 AM
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2010 10:56 AM

"Bristol," "Willow" and "Piper" failed to crack the top 100 baby names for 2010, but Sarah Palin and her daughters were the drivers for one of the hottest naming trends of the year, reports the BabyCenter website.

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While the name Sarah itself is in decline, Palin's daughters' names - Bristol, Willow, and Piper - are moving on up.

Bristol enjoyed an 18 percent rise to 532, Willow is now at 245 (a 16 percent gain from last year) and Piper missed cracking the top 100 by just one point.

Palin's sons' names, on the other hand - Track and Trig - fared less well in the baby name arena. Both languish in relative obscurity below 4,000. We suppose these names are just too rogue!