Another popular baby and pet name with possible character ties is Willow. The name first entered the top 1,000 list in 1998, a year after Willow Rosenberg was introduced on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." ...

For baby boys, Oliver is actually the most popular name in a broad swath of ... one of the romantic comedy's main characters, bears the same name. Olivia famously falls in love with Cesario ...