Star Wars fans will know that today isn’t just any old day.

Wednesday, May 4 is Star Wars Day, known to be the day when we just can’t resist saying “May the fourth be with you,” swapping ‘force’ out of the famous phrase and adding fourth.

With the franchise being so popular, it’s no wonder that when the time comes to pick baby names, some of us turn to our favourite characters for inspiration.

Whether you’re looking for baby names inspired by your favourite films or know someone that is, look no further.

Bitcade has analysed baby name data based on birth registrations in England and Wales (2020) from Office for National Statistics (ONS).

All the baby name figures are based on the most recent year of birth registration data (2020).

The 42 names analysed were chosen based on Google’s suggested results for the phrase “Star Wars characters”, including characters such as Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett plus more.

Of the 42 names analysed, 15 featured in the baby name data between 1996-2020 and 12 featured specifically in the 2020 list.

Star Wars character names that are the most influential on recent baby name trends

Here’s a list of the most influential character names with their 2020 score rank and count.

Rose came out on top with 803 baby girls being given the name while Cornelius sits at number 12 with only eight babies being given the name in 2020.

Rose

Character: Rose Tico

Star Wars rank (2020): 1

2020 rank: 61

2020 count: 803

Finn

Character: Finn

Star Wars rank (2020): 2

2020 rank: 73

2020 count: 757

Luke

Character: Luke Skywalker

Star Wars rank (2020): 3

2020 rank: 109

2020 count: 544

Owen

Character: Owen Lars

Star Wars rank (2020): 4

2020 rank: 132

2020 count: 418

Rex

Character: Captain Rex

Star Wars rank (2020): 5

2020 rank: 143

2020 count: 392

Kylo

Character: Kylo Ren

Star Wars rank (2020): 6

2020 rank: 252

2020 count: 189

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Leia

Character: Princess Leia

Star Wars rank (2020): 7

2020 rank: 382

2020 count: 115

Lando

Character: Lando Calrissian

Star Wars rank (2020): 8

2020 rank: 856

2020 count: 34

Obi

Character: Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars rank (2020): 9

2020 rank: 1,051

2020 count: 26

Rey

Character: Rey

Star Wars rank (2020): 10

2020 rank: 1,449

2020 count: 21

Mace

Character: Mace Windu

Star Wars rank (2020): 11

2020 rank: 1,548

2020 count: 15

Cornelius

Character: Cornelius Evezan

Star Wars rank (2020): 12

2020 rank: 2,404

2020 count: 8