Snakes have hips?! 
Nah, just a name..
A local Polish roofing contractor is named Kacper, not many of those since the cartoon ghost.
Perhaps relatedly, an Elmer is an old timer amateur radio op who shows less experienced folks the ways of the waves.
The band is just fantastic! That is really what I think.
I don’t even know a single Gonzo. ;(
On a side note, Oscar is great name and deserves a comeback.
When I think of the name Oscar, I first think of Oscar Nunez (of The Office) and Oscar Isaac (who played Poe Dameron in the Star Wars films) before I think of the muppet. It’s still a very valid name.
And your partner can call you “Kermie”
My son’s first name was his grandfather’s middle name because it was his mother’s maiden name.
I’m not sure, but Bugs Bunny definitely killed off any hope Nimrod ever had of becoming popular.
I went to high school with a woman named Phyllis (she didn’t like it). She’d be about 46 years old now.
I apologize for any suggestion to the contrary in the OP.
I’m imagining he just sang to the frogs.
Of course it helps that “nimrod” already sounds like it should be an insult (à la “numbskull” or “dimwit”).
Now that you mention it, The Office had both an Oscar and a Phyllis…
Grover is my go to “waiting list” name – it avoids confusion with all of the other Mikes and Caves. Occasionally the cashier or host will mishear it as Rover which is quite humbling.
And It’s a Wonderful Life has a Bert and Ernie.
So…yeah.
In these times, I think Homer has a Simpson’s bias. But that’s it for prime time cartoon names that have been sullied, as far as I can tell.
True for Kermit, but Social Security records show Grover as the 136th most popular name in 1880, well ahead of Jack, Oliver, Matthew, Jonathan, Christopher, Leo, Alexander and Anthony. Possibly because of Grover Cleveland.
If 30% of kids have Top Ten names, one might quibble about what popularity means. Certainly everybody loves Norquist. Perhaps Cleveland fans like bourbon. If you believe AI, Grover is now around #4000.
honest Q:
How about Donald?
In german Donald = Donald Duck … and nothing else (before DJT)
I believe “Don” is way more common in the US than UK?
Looks like ‘Donald’ has Scottish roots ,so it makes sense that it would be unusual in non-English speaking countries. In my personal experience most Donalds go by Don except in formal settings.
Most likely, they picked names like Kermit, Grover, and Oscar simply because they were so uncommon. Oscar is making something of a comeback, especially in the Hispanic community.
On a related note, “Gary” is a name that has pretty much disappeared, and I honestly think a lot of parents don’t want their sons to get meowed at when they start school. I just know that they named Spongebob’s pet snail Gary precisely because it was one of the most unlikely names someone would give to a pet.
It’s going to experience a decline even if it isn’t all that popular now. I think the name “Donald” will more or less draw up Trump images in people’s minds for quite awhile.
I know quite a few Garys with spelling variations that sound equivalent. But most of them long predate SpongeBob.
And, in fact, Oscar Nunez was born in Cuba, while Oscar Isaac was born in Guatemala.
I know a lot of people named Gary, many young. This is a weird suggestion when it’s such a common name. You might as well say the name “John” was ruined by John Wayne Gacy which is why you never see it anymore.