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Mark Wakefield

Liverpool trio lead footballer influence with UK baby names

Three former Liverpool players have been listed as being the inspiration for baby names in the UK.

The Online Betting Guide (OLBG) have listed the Premier League players who have had the greatest effect on baby names following their debuts.

Data has been collected from the The Office of National Statistics for Baby names in England and Wales from 1996.

Liverpool have had many great players over the years, with fans across the country holding the Reds in high regard.

In some research conducted by OLBG, they have looked at the popularity of footballers’ names for the three years before and after their Premier League debut.

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The top seven include three former Liverpool players.

In seventh spot is Luis Suarez, who saw a 6% increase in the number of babies with the same first name in the required time - 348 compared to 329.

Sixth spot is taken by former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie, who also had a 6% increase in birth names in his honour (339 from 319).

Fifth place saw another former Liverpool player, with Sami Hyypia seeing a 38% increase (196 from 142).

The final Liverpool player in the list is Fernando Torres, who comes in at fourth spot with a 55% rise in baby names in his honour (48 from 31).

The top three places are Yaya Toure (133% - 7 from 3), Thierry Henry (177% - 36 from 13) and Cristiano Ronaldo (444% - 36 from 7).

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