Mom-related terms each state Googles more than any other
Mother’s Day is nearly upon us so Estately set out to see how Americans differ when it comes to Google searches related to Mother’s Day, motherhood, celebrity moms, fictional moms, and all things mom-related. What we learned was people in Coal Country honor their mothers with mom-themed tattoos, your mama jokes are most popular in the South and Texas, New Jersey is focused on parental leave for moms, and Connecticut might just knock you out if mama says to.
Please remember: the list below is not the most common internet search in each state, it’s the mom-related searches each state has Googled more than any other state has.
ALABAMA: Mother of the Year / Pinterest recipes
ALASKA: Mother’s Day (2016 film) / Mother’s Day flowers
ARIZONA: Mother’s Day breakfast / mom memes
ARKANSAS: step mom (misspelled) / Mother’s Day songs
CALIFORNIA: mom ecards/ mom fails/ Ya Mama (song by The Pharcyde) / mom hacks / hot soccer moms / celebrity moms / Lucy Ricardo (fictional mom on I Love Lucy) / Freaky Friday (1976 film) / Octomom (reality TV personality Nadya Suleman) / Mothers Against Drunk Driving / mother of the year award / mommy track / Mother’s Day hashtags / Chardonnay
COLORADO: “Mom Jeans” (Saturday Night Live skit)
CONNECTICUT: tiger mother, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” (book by Amy Chua) / matriarchy / “Mama Said Knock You Out” (song by LL Cool J)
DELAWARE: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Brunch / Tami Taylor (fictional mom on Friday Night Lights) / Obama mom jeans
FLORIDA: high-wasted shorts / helicopter mom / Mother’s Day events / Mother’s Day specials / Mother’s Day wishes
GEORGIA: single moms / Louise Jefferson (fictional mom on The Jeffersons) / mama’s boy
HAWAII: Mother’s Day brunch, Mother (2009 film), maternal bond, Mother’s Day quote
IDAHO: Mars Needs Moms (2011 film)
ILLINOIS: mom blog / jewelry for mom / Goddess of Motherhood / Mother’s Day art projects
INDIANA: Carol Brady (fictional mom on The Brady Brunch) / How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
IOWA: Mr. Mom (1983 film) / Erin Brockovich (2000 film) / Are You My Mother? (book by P.D. Eastman) / “My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family” (book by Zach Wahls)
KANSAS: Super Mom
KENTUCKY: MILF / cheap maternity clothes / Betty Rubble (fictional mom on The Flintstones) / Linda Hogan (reality TV personality)
LOUISIANA: Mother’s Day gift / Mommie Dearest (1981 film) / Steel Magnolias (1989 film) / What does MILF mean?
MAINE: “Stacy’s Mom” (song by Fountains of Wayne) / “Go the #$@ to Sleep” (book by Adam Mansbach) / Mama Cass (singer) / The Mamas & the Papas (vocal group)
MARYLAND: Serial Mom (1994 film starring Kathleen Turner) / Parent-Teacher Association / XL wine glass / Moms Mabley (comedian) / Michelle Obama
MASSACHUSETTS: “Mama Tried” (song by Grateful Dead), Claire Dunphy (fictional mom on Modern Family) / All About My Mother (1999 film) / Kate Middleton (Duchess of Cambridge)
MICHIGAN: minivan / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (fictional mom on Modern Family) / My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988 film)
MINNESOTA: mom blogs / MOM Brands
MISSISSIPPI: Yo mama jokes / maternal insults / Pretty Wicked Moms (TV series) / teenage pregnancy / The Single Moms Club (2014 film) / Lil Mama (rap artist) / Big Momma’s House (2000 film) / “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” (book by Sharon Mazel) / Mother’s Day sermons / “Dear Mama” (song by Tupac Shakur) / “Mama Said” (song by The Shirelles)
MISSOURI: Throw Mama from the Train (1987 film) / mama bear / soccer mom / June Cleaver (fictional mom on Leave It to Beaver) / Jane Jetson (fictional mom on The Jetsons)
MONTANA: matrilineality / What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012 film) / Mother’s Day sayings
NEBRASKA: maternity clothing / Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992 film) / free hugs
NEVADA: Kris Jenner (reality TV personality),
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hillary Clinton
NEW JERSEY: Mother’s Day menu / #1 Mom mug / Carmela Soprano (fictional mom on The Sopranos) / parental leave / friend’s hot mom / working mother / maternity leave / meternity leave
NEW MEXICO: Teen Mom (reality TV series) / Edith Bunker (fictional mom on All in the Family)
NEW YORK: mommy blogs / Die, Mommie, Die! (2003 film) / Angela Bower (fictional mom on Who’s the Boss) / Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991 film) / Gwyneth Paltrow / marijuana mom / Rosemary’s Baby (1968 film) / Expecting Models (modeling agency featuring pregnant women) / “Mother’s Little Helper” (song by The Rolling Stones)
NORTH CAROLINA: play date / “Mom & Me & Mom” (book by Maya Angelou) / Mother’s Day scriptures / working moms
NORTH DAKOTA: yoga pants / Wilma Flintstone (fictional mom on The Flintstones)
OHIO: Open Hearts Collection / Elyse Keaton (fictional mom on Family Ties) / Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
OKLAHOMA: “Mom” (song by Garth Brooks) / mother goddess /
OREGON: Mom Magazine / Mom vs. mom (grammar question) / parenting tips / hot mom / M for Mother (2006 film)
PENNSYLVANIA: mom tattoo / mother quotes / mom necklace / Debra Barone (fictional mom on Everybody Loves Raymond) / Sophia Petrillo (fictional mother of Dorothy on The Golden Girls) / Dance Moms (TV series) / Kate Gosselin (reality TV personality) / Mother’s Day recipes / mom dancing
RHODE ISLAND: Marie Barone (fictional mother of Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond) / Goodnight Mommy (2014 film) / Mother’s Day dinner / Gilmore Girls (TV series)
SOUTH CAROLINA: single mom / baby bump
SOUTH DAKOTA: Mom (American sitcom) / Mother Teresa / Kate Plus 8 (reality TV show)
TENNESSEE: mom bod / cute maternity clothes / The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011 film) / Miss Ellie Ewing (fictional mom on Dallas) / Big Mama Thornton
TEXAS: Mother’s Day / funny mom memes / mom jokes / mom jewelry / mom jobs / mom yoga / hot stepmom / mom fight / Mother’s Day history / baby mama drama
UTAH: mom jeans / Mother’s Day ideas / Marge Simpson (mom on TV show The Simpsons) / nursing pillow / mom memes / Forever 21 maternity / Baby Mama (2008 film) / Pinterest / Mother’s Day activities
VERMONT: Mother Goose
VIRGINIA: madre / Sorry Mom Tattoo (Virginia tattoo shop) / “Mama Said” (song by Metallica)
WASHINGTON: Time Magazine mom / Motherboy (annual mother-son event on TV series Arrested Development) / MomsRising (activist organization) / A Place for Mom (elder care advice website)
WEST VIRGINIA: Mother’s Day crafts / Mother’s Day activities / mother daughter tattoos / “Mother” (song by Danzig) / mom of the year / Morticia Addams (fictional mom on The Addams Family) / Lily Munster (fictional mom on The Munsters) /Teen Mom Season 1 (reality TV series) / Teen Mom Season 2 (reality TV series) / Octomom Home Alone (2012 adult film) / Mother’s Day poem
WISCONSIN: “Mama Tried” (Merle Haggard song) / mother-son dance / Mother’s Day projects
WYOMING: maternity clothes, Teen Mom Season 3 (reality TV series)