"What's in a Name?" (New York Times)

fendrock
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:33:50 +0000

Has anyone else read the chapter on names in the Freakonomics book?

It has name lists like “The twenty white girl names that best signify high-education parents” (#1 - Lucienne – Oona is #12) and “Ten ‘Jasmines’ in order of ascending order of maternal education” (#1 - Jazmine – #8 - Jasmine and #10 - Jasmyn).

The most popular girl’s name in 1960 was Susan (that is my birth year and this is no surprise to me), and in 2000 it was Emily.