March 7th, 2008
Freakonomics Baby Name Predictions
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Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Steven Dunbar, is one of the most interesting books we’ve read in the past year. Part of the book is about names and the impact they have on a person’s life. For example, does having an ethnic sounding name hurt one’s chances for a job? (They were surprised to find it did not). It also analyzes how names become popular. They say names climb through the echelons of society. Dunbar and Levitt included a list of names they predict will be very popular in 2015:
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March 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
i’m sorry…are these even real names? aviva? finnegan? mcgregor? waverly?
March 7th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I can’t believe Carter is on the list! How sad. Also Cooper and Oliver. I love those names.
No Cricket though!
March 7th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I wonder how they manage to predict what names will be popular in the future. Economists are very good at predicting numbers but predicting non-numerical stuff is kind of hard (if not impossible.)
March 7th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Leafless- interestingly, 80% of these names have increased in popularity each year since 05 when the book was written. It really is a fascinating book about appling economic principles to society if you are interested in that.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Where’s Slade?
Tom Robbins books.Start with Skinnylegsandall.Are you a brace soul?
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
My Favorites:
Maximillian, McGregor, Oliver
Annika, Clementine, Sophie, Waverly
May 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I like Annika and would have had a Maximilian back in 1991 but ended up with a Sophia instead.
I also have a boy named Griffin and a girl named Truly. Any takers on those or will you allow my little ones to keep them all to themselves?
May 12th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
@ g-love
A quick google would have given you the information you needed before asking such an asinine[1] question.
[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asinine
May 15th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Hmm… wonder which website you cut and pasted that table from, without giving any credit…
July 6th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I think I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz it’s really helpful.
July 6th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.
July 25th, 2010 at 4:48 am
That’s simply epic. Many many because of the useful post.
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