Here’s something scary, for those of us who steadfastly refuse to name our children to match the current lame trends.
A study by David Kalist (also registered at IDEAS) and Daniel Lee of Shippensburg University seems to indicate that unusual or uncommon names are correlated with increases in juvenile delinquency.
Eek. I ain’t wanna be visitin’ my kids in Juvie, yo! There’s even a graph:
“Josephine” was only the 208th most popular girl name last year! I’m in trouble. Charles was 63rd; maybe he’ll keep her out of trouble.
Our baby names book said the following names were given to real children born in the US since 1995:
(Boys) – Buckshot, Cartel, Craven, Furious, Hades, Lucifer, Rope
(Girls) – Density, Jealousy, Mirage, Passion, Sanity, Secret, Tyranny, YerFancy
So, um, I think the report is probably talking more about those names and not anything in the top 208.
Linus isn’t a very popular name in the US, so you can see why I posted about the link between unpopular names and juvenile delinquency. It is not in the top 1000 in the US but it is a top twenty in Sweden (no I am not Swedish). I guess when he runs from the law he has a place to go.
Wait. You have another kid?
AWWWWWW MODERATED COMMENTS?! Just like elementary school!