A pair of psychologists recently did a study that confirms something
most of us already know: today's parents like unusual baby names.
As USA Today explains,
Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell analyzed the names on 325 million
applications for Social Security numbers, each one filed between 1880
and 2007. Their findings? Fewer moms and dads these days are opting for
common baby names; for example, in 1955, 32 percent of boys had a name
that ranked among the top 10 most popular in America. In 2007, only
nine percent of males had a "popular" name. The same trend held true
for girls -- the 1955 popularity percentage was 22 for females, but 8
percent in 2007.
There are many reasons that could explain this.
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