Re: [Mid] Funny Names.....

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Berwyn wrote:

>
> There is a recent book on American naming practices (heard the author
> interviewed, can't remember the title). Part of the study was
> comparing enrollments from elementary schools in different
> demographic areas. Lower socio-economic groups showed a much higher
> percentage of "unique" names, while more middle and upper had more
> traditional names and more repetitions. (remember when every
> elementary class had at least 3 Chad's?) There was one Chicago
> shcool which had NO duplicate names at all!
>

        That is impressive. I went to a very small elementary school
(about sixty people) and we had three Aarons, three Davids, three Sarahs,
four Chrises, plus variations like Sara and Kris. Most of these people
were in my grade, too. Most of us came from a lower-middle class
background.

        Corwyn Draca (so what name do I choose when I get a chance? Go
figure...)

From: Aaron Bilodeau <abilodea@indiana.edu>
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Received on Fri Dec 5 14:25:55 1997