Since the beginning of, readers have shared some oddly apt names, like one Idaho man who was arrested for public masturbation after being spotted by a police officer in a public restroom. For baby girls, the name Nevaeh is now more popular than Sara.īut the peculiarities don’t stop there some names are uncannily fitting. What happened? The sudden name-craze originated in a single event: A 2000 MTV appearance by Christian rockstar Sonny Sandoval, of P.O.D, and his baby girl, Nevaeh, which is “Heaven” spelled backward. In 1999, there were eight children in the United States named Nevaeh. Even the unlikeliest of names can spread like wildfire. As a result, he has now forbidden his daughters, even though they are currently only six years old, to date a boy with the middle name Wayne.Īnother strange thing about names is how they catch on. This is not too wacky in itself, but all the clippings feature perpetrators who have one thing in common: their middle name is Wayne.Īuthor Stephen Dubner was shocked by the sheer number of clippings and strongly doubted whether anyone could assemble a list that long for any other middle name.
She collects newspaper clippings about crime. How do we know this? One freakonomics reader, M.
But, personal preference aside, names aren’t all that important, right? Well, in the world of names, there are some strange statistics that indicate quite the opposite.įor one, you should steer clear of people whose middle name is Wayne. Every year millions of new parents fret over what to name their bundle of joy.
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