APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

The Lives of 'jacob' and 'emily'; Predictors of Name Popularity Vary in Magnitude and Direction over Time

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • John Waggoner
    Bloomsburg University

Abstract

Effects of demographic variables on the popularity of the names ‘Jacob’ and ‘Emily’ varied in magnitude and direction when examined over a 20-year timeframe, suggesting that naming research which focuses on a single year’s data is likely to misrepresent the effects of relevant predictors.

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