Private name reveals the risk of delinquency

Low-educated parents often give boys rare names.Photo: thefirstchild.com.

Two US scientists affirmed the risk of crime in men with rare names higher than the common-name boys.

In a recent study, economists David Kalist and Daniel Lee of Shippensburg University (Pennsylvania, USA) reported 15,012 names that people in a US state set for their son during the period 1987-1991.

They used a mathematical formula to find the most common name in that period. The result is as follows: Michael is the most used name, while Ernest, Preston, Tyrell, Kareem, Malcolm, Alec are the rarest names. Continuing to understand the private lives of thousands of rare names through police data, the two experts found that young people with rare names performed more harmful acts to society than men with names. popular. The rarer the name, the higher the risk of crime of the owner of the name.

Many psychologists believe that names play an important role in shaping people's views of themselves. Mankind has too many studies to prove it. A survey in 1993 in the United States found that most people whose names are difficult to spell do not succeed in life and are not easy to approach. They are also at higher risk of falling into mental depravity. An experiment in 2001 found a bizarre trend whereby we tend to evaluate men's reliability and ability to name men by name.

In 1998, psychologist Dr. Melvin Manis of the University of Michigan (USA) discovered that most of us have negative reactions when hearing strange names. That tendency makes people with rare names misjudge themselves. By 2007, the University of Florida economist David Figlio said that boys with girls' names were at higher risk of suspension from school than men with names for men.

Besides, the name also says many things about the education of parents. Researchers David Kalist and Daniel Lee said that mothers who have not completed high school rarely name their children Allison. Two experts commented that low-educated couples tend to choose more rare names for their children.

Of course, the name does not cause offense and the response of others to your name is only one of the factors. David and Daniel also found another interesting trend: The divorce rate among parents of young men is much higher than the average. In addition, they also have less money. Social prejudices against some names make it difficult for many guys to find jobs. When unemployed, people with rare names are more likely to break the law than those with common names.