2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00601.x
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First Names and Crime: Does Unpopularity Spell Trouble?*

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between first name popularity and juvenile delinquency to test the hypothesis that unpopular names are positively correlated with crime. Copyright (c) 2009 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

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“…They can be diagnostic of social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and class (Kasof, 1993); they can influence impression formation on a range of attributes including success, warmth, morality, popularity, cheerfulness, and masculinity-femininity (e.g., Mehrabian, 2001;Mehrabian & Piercy, 1993). Importantly, such name connotations matter: first name characteristics predict income and educational attainment (Aura & Hess, 2004); a person with an African American-sounding name is less likely to get a call-back for a job interview than a person with a Whitesounding name (Bertrand & Mullainathan, 2004); boys with girls' names are more likely to be suspended from school (Figlio, 2007); and name popularity is negatively associated with juvenile delinquency (Kalist & Lee, 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…They can be diagnostic of social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and class (Kasof, 1993); they can influence impression formation on a range of attributes including success, warmth, morality, popularity, cheerfulness, and masculinity-femininity (e.g., Mehrabian, 2001;Mehrabian & Piercy, 1993). Importantly, such name connotations matter: first name characteristics predict income and educational attainment (Aura & Hess, 2004); a person with an African American-sounding name is less likely to get a call-back for a job interview than a person with a Whitesounding name (Bertrand & Mullainathan, 2004); boys with girls' names are more likely to be suspended from school (Figlio, 2007); and name popularity is negatively associated with juvenile delinquency (Kalist & Lee, 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In [16], we see that juvenile delinquents do not have the same name distribution as the general population, even after controlling for race. Indeed, unpopular names, also correlated with a lack of education, are more common in the delinquent population.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…However, social psychology shows two important results regarding names. First, it shows that names matter and affect the lives of the people to whom they are assigned [7,14,16,23,26,25]. Second, people themselves employ stereotypical models for names that even affect their perception of attractiveness and appearance [12,21].…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One line of research focuses on names and outcomes. For instance, social psychologists have explored the interrelationships among names, cognition, and personal life outcomes (Christopher, 1998;Coffey & McLaughlin, 2009;Kalist & Yee, 2009;Mehrabian, 1997Mehrabian, , 2001Mehrabian & Piercy, 1993). Meanwhile, economists have investigated the relationship between names and economic outcomes (Aura & Hess, 2010).…”
Section: Research On Namingmentioning
confidence: 99%