An interesting and entertaining study. I question the rigour of the prediction claims (they give a single example, though note that they disclaim that it isn't

An interesting and entertaining study. I question the rigour of the prediction claims (they give a single example, though note that they disclaim that it isn't to be taken too seriously), especially given that naming patterns are dramatically changing. The top girl name accounts for about 1% of the gender now, where early in the 1900s it would account for 6%+. You can thank social media for that, and the effect is accelerating. Our awareness of trends nation and worldwide is much more amplified than it was before, and the forces that virally spread something also contribute to suppressing it lest we all look like fools. Add that multiculturalism and the acceptance of the same has greatly aided the entropy of names. I find geographic distribution and name variations far more interesting (though again, this is changing via social media). e.g. http://names.yafla.com/#n=Isabelle,Isabel,Isabell,Isabella&s=ft http://names.yafla.com/#n=Isabelle,Isabel,Isabell,Isabella&s...