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This is worthless unless they correct for age. Which they most likely don't, since age is not even mentioned in the post.

• stygiansonic 12y ago
  Indeed, the time period in which someone was born seems to have a significant effect on the likelihood of certain names. Here's one study that documents that effect in the US: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-tell-someones-age-when-all-you-know-is-her-name/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-tell-someones-age...
  • pawelk 12y ago
    Wolfram Alpha parses queries like "how old is [name]" and renders the age distribution, e.g. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+old+is+jane http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+old+is+jane
  • crpatino 12y ago
    No study, but first hand experience. My father is a Pediatrician, and he has always commented on the strong correlations between relatively common names in his current crop of patients and the names of 5-year-ago-popular TV shows' protagonists. The first time I was able to make the connection, it was Brandon/Brenda/Dylan.
• emodendroket 12y ago
  "Worthless" in what sense? If we want to know something in particular, maybe, but perhaps knowing that people who have a certain job tend to be older is of interest? Some jobs seem to have entirely female names in the chart; is the fact that women are apparently significantly overrepresented in those fields also "worthless?"