Thinking of the woman who sold the rights to choosing her baby's name on ebay, uncommon names might not have negative any effects on the child besides the chance of getting their  "butt kicked." But a study that is getting a lot of media attention claims there is a connection between having an uncommon name and being more likely to be in the juvenile justice system. (The study finds this relationship to be true for blacks and whites.)

The researchers found that for every 10% increase in a name's popularity, there was a 4% decrease in the number of juvenile delinquents of the same name.

Looking at the first names of FBI's top ten Most Wanted List, there is: Edward, Jason, Robert, James, Glen, Victor, Alexis, Emigdio and Usama. So, sometimes it's unpredictable.

What do you think? If this is true and all other factors are eliminated, shouldn't we be paying close attention to our president? If not uncommon names, what are we supposed to name our children?

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