EveryyearmorethanfourmillionbabiesarebornintheUnitedStates.
Someparentsnamedtheirchildrenbasedonfamilyculturalorreligioustraditions.Girlsareoftennamedafterafamilymemberbutrarelytheirmothers.Sonsthoughareoftennamedaftertheirfathers.
EveryyeartheSocialSecurityAdministrationreleasesalistofthemostpopularbabynamesinAmerica.LastyearJacobwasthemostpopularboynameandEmmathenumberonenameforgirls.
Thesedaysthechoiceofababynameseemstobeguidedasmuchbyindividualdesiresasbytradition.Thisisshowninthefactthatthemostpopularbabynamesarenotaspopularastheyusedtobe.
ResearchersatSanDiegoStateUniversityinCaliforniadidastudy.Theyfoundthatthirty-twopercentofboysreceivedoneofthetenmostpopularnamesin1955.Thesamewastruefortwenty-twopercentofgirls.By2007howeverthenumbersweredowntolessthantenpercentofboysandonlyeightpercentofgirls.
“Peoplearemoreandmoreinterestedinfindingunusualnames.AndnowsincewehavetheinformationontheInternetofwhatthemostpopularnamesarethepercentageofkidswhogetthemactuallyisgoingdownbecausepeopleareabletoavoidthemmuchmoresuccessfullythantheydidbefore”saidClevelandEvansaprofessorofpsychologyatBellevueUniversity.
ParentscanfindplentyofadviceontheWebandinbookstoresaboutchoosingababyname.Alothasalsobeenwrittenaboutthepossibleeffectsthatanamemighthaveonachild’sfuture.
Therearestudiesthatsuggestchildrenwithunusualnamesaremorelikelytobelaughedat.Otherstudiessuggestthatasadultstheymightbelesslikelytogetcalledforajobinterview.Yetotherresearchsuggeststhatgivingachildanunusualnamemighthelpbuildcharacter.Whatallthisaddsuptoisabigresponsibilityforparentstoconsiderwhat’sreallyinaname.
68.ParentsnametheirsonsaccordingtothefollowingEXCEPT_____.
A.familytradition B.amostpopularbabyname
C.culturalcustoms D.theirfathers’names
69.WhatcanbeinferredfromthestudyofSanDiegoStateUniversity?
A.Parents’ideaongivingbabiesnamesarechan