
122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?
Freakonomics Radio
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The Most Ideologically Sounding Names for Boys and Girls
conservatives choose more masculine sounding names for both boys and girls. Liberals are much more likely to choose femininesounding names for both children. The Obama girls are Sasha and Malia, very nice feminine, soft sounding names. And then think about the Palin kids. We have trig, track, Bristol, and Piper. There's willow there too, and I think that was an ideological hiccup on conservative family.
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