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[quote=Anonymous]The question is why do people in DC care? I'm going to guess that many new parents you encounter in the DC area are older Millenials. Back when they were in college, and shortly thereafter, they were known as hispters and were the early listeners of podcasts, read NY Times booksellers in coffee shops, etc. That's this demographic. At that time, Freakonomics and then the Freakonomics podcast became popular. Freakonomics popularized the idea that popular names trail rich people names. A name starts out obscure and is picked up by rich people. Much later, the name makes it down to the masses--the people your neighbor seemingly does not want to be mistaken with--and becomes one of the popular names. Hence, choosing a top name is equated with being average.[/quote]
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