Top 10 ‘bad boy’ baby names

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

In alphabetical order, the Top 10 “bad boy” names, according to Kalist, are
Alec
Ernest
Garland
Ivan
Kareem
Luke
Malcolm
Preston
Tyrell
Walter

Thought it was interesting. It just randomly popped up on msn.com and I thought of you guys.


Here is the url for the article: today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31960846

Comments

[night-sky-dream.livejournal.com]

lol they don't sound bad at all.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

This.

[patsfan610.livejournal.com]

no they don't sound very "bad". i like Luke

[mommyaubrey.livejournal.com]

i can agree with Luke and Tyrell LOL.

[osbick-bird.livejournal.com]

Garland sounds like the name of a sweet elderly uncle! :)

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're really bad boy names at all, lol. The person I associate the name Ivan with is pretty badass, not not a bad boy =]

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

http://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/socsci/v90y2009i1p39-49.html

Their abstract is terribly lacking, leaving me to question their methodology. Also, since all the articles I can find disagree on what their article says, I'm tempted to believe my reading that it's a boatload of speculation.

Correlation is not causation.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

hahha. Garland? Ernest? Walter? really?

Malcolm is one of my top names.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I'd say Damian would be more bad-boy sounding than all of these.

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

What about all the violent names that are becoming popular -- Gunner, Hunter, etc. etc. -- those sound scarier to me than dear ol' grandpa Walter.

[soul-inside.livejournal.com]

I think that the names with Arab roots is a little stereotypical... Malcolm & Kareem. Garland, Ernest and Walter sound a little pansy to me. I think Dominic should be on there.