You can now use math to determine if a baby name will be popular
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- According to reports from The Atlantic, the 1:1 consonant to vowel ratio can be used to determine if a baby name is destined to be popular.
- After looking at the annual list of most popular baby names, writer Alia Wong noticed that the names on the top tended to have the same number of vowels as consonants.
- Examples of this include Emma, Liam, Noah, and Anna.
We’ve learned that giving your baby a short, easy-to-pronounce name that starts with a letter that’s close to the beginning of the alphabet may be a predictor of his/her future wealth. (We’ll be expecting the nicest birthday gifts from you then, Eve.) But, according to reports from The Atlantic, there’s also a way to decode a name’s destiny to be popular: the 1:1 consonant to vowel ratio.
Wait, this involves math? Well, a little. In looking at the Social Security Administration’s annual list of most popular baby names, writer Alia Wong noticed that names with the same number of vowels as consonants (i.e., names with one-to-one ratios of consonants to vowels) top the list. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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