Submitted by beingsubmitted t3_z4el7h in dataisbeautiful
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godamen t1_ixqk2f6 wrote
Burleigh. Hahahaha. I honestly don't care what people name their kids, but this one is ... something? I just imagine the Dr. delivering like a 12 lb kid and exclaiming "Whoa, that's a burley baby!" And the parents just going "Yea, that's the one, that's what we will name it"
Formal_Elephant_6079 t1_ixqqjog wrote
Stroked out
deconstructicon t1_ixqruk5 wrote
I thought it was confusing that the bottom graph didn’t have a labeled y-axis so I was trying to make the color gradient apply since it has a common color.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ixqtwsb wrote
I assume anyone with a name like this is a Republican, or was at least raised by one
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixqu6xz wrote
Yeah, I added the part at the bottom at the end, but scrapped the y-axis because it was too crowded and jumped around too much, and I figured people cared more about the relative change than the actual value.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixqwz7b wrote
I disagree... On one hand, it is associated with the south, but on the other hand, I wouldn't expect name uniqueness to correlate with "reverence for tradition".
Conservatism is associated with a distaste for change and abhors anything "newfangled". I don't see how that goes hand in hand with inventing new names.
Being poor or lower class, on the other hand, likely correlates with a desire for uniqueness or any form of status, so I would entertain that hypothesis, and I imagine that's who you're picturing.
But the percentage of Republicans hasn't changed and so wouldn't explain the growth in popularity, which suggests any correlation would be indirect. I expect the growth in popularity is due to the internet and contrary to rural people. In my parents life, there were historical figures, some people on TV, and the people who lived in your town. No one else really existed. We meet and interact in social circles many orders of magnitude larger, which I think both increases the amount that we value uniqueness, and raises our threshold for what qualifies. The bigger your "world", the more unique a baby name you'll likely choose.
EDIT: not complaining, but the downvotes surprise me. I'm not sure if they're from members of the political left who don't like "eigh" or from members of the political right who feel I've taken a reductive stance on their beliefs. I just don't see a compelling hypothesis for linking republicans and "eigh" and I do find it compelling to believe more conservative people would tend to more conservative names. I don't see that the data are affected by the southern strategy, or anything other than southern states.
guiltysnark t1_ixqyqhl wrote
Both fair points, but I would expect it to be associated with horses, and with numbers between seven and nine
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ixr0a22 wrote
The correlation I had in mind were rural whites without a college education. The map seems to back me up.
JillHasSkills t1_ixr2g22 wrote
You called out Creighton and then said that Leighanne was the first use of “eigh” not at the end. Otherwise super interesting!
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixr5zew wrote
Oh that's weird. I'll go back and check my data. Obviously one of those is wrong.
Yeah, I was wrong on leighanne - not sure what happened. Ran it again and it's Leighton in NY 1914.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixrc5lw wrote
Again, I wouldn't see any reason to correlate it with education level or rural people. The map really only shows that it's a southern thing.
Sure the south could have more rural white without a college education, but it also has more fresh peaches and warmer weather. You can't connect all of those things.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixrceat wrote
Are more popular than what? Those names don't contain "eigh". What do you think we're talking about here?
More popular than their variants that do contain "eigh"? This is showing the popularity of names including "eigh" relative to all baby names by year. "All baby names" includes phonetically similar names that don't include "eigh".
constantino675 t1_ixre2db wrote
how to take E, EE, or EY and turn it into EIGH.
ashley, not ashleigh. Kylee, not Kyleigh
Wonder how many hours that will waste over the course of their lifetime, both in writing it out, and correcting others who need it spelled out to record it correctly.
As someone else put it once, giving your child a modified name is setting them up for a lifetime of minor inconveniences.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ixrg6n2 wrote
California also has fresh peaches and warm weather.
Montana also has a lot of ‘eighs’
I’m sticking to my hypothesis
deconstructicon t1_ixripcx wrote
got it.... I saw it on mobile first and the subtle differences in the map are a little harder to notice on a smaller screen so maybe that's why I was focusing on the bar graph.
Pattyradcat t1_ixrl9rz wrote
What on earth are these parents thinking? The millennial names are dreadful
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixrlql6 wrote
I'm working on another project that I hope will shine some light on that.
bunnnythor t1_ixrlzmm wrote
“Paizleigh”?!? JFC…
That’s them, CPS officers, those parents right there.
walkingoffthebuz t1_ixrmll7 wrote
My husband’s family announced the birth of his niece’s daughter when we were visiting yesterday.. Wrynleigh. Yep.
tbardsley81 t1_ixrrq8q wrote
I like how the prompts make it sound like it’s from Plague Inc… “Kyleigh first appears in IN & PA”. 😂
royalpatch t1_ixrwt4u wrote
Just FYI that's not 100%.
The SSA data only includes names for which there are at least 5 people with that name that year.
UnforeseenDerailment t1_ixrxorc wrote
Why is this a red states phenomenon?
Squathos t1_ixrymzc wrote
Trailer park classy
I_Stabbed_Jon_Snow t1_ixryn79 wrote
Makes sense, the highest concentration of these names winds up mostly in the lowest average education states.
jamirocky888 t1_ixrz97t wrote
I see these people won’t have to bother with the old ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’
One_Lobster_7454 t1_ixs1hmd wrote
"annaleigha" like quagmires kid
Valleycruiser t1_ixs32tx wrote
Here in Canada we use just the humble "Eh".
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ApartRuin5962 t1_ixs58a5 wrote
Choropleths where Mississippi and Alabama have the brightest colors are always measuring some sort of humanitarian crisis and this map is no exception
blazeit420weed t1_ixs5m8w wrote
There needs to be a chart for Canada, eigh
manitobot t1_ixs6nog wrote
Fr fr I read it as "Patient Zero identified in NC" lol
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixs7e5t wrote
Whats the Canadian equivalent of a social securiteigh?
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixs7nfb wrote
That's good to know. It does say it's a 100% sample, but that would explain why the lowest count I can find is 5. Do you have a better source?
per-severance t1_ixsa5i4 wrote
waiting for Humphreigh, myself
KevinR1990 t1_ixsbl20 wrote
It’s a ‘Merica thing.
Or rather, a ‘Meighrica thing.
MostRadiant t1_ixsf83p wrote
Canada is getting more flagrant with their silent takeover.
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Forty-plus-two t1_ixsjoom wrote
When class is over
Ashley: Finally
Ashleigh: Finalleigh
gormster t1_ixsjrb1 wrote
It should be Kylie. As in Kylie Minogue. It’s a genuinely Australian name derived from an indigenous word.
thekamakaji t1_ixskflo wrote
That word being?
gormster t1_ixsks61 wrote
Kylee. It’s another name for the weapon more commonly called boomerang. From a different language group, can’t remember which one.
Edit: oh, I see now.
Tikimanly t1_ixsl0sm wrote
The aboriginal word for Kyle... (probably).
cbarrick t1_ixslw5v wrote
I read "btw" as "by the weigh"
liamisabossss t1_ixsmfm5 wrote
Whenever there’s a heat map of the United States and Alabama and Mississippi are the brightest, it’s never something to be proud of
LiquidDreamtime t1_ixsmojf wrote
Poor kid named Burleigh out there, somewhere, embarrass of his mom’s Essential Oil Facebook shares
PQbutterfat t1_ixsn63l wrote
Am I an old man for saying that all those names are stupid?
cprlcuke t1_ixso5xi wrote
*Meighsseighsseighppeigh God that hurt to write, even worse to read
PBlove t1_ixspmvr wrote
I like my Daughter's name.
She is only the 7th person recoreded in the US to have that first name with the last in 1890s.
When mybwofe introduces her everyone says "that's such a pretty name, where did you get it.?"
My daughter is the only girl I know of in the USA alive with that name, all because of a translation perversion 200 years ago. ;)
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mikepowell613 t1_ixstnmf wrote
Appreciate you choosing the correct Kylie.
CromulentDucky t1_ixstx4j wrote
100% of these names are terrible.
Fluxtration t1_ixsuvev wrote
I don't know, but that gif eighnded too soon to read the final statement.
Skanky t1_ixsvssq wrote
- Here's the last slide for those who couldn't view it.
- What the hell with these names???
YoshiFan501 t1_ixsw7ij wrote
You can add my cousin's daughter Ryleigh to this!
Born hours ago.
Tikimanly t1_ixswt2x wrote
Theigh feighnal steightment reighds:
> Burleigh (1947), Lileigh (2008), Mileigh (2009), Peightyn (2010), Tynleigh (2011), Keileigh (2012), Blakeleigh (2012), Maleigh (2012), Tenleigh(2012), Khyleigh (2013), Atleigh (2014), Jleigh (2014), Braileigh (2015), Paizleigh (2015), Finnleigh (2015), Eveleigh (2016), Tinsleigh (2016), Jaeleigh (2018), Annaleigha (2020), Hazeleigh (2021), Renleigh (2021) Knoxleigh (2021), Rynleigh (2021)
dmderringer t1_ixsxw0t wrote
Was coming to point this out
PinoForest t1_ixt0o25 wrote
ikr the deep south just looks like ground zero for a nuke
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ixt2mmj wrote
Responding to your edit: your data literally shows that there’s nothing unique about these names anymore. I also never explicitly mentioned income—I think that’s less predictive than race, education, and place of residence.
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TheChoosyParents t1_ixt5r01 wrote
So the year is 1,911.5, and there are 15 occurrences. Oh wait, that's 15k.
cheezwhizkid- t1_ixt6pe4 wrote
Now do Braden/Caden/Jaden/Hayden
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixt6siv wrote
Just because it's less unique doesn't mean it's not done for uniqueness. "Paisley" is already a word, "Paizleigh" is a strategy to be unique. It's certainly not traditional or closed minded.
It's also still really unique. At its peak, "eigh" appears in 1.5% of new baby names in Mississippi.
Finally, it obviously doesn't matter if income is less predictive of "eigh" than race, education, or place of residence. The question is whether it's more predictive than political affiliation.
If you had explicitly said something about income, then my statement "I imagine that's who you're picturing" would have instead been "I understand that's who you're picturing".
By what means would you hypothesize a causal link from education level to use of "eigh" in a name?
gingercookied0ugh t1_ixt878u wrote
I am so curious but this feels like a fact that will be kept under wraps, understandably.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ixt8a82 wrote
I can’t prove causality, I could prove correlation, but frankly it isn’t worth the effort to gather and interpret all the necessary data. If you’re interested, I’d encourage you to test the correlation that I suggest.
If I were to string together an anecdotal argument for causality, however, it would be a sense of threatened white identity. The linkages between this belief and Republican political affiliation are well-documented. To extend this to the significant trend and spatial distribution in names your data shows (1.5% is significant from a possible sample of 000s of names), I would contend that this is a form of ‘defensive’ cultural consolidation of rural whites who feel threatened by national shifts in ethnic composition, share of college-educated adults, and economic growth heavily favoring metropolitan areas.
It’s a way of saying ‘we’re different, we’re not like them’
autumntraveler t1_ixta4dq wrote
Could go the opposite and make everything sound like a stripper name… Kyli, Brandi, Traci, Staci…
postmodest t1_ixtc6m5 wrote
Oh, by the way, Kayleigh was a hit for the band Marillion in 1985, which probably explains the 1985 results.
Flamdabnimp t1_ixtcfc2 wrote
Changing my name to Jeffreigh
sitcivismundi t1_ixth8gu wrote
Really expected Utah to be more yellow/gold as time went on. So many weird spellings of names involving “leigh” there
ChoPT t1_ixthjtc wrote
You mean shed some leight on that.
PBlove t1_ixtkqlj wrote
Its a mistranslation from a French name that someone likely though sounded better. Based on Estelle. The rare spelling and associated pronunciation are both prettier.
But as you alluded to saying it literally let's anyone look her up. The fun of a unique first name.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixu3b2b wrote
>1.5% is significant from a possible sample of 000s of names
A percentage is already "out of". It's already a ratio.
How would fearing a loss of identity lead to abandoning that identity and inventing a new one?
Fearing a loss of identity is not the same as trying to establish an identity. It's very much the opposite.
I see no compelling reason for the hypothesis you suggest.
Beansilluminate t1_ixu84dh wrote
I wish the sub would ban videos. They are never beautiful
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixuco7y wrote
Time is a useful dimension for data visualization.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixucxao wrote
First I've heard of that sub - feel free to cross post.
tomikeyta2 t1_ixukwcn wrote
This is a very interesting study. Didn't know that name 'Rayleigh' was not archaic.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixwg8ji wrote
Weird choice, Doug.
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixwgm10 wrote
Congrats to your cousin!
beingsubmitted OP t1_ixqekpt wrote
Data from data.gov 100% sample of social security application names 1910-2020*.
Made with Python (w/ plotly, PIL)
*There were no names with 'eigh' in 1910
EDIT: Forget Leighanne. Leighanne sucks. The first use of EIGH not at the end was way back in 1914, 6 boys names LEIGHTON born in, you guessed it, NY.