Evolution of popularity in given namesopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Mi Jin; Jo, Woo Seong; Yi, Il Gu; Baek, Seung Ki; Kim, Beom Jun
- Issue Date
- Feb-2016
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Keywords
- Given names; Popularity; Diversity
- Citation
- Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, v.443, pp.415 - 422
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SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
- Volume
- 443
- Start Page
- 415
- End Page
- 422
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/14537
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physa.2015.09.076
- ISSN
- 0378-4371
- Abstract
- An individual's identity in a human society is specified by his or her name. Differently from family names, usually inherited from fathers, a given name for a child is often chosen at the parents' disposal. However, their decision cannot be made in a vacuum but affected by social conventions and trends. Furthermore, such social pressure changes in time, as new names gain popularity while some other names are gradually forgotten. In this paper, we investigate how popularity of given names has evolved over the last century by using datasets collected in Korea, the province of Quebec in Canada, and the United States. In each of these countries, the average popularity of given names exhibits typical patterns of rise and fall with a time scale of about one generation. We also observe that notable changes of diversity in given names signal major social changes. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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