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Want your newborn to pursue a path to Harvard? Hoping to set her up for a school career of top grades and academic success?
Then forget the in utero symphonies and infant flash cards and give her a name that starts with the letter A.
Not only are A names stylish and popular -- they're the most widely-used, now given to 10 percent of babies -- but there's evidence that having one can help your grades in school.
Researchers at Yale and the University of California-San Diego found students whose names begin with A have higher grade-point averages than those whose names start with C or D. And A-named students are also more likely to go to top-rated law schools.
Some 20 percent of the names on the girls' top 100 start with A, along with 12 on the boys' list.
The top A names to pick if you want you child to shine at school are, in order of popularity:
Girls
Talk about the A-list; these names are all the buzz.
The Name Babes are Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, founders of Nameberry.com, innovators of baby-name content on the Web. Got a name craving? Learn more about baby names at Nameberry.com.
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Then forget the in utero symphonies and infant flash cards and give her a name that starts with the letter A.
Not only are A names stylish and popular -- they're the most widely-used, now given to 10 percent of babies -- but there's evidence that having one can help your grades in school.
Researchers at Yale and the University of California-San Diego found students whose names begin with A have higher grade-point averages than those whose names start with C or D. And A-named students are also more likely to go to top-rated law schools.
Some 20 percent of the names on the girls' top 100 start with A, along with 12 on the boys' list.
The top A names to pick if you want you child to shine at school are, in order of popularity:
Girls
- Ava
- Abigail
- Addison
- Alexis
- Alyssa
- Ashley
- Anna
- Allison
- Avery
- Aubrey
- Alexander
- Anthony
- Aiden
- Andrew
- Angel
- Aaron
- Adrian
- Austin
- Aidan
- Adam
Talk about the A-list; these names are all the buzz.
The Name Babes are Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, founders of Nameberry.com, innovators of baby-name content on the Web. Got a name craving? Learn more about baby names at Nameberry.com.
Click here for more on baby names from our partner site!
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-11-2011 @ 2:51PM
Carol P said...You are right about a A name. I have a grandaughter whose name is Ainsley and a new baby girl named Andilyn. I also have a grandson whose name is Austin and all of them are A students.
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4-16-2011 @ 2:30PM
Cail said...Could there be a higher number of A named people in top schools simply because more people are given A names?
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5-19-2011 @ 10:23PM
Sarita said...A name does not warranty that you are going to be important or rich
so name your child the name you like and dont worrie about it.
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5-20-2011 @ 9:06AM
l powers said...Looking for a baby name - go tp www.alphacritters.com
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