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http://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=2470131

Top 20 'Whitest' and 'Blackest' Names

Most Popular Boy and Girl Names
Sept. 21, 2006 — - Studies of resumes have found that people with black-sounding names are less likely to get callbacks.

"20/20" put 22 pairs of names to the test, posting identical resumes except for the names at the top.

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The resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names.

What are some of those names? Here's a list from the book "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, showing the top 20 whitest- and blackest-sounding girl and boy names.


20 "Whitest" Girl Names

Molly
Amy
Claire
Emily
Katie
Madeline
Katelyn
Emma
Abigail
Carly
Jenna
Heather
Katherine
Caitlin
Kaitlin
Holly
Allison
Kaitlyn
Hannah
Kathryn




20 "Blackest" Girl Names

Imani
Ebony
Shanice
Aaliyah
Precious
Nia
Deja
Diamond
Asia
Aliyah
Jada
Tierra
Tiara
Kiara
Jazmine
Jasmin
Jazmin
Jasmine
Alexus
Raven




20 "Whitest" Boy Names

Jake
Connor
Tanner
Wyatt
Cody
Dustin
Luke
Jack
Scott
Logan
Cole
Lucas
Bradley
Jacob
Garrett
Dylan
Maxwell
Hunter
Brett
Colin




20 "Blackest" Boy Names

DeShawn
DeAndre
Marquis
Darnell
Terrell
Malik
Trevon
Tyrone
Willie
Dominique
Demetrius
Reginald
Jamal
Maurice
Jalen
Darius
Xavier
Terrance
Andre
Darryl

 

[FocPirate]

I didnt see shaniqua

 

[Tamanon]

While I wouldn't be surprised if this was true, it's way too small a sample to base a study on.

 

[lordmrw]

I was just thinking where's Shaniqua. And I knew 100% right away that Tyrone, Andre, and Darryl would be there.

 

[AntoneM]

I think it's sad that this news does not shock me. People think racsim doesn't (or hardly) exists in this country anymore because 40 years ago Congress said so. That is far from the truth.

 

[explodet]

20 "Blackest" Girl Names

Asia

Whaa?

 

[Kabuki Waq]

how the **** is Leeroy not on that list?

 

[Mute]

It will amaze me if people get offended by this.

 

[FocPirate]

I think it's sad that this news does not shock me. People think racsim doesn't (or hardly) exists in this country anymore because 40 years ago Congress said so. That is far from the truth.

what?

 

[demon]

what?

What didn't you understand about it?

 

[FocPirate]

I dont think anyone thinks racism is completly gone.

And also, when did congress declare Mission Accomplished: racism defeated.

 

[Learn2read]

It will amaze me if people get offended by this.

what what?

 

[Escape Goat]

I didnt see shaniqua

My first thought as well.

 

[muttyeah416]

all the black girls names are names of some of my favorite pornstars

 

[Beezy]

I didnt see shaniqua

So true. :lol

all the black girls names are names of some of my favorite pornstars

That's true too! :lol :lol :lol

 

[Nick]

Propecia.

 

[LuCkymoON]

all the black girls names are names of some of my favorite pornstars

I was thinking the same lol

 

[atomsk]

"And i'm getting really sick of guys named Todd. It's a good ****ing name, OK. Hi whats your name? Todd. I'm Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy ****ing boys names comin' from. Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name, what happened to Eddie he was hear a minute ago? Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened? Todd. And Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker.
Hi Tucker, I'm Todd. Hi Todd, I'm Tucker. **** Tucker, Tucker sucks. And **** Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker"

 

[border]

Is it racist if you giggled at "Marquis"?

 

[hobbitx]

That list was retarded, especially the black girl names. It's just a bunch of random celeb names. Where the **** is Keisha, that's like the girl equivalent of Leroy.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Hey, my first name's on the list! I must be SUPER-WHITE! :lol

 

[ErasureAcer]

"And i'm getting really sick of guys named Todd. It's a good ****ing name, OK. Hi whats your name? Todd. I'm Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy ****ing boys names comin' from. Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name, what happened to Eddie he was hear a minute ago? Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened? Todd. And Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker.
Hi Tucker, I'm Todd. Hi Todd, I'm Tucker. **** Tucker, Tucker sucks. And **** Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker"

:lol

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I didnt see shaniqua

It isn't a real name actually. It's the white people "go to" name mostly.

 

[aoi tsuki]

i'd love to see lists for other groups, like Asians. Thank goodness for Yahoo! Answers!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060909232342AA816DY

 

[border]

It isn't a real name actually. It's the white people "go to" name mostly.

The girl I went to school with named "Shaniqua" must have been named by a white person or something.

 

[Verano]

No tritkea?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Jazmine
Jasmin
Jazmin
Jasmine

EDIT: These weren't listed together as Jazsmin(e) is

Katelyn
Caitlin
Kaitlin
Kaitlyn

 

[ToxicAdam]

My wife wouldn't let me name my child Xavier because she said it was a "black name".

I said .. NO ITS RUSSIAN! She still didn't go for it.

 

[Hayami]

how the hell is this racist?

 

[Lonestar]

**** yeah, Michael's too huge of a name to be limited to one race.

Michael, **** YEAH

 

[FocPirate]

Shouldnt we catagorize this as Namecist?

 

[kablooey]

how the hell is this racist?

The list itself isn't really racist, but the fact that employers are more likely to call back "white" names than "black" ones is.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Xavier being a "black" name seems really odd to me.

 

[davepoobond]

Xavier being a "black" name seems really odd to me.

all the Asian Xaviers died in the last century.

 

[way more]

From A Roshanda by Any Other Name by By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The California data establish just how dissimilarly black and white parents have named their children over the past 25 years or so—a remnant, it seems, of the Black Power movement. The typical baby girl born in a black neighborhood in 1970 was given a name that was twice as common among blacks than whites. By 1980, she received a name that was 20 times more common among blacks. (Boys' names moved in the same direction but less aggressively—likely because parents of all races are less adventurous with boys' names than girls'.) Today, more than 40 percent of the black girls born in California in a given year receive a name that not one of the roughly 100,000 baby white girls received that year. Even more remarkably, nearly 30 percent of the black girls are given a name that is unique among every baby, white and black, born that year in California. (There were also 228 babies named Unique during the 1990s alone, and one each of Uneek, Uneque, and Uneqqee; virtually all of them were black.)

http://www.slate.com/id/2116449/

 

[Callo Merlose]

"And i'm getting really sick of guys named Todd. It's a good ****ing name, OK. Hi whats your name? Todd. I'm Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy ****ing boys names comin' from. Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name, what happened to Eddie he was hear a minute ago? Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened? Todd. And Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker.
Hi Tucker, I'm Todd. Hi Todd, I'm Tucker. **** Tucker, Tucker sucks. And **** Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker"

:lol :lol :lol I love this guy.

 

[Tarazet]

I had a black friend named Herman. My current black boss is named Pete. I hear names like DeShawn and Tyrone, but it's mostly when I'm riding public transit..

 

[Systems_id]

If those are the blackest girl names they could find then they obviously havent talked to enough black people.

 

[Mashing]

I think my last name is black (and I"m as white as they come).... I believe this as nearly everyone who has my last name is black (outside of my family). WTF?

So, I'd like to see this same list but with last names instead.

 

[SpacLock]

John Smith!

 

[The Frankman]

How is Keyshawn not on the boys "black" list?

 

[davepoobond]

How is Keyshawn not on the boys "black" list?

cause it was spelled as "DeShawn"

 

[Rorschach]

Ebony

...well, duh...

 

[VALIS]

Black names are much cooler than white names, says this honky. I wish my parents named me Pac-Man Jones or Cadillac Williams.

 

[Verano]

Has anyone heard of Le'Vitra, for a black girl's name?

 

[Templar Wizard]

Yolanda...i want to axe you a question.

 

[Otto]

This might explain why most of the Black people I meet can pronounce my name correctly.

Most say "Javier" because I am a Hispanuc-mix but most Blacks pronounce it correctly as "Xavier".

I appreciate that, the X is their for a ****ing reason.

 

[muttyeah416]

oh yeah we need an asian and a latino list

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

"And i'm getting really sick of guys named Todd. It's a good ****ing name, OK. Hi whats your name? Todd. I'm Todd. And this is Blake, and Blaire and Blaine and Brent. Where all these goofy ****ing boys names comin' from. Taylor, Tyler, Jordan, Flynn. These are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie. Eddie is a real name, what happened to Eddie he was hear a minute ago? Jackie and Johnny and Tommy and Bill. Danny, Larry, Johnny, and Phil. What happened? Todd. And Cody, and Dillon, and Cameron, and Tucker.
Hi Tucker, I'm Todd. Hi Todd, I'm Tucker. **** Tucker, Tucker sucks. And **** Tuckers friend Kyle. Thats another soft name for a boy. Kyle. Soft names make soft people. I'll bet you ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinnie, and Tony would beat the shit out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker"

I like how every tough name he set out is a short version picked up in toddlerhood of the proper name, not Nicolas, Edward, Vincent, or Anthony.

 

[Acrylamid]

20 "Blackest" Boy Names
Terrance