People with these names are are more likely to be winners

How much influence does your baby’s name have on their life? Can a name really make or break your child’s acting or basketball career?

Probably not – but it’s still fun to read through ‘winning’ baby name ideas anyway. 

A new study analysed the first names of thousands of ‘winners’ across the the entertainment and sport industry to see which ones won the most awards.

“We looked at the first names of over 2000 individuals who have won various awards in the fields of sport and entertainment,” says the website. 

“We also chose only to use the names that the winners actually went by, rather than combining names such as ‘Robert’, ‘Bob’ and ‘Bobby’.

“If an individual had won more than one award then we only considered their name once. For example, Serena Williams has won seven Wimbledon singles championships, four Olympic gold medals and 12 ESPY awards, but for this research, we only considered the name Serena as one ‘winner’.

Here’s what they found. 

Boys’ names likely to win overall

1. John 
2. David
3. George
4. Tom
5. Paul
6. Michael
7.  Mark
8. Chris
9. James
10.  Mike
11. Robert
12. Peter
13. Steve
14. Kevin
15.  Ryan
16. Tim
17. Bob
18. Bobby
19. Ben
20. Jason
21. Richard
22. Jack
23. Jim
24. Joe
25. Frank

Girls’ names likely to win overall

1. Kim
2. Mary
3. Laura
4. Jennifer
5. Jessica
6. Amy
7. Lauren
8. Julie
9. Anna
10. Rachel
11. Heather
12. Kelly
13. Kate
14. Sarah
15. Natalie
16. Amanda
17. Helen
18. Rebecca
19. Michelle
20. Lindsay
21. Lisa
22. Anne
23. Shannon
24. Katie
25. Shirley

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