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Among the slew of end-of-decade and end-of-year wrap-up lists, there were several tallies of the most popular names of recent years (as well as predictions for name-trends of the future。) But If you are pondering giving your baby a distinctive name - like, say, Garland or Malcolm - you might want to think again。 随着2009年的结束，以及21世纪第一个十年落幕，众多年度及十年盘点纷纷出炉，其中包括几项对近年来最热门名字的统计(以及对未来哪些名字会受到青睐的预测)。不过，如果你正考虑给自己的孩子取个特立独行的名字，比如贾兰德或马尔科姆，那我劝你三思而后行。 Not only do kids with unusual names tend to rise to the top of big companies less often than others, but they also are more likely to wind up in jail。 名字特别的孩子不仅更难进入大公司的高层，而且蹲监狱的几率会大一些。 Names like Michael, David, John, James, Richard, Paul, Edward and Robert are significantly more common among Fortune 1000 CEOs, compared with that same age group in the population as a whole, USA Today reported recently. (Not enough women appear among corporate leaders to assess the relative clout of female names。) 根据《今日美国》报近日公布的一项调查结果，在《财富》1000强企业的首席执行官中，名字为迈克尔、戴维、约翰、詹姆斯、理查德、保罗、爱德华和罗伯特的人所占的比例远远高于同一年龄组的总人口中叫这些名字的人所占比例。(由于女性企业家数量过少，关于女性名字的相关调查没有进行。) | 
