People who obsess over what to call their child aren't wasting their time.

The names people choose to give their children communicate a wealth of social information - more so now than ever before.
A new analysis of name statistics suggests that the meaning conveyed by a baby's name - that is, what a name tells others about the parents' tastes and background - has ramped up significantly over the last 25 years as baby names have become more diverse and numerous.
 this was in a new article in the news on yahoo.