Friday, May 6, 2011

What's in a Name: Most Popular Names for CEOs

LinkedIn evaluated more than 100 million user profiles to come up with a list of the top names for CEOs around the world.

The most popular name for a male CEO is Peter, followed by Bob, Jack, Bruce and Fred.

LinkedIn attributes men's use of nicknames to "denote a sense of friendliness and openness."

The most popular CEO names for women are: Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia and Carolyn.

When it comes to women chief executives, they use their full names to "project a more professional image."

Long names of seven or more letters, Thierry, Philippe and Laurent were popular in the food-service industry.

Engineers also typically have longer names of six or more letters. Topping the list for engineers were Rajesh, Jeremy and Andrew.

The top name for a pro athlete: Ryan.
For a cop: Billy.
And for human resources manager: Emma.

Source: ABC News

2 comments:

amy grace said...

hmm. looks like i'll need to change my name if i want to get higher up in life. ;) haha jk, i need to change jobs b/c i mean, there is only two people above me and they own the company...soooo

*Stace* said...

fun post! mase - i think you need to stay b/c there's only two people above you . .