[Barbara]

My uneducated answer to this question has always been, “because they are not ‘plain, ordinary, white’ names.” I believe this phenomenon is primarily a hallmark of the lower socioeconomic classes. It would seem to be a way to stand out or be noticed in a society that does not ‘see’ this group of people. If you give your child a name that is atypical in larger society, it attracts ‘special’ attention – maybe the only attention members of the larger society will ever pay to the child/person.

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Name : Barbara, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 44, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : academician, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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