J. David Hacker

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  Using uniquely processed census data and his own specialized skills, J. David Hacker, a demographic historian at Binghamton University, is revisiting and studying the early origins of this societal sea change.As he attempts to tease out the repercussions of this trend, he is also rewriting some important pages of history by helping to clarify the forces that fueled it.
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  Hacker was tapped in 2006 for a five-year $674,000 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development."In some ways I was the ideal candidate," Hacker said.

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  J. David Hacker, Binghamton University

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  Naming patterns also follow long-term trends, according to J. David Hacker, a history professor at New York's Binghamton University, who has studied U.S. first names from the Colonial era through 1920.
  
  "There was a revolution in naming patterns in the Colonial period, especially in Puritan New England, which very consciously turned to the Bible as a source of forenames," he said.
  
  In 17th- and early 18th- century America, 90 percent of first names were biblical, versus 50 percent in England during the same period, where names linked to royalty were more popular.
  
  After the Revolutionary War, though, the U.S. naming pool was largely secularized.Working from census records, which use the names people are known by, not their formal names, Hacker found that in 1780, two-thirds of U.S. male names came from the Bible, while that number dropped to under 20 percent in 1920.
  
  Girls' names vary more widely across generations, though Mary had a lock on the top spot in the early years the way Michael did more recently.Hacker thinks "that in the 18th and 19th centuries, male names were taken more seriously, while girls names were driven more by fashion."
  
  Among immigrants in the early 20th century, some purposely looked for classic American names for their children, while others who tried to hold on to their heritage, Hacker said.

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  In the United States, the total fertility rate - the number of children a woman has in her lifetime - fell from seven or eight in 1800 to slightly more than two today, says J. David Hacker, assistant professor of history at Binghamton University.

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  Naming patterns also follow long-term trends, according to J. David Hacker, a history professor at New York's Binghamton University, who has studied U.S. first names from the Colonial era through 1920.Print Friendly View Email Article Return to Top

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  J. David Hacker, Assistant Professor of History at Binghamton University and a member of Paul's dissertation committee, said, "Paul's dissertation is an excellent example of what we want from our students' dissertations: an original and significant contribution to knowledge on an important subject, carefully researched, and beautifully written."

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  In the United States, the total fertility rate - the number of children a woman has in her lifetime - fell from seven or eight in 1800 to slightly more than two today, says J. David Hacker, assistant professor of history at Binghamton University. And with a five-year $667,237 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Hacker hopes to find out why."It's one of the most profound social revolutions of the period," he said. [click link for full article]

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  In the United States, the total fertility rate - the number of children a woman has in her lifetime - fell from seven or eight in 1800 to slightly more than two today, says J. David Hacker, assistant professor of history at Binghamton University.And with a five-year $667,237 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Hacker hopes to find out why."It's one of the most profound social revolutions of the period," he said. [click link for full article]

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  J. David Hacker, Assistant Professor of History at Binghamton University and a member of Paul,s dissertation committee, said, ,Paul,s dissertation is an excellent example of what we want from our students, dissertations: an original and significant contribution to knowledge on an important subject, carefully researched, and beautifully written.,

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  Naming patterns also follow long-term trends, according to J. David Hacker, a history professor at New York's Binghamton University, who has studied U.S. first names from the Colonial era through 1920.
  
  "There was a revolution in naming patterns in the Colonial period, especially in Puritan New England, which very consciously turned to the Bible as a source of forenames," he said.
  
  In 17th- and early 18th-century America, 90 percent of first names were biblical, versus 50 percent in England during the same period, where names linked to royalty were more popular.
  
  After the Revolutionary War, though, the U.S. naming pool was largely secularized.Working from census records, which use the names people are known by, not their formal names, Hacker found that in 1780, two-thirds of U.S. male names came from the Bible, while that number dropped to under 20 percent in 1920.
  
  Girls' names vary more widely across generations, though Mary had a lock on the top spot in the early years the way Michael did more recently.
  
  Hacker thinks "that in the 18th and 19th centuries, male names were taken more seriously, while girls names were driven more by fashion."
  
  Among immigrants in the early 20th century, some purposely looked for classic American names for their children, while others who tried to hold on to their heritage, Hacker said.

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