Is your name written in the Book? Why are fewer American parents giving their children Bible names? The Bible is filled with hate and violence -- who wants to use a book like that to pick a name for a child? The names are so old-fashioned We're a multicultural society with each ethnic group having its own name preferences Parents don't want to give names to their children that could make them stand out for ridicule by other children Native-born Americans have fewer children than some immigrant groups -- I suspect that's skewing the results It's not intentional – Americans don't know Scripture well enough to be rejecting names because they're in the Bible These things go in cycles -- Bible names will be popular again some day Male children are not named after their fathers or grandfathers as often as before, so the biblical names aren't preserved The prevalence of pop culture gives parents so many other choices Americans have become biblically illiterate and don't even know the names of characters found in Scripture Other View Results Loading ...