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The most common first names for police officers, poets and venture capitalists

People with the names are listed are more likely than others to have those professions – for example, a higher proportion of people named Wayne and Kevin are police officers, while those named Edgar and Hannah are more likely than their counterparts to be poets. The chart shows names that are common in a profession relative to their overall frequency, not the most common name by profession. One Sentence - True stories, told in one sentence.

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