Eugene It Isn't

I like to occasionally take a look at the offender registries where I live.  I also like to check out my hometown, just to see if there are any more people I went to school with on there (current count: 2).

As I was scrolling down the page I realized that 10% of the individuals on my hometown's offender list have the middle name Eugene.  I'm not even kidding.  7/70 have the same middle name.  If you want your kid to live a life of crime, I suggest settling on "Eugene" for a middle name.

The number is a little skewed too, because there are a handful of women on there, and women are probably statistically less likely to have "Eugene" in their name.  Still, 10%.  If I throw out all the women on the list, the number is probably more like 11%.  

I double-checked and selected only the sex offenders (violent and drug were on the previous list).  I wondered if there were, say, more of them in one category than another.  But it turned out the list of sex offenders was 51 people, and 5 had the middle name "Eugene."  Still about the same.  

Now you know what not to name your kid.

You're welcome.