Because with the progress of the times and the openness of ideas, the past customs gradually disappeared. Nowadays, most families adopt naming methods based on current personal habits. If the name is chosen by an old traditional generation, the scope of naming will be narrowed, making it impossible to choose a satisfactory name.
Moreover, the thinking of rural people is relatively old-fashioned, and people do not dare to violate family rules. Even if many customs are unscientific, they still need to be followed. Naming according to seniority is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years, and every family must abide by it. However, as rural people move to cities to work, their horizons become broader, and their ideas on naming will become more open-minded, and they will not be constrained by past customs.
At the same time, it is also related to the weakening of cohesion, because in the early years, family cohesion was relatively strong, each family had a corresponding culture, and every clan member would abide by family rules. Naming according to seniority is also the most basic cultural form. Nowadays, human relationships have become more indifferent. Even if people from the same family do not see each other at work all year round, their relationship will become very indifferent. So when it comes to naming, It would be more casual, with too many restrictions.
In addition, avoid giving children names that are rigid due to naming based on seniority, which may cause the children to be teased by their classmates when they go to school. As the level of education improves, the academic qualifications of young people are also improving. Therefore, everyone pursues trendy personality and does not like to be too similar to others, so they do not care too much about the meaning of naming based on seniority.
And now that our minds have been liberalized, everyone has the right to pursue novelty and be more casual in choosing names. However, some people will choose to name their children according to seniority, because it belongs to the right group. Family respect and comfort.