The way to do fortune-telling by the person's name is generally based on stroke count of the name.
For example, the total number of strokes of the name, including both first and last names, is believed to tell fortune of the whole life, particularly after 50 years old.
Also, stroke count of family name is for fortune in younger age of maybe up to 20 years old and reads the person's identity; total stroke counts of last letter of family name and first letter of first name is used to read fortune in the period of 20 through 50 years old and the person's personality and talent; total stroke counts of first letter of family name and last letter of first name reads fortune in daily life, such as relationship with others.
Other factors, such as sound of each letter, the person's birth date, and so on, are also considered to come up to more certain results of fortune telling.
Of course, there are no scientific or rational reasons for the above onomancy like other fortune-tellings, however, many Japanese, particularly older generations, believe this fortune-telling and thus care about naming of a new-born. In fact, I'm also a believer of onomancy and read through several onomancy books when my daughter was born, and decided her name based on my careful research, which my wife and I believed the best one!
Not only for a new-born baby, but even adults, particularly certain high-profile people, like actor/actress, sometimes changes his/her stage name aiming at a better career as I assume.
Younger generation seems not care much about onomancy but care more about the sound of name and tend to name which sounds "cool." Accordingly, popular names for new born babies (which are announced every year) in recent years are completely different from ones in old years, maybe a few decades ago.
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