Lydia, Scarlett or Audrey?

[Anonymous]

I like Audrey the best.

[Anonymous]

A bit confused by people acting like Audrey is super popular. These are all top 100 names. Lydia is the least popular but not by much-- it's in the 90s and Lydia is in the 60s, which is statistically very similar. Scarlett, the one everyone seems to dislike, is a top 20 name!

I know 2 Lydia's under 10, and one Audrey and one Scarlett. In terms of popularity, id or bably star clear of Scarlett but the other two are fine-- you'll meet kids with these names but your child won't be one of three in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bit confused by people acting like Audrey is super popular. These are all top 100 names. Lydia is the least popular but not by much-- it's in the 90s and Lydia is in the 60s, which is statistically very similar. Scarlett, the one everyone seems to dislike, is a top 20 name!

I know 2 Lydia's under 10, and one Audrey and one Scarlett. In terms of popularity, id or bably star clear of Scarlett but the other two are fine-- you'll meet kids with these names but your child won't be one of three in class.

I meant Audrey is in the 60s

[Anonymous]

I don’t like Audrey very much. Lydia and Scarlett are both lovely names in my opinion but I would worry about naming my daughter them because of the strong association in my head with the very distinctive Austen/Gone With Wind characters could be a lot to live with. But if you love them, go for it! Pretty much all names have some questionable association or another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is something about the name Lydia that is off-putting to me. Like it doesn't sound right. I can't put my finger on it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bit confused by people acting like Audrey is super popular. These are all top 100 names. Lydia is the least popular but not by much-- it's in the 90s and Lydia is in the 60s, which is statistically very similar. Scarlett, the one everyone seems to dislike, is a top 20 name!

I know 2 Lydia's under 10, and one Audrey and one Scarlett. In terms of popularity, id or bably star clear of Scarlett but the other two are fine-- you'll meet kids with these names but your child won't be one of three in class.

Lydia only cracked the top 100 about 13 years ago, and has never been higher than 80. It's a real name that's not particularly popular - classic to some and unattractive to others. Scarlett cracked the top 100 around the same time as Lydia but skyrocketed to 14 last year - this is going to be the most trendy/flash-in-the pan of the three. Audrey has been in the top 100 for 20+ years, and in the 30s for a handful of years within the last 10. It's not Olivia but it is popular, especially compared to Lydia.

But the number of kids accumulates, they don't disappear after the year they're born. There are a lot of little Audreys running around (and before anyone throws out a red herring, yes it's not Jennifer in the 70s, but it's the most common of the three under consideration in this thread). In fairness, I think it's the nicest of the three, which accounts for its popularity, but that's why people are saying it's popular.

[Anonymous]

Lydia and Audrey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A bit confused by people acting like Audrey is super popular. These are all top 100 names. Lydia is the least popular but not by much-- it's in the 90s and Lydia is in the 60s, which is statistically very similar. Scarlett, the one everyone seems to dislike, is a top 20 name!

I know 2 Lydia's under 10, and one Audrey and one Scarlett. In terms of popularity, id or bably star clear of Scarlett but the other two are fine-- you'll meet kids with these names but your child won't be one of three in class.

Lydia only cracked the top 100 about 13 years ago, and has never been higher than 80. It's a real name that's not particularly popular - classic to some and unattractive to others. Scarlett cracked the top 100 around the same time as Lydia but skyrocketed to 14 last year - this is going to be the most trendy/flash-in-the pan of the three. Audrey has been in the top 100 for 20+ years, and in the 30s for a handful of years within the last 10. It's not Olivia but it is popular, especially compared to Lydia.

But the number of kids accumulates, they don't disappear after the year they're born. There are a lot of little Audreys running around (and before anyone throws out a red herring, yes it's not Jennifer in the 70s, but it's the most common of the three under consideration in this thread). In fairness, I think it's the nicest of the three, which accounts for its popularity, but that's why people are saying it's popular.

I just think popularity by itself is not a very useful metric in general, but I also just don't get how a name that is never in the top 20 could be too popular to use. I know some people want names for their kids that you never encounter, but most people tend to choose names that are generally in the zeitgeist, even if outside the very top names. I wouldn't choose a top 10 name because I'd worry about it being too common, and I'd choose a 10-20 name with caution (I'd have to really love it, it wouldn't be a name I'd choose with any reservations). But outside of that I wouldn't worry that much. There are so many names.

None of these names strike me as "too popular" and they are frankly similar enough in overall popularity that I wouldn't base my choice on that at all.

[Anonymous]

Lydia and Audrey are both lovely.

Scarlett is very associated with a book and a movie that romanticized slavery. I wouldn't be able to get past of it, and would be cautious about letting my kid socialize with someone who thought it was an acceptable name. If I got to know you and found out you were just clueless and tone deaf, maybe I'd get past that.

Choose Lydia or Audrey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A bit confused by people acting like Audrey is super popular. These are all top 100 names. Lydia is the least popular but not by much-- it's in the 90s and Lydia is in the 60s, which is statistically very similar. Scarlett, the one everyone seems to dislike, is a top 20 name!

I know 2 Lydia's under 10, and one Audrey and one Scarlett. In terms of popularity, id or bably star clear of Scarlett but the other two are fine-- you'll meet kids with these names but your child won't be one of three in class.

Lydia only cracked the top 100 about 13 years ago, and has never been higher than 80. It's a real name that's not particularly popular - classic to some and unattractive to others. Scarlett cracked the top 100 around the same time as Lydia but skyrocketed to 14 last year - this is going to be the most trendy/flash-in-the pan of the three. Audrey has been in the top 100 for 20+ years, and in the 30s for a handful of years within the last 10. It's not Olivia but it is popular, especially compared to Lydia.

But the number of kids accumulates, they don't disappear after the year they're born. There are a lot of little Audreys running around (and before anyone throws out a red herring, yes it's not Jennifer in the 70s, but it's the most common of the three under consideration in this thread). In fairness, I think it's the nicest of the three, which accounts for its popularity, but that's why people are saying it's popular.

I just think popularity by itself is not a very useful metric in general, but I also just don't get how a name that is never in the top 20 could be too popular to use. I know some people want names for their kids that you never encounter, but most people tend to choose names that are generally in the zeitgeist, even if outside the very top names. I wouldn't choose a top 10 name because I'd worry about it being too common, and I'd choose a 10-20 name with caution (I'd have to really love it, it wouldn't be a name I'd choose with any reservations). But outside of that I wouldn't worry that much. There are so many names.

None of these names strike me as "too popular" and they are frankly similar enough in overall popularity that I wouldn't base my choice on that at all.

I don't think anyone said that, unless I missed it. A lot of people who feel like they could go for two names equally will default to the less popular one because that metric serves as a tie-breaker, not because the more popular one has crossed some point of no return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lydia and Audrey are both lovely.

Scarlett is very associated with a book and a movie that romanticized slavery. I wouldn't be able to get past of it, and would be cautious about letting my kid socialize with someone who thought it was an acceptable name. If I got to know you and found out you were just clueless and tone deaf, maybe I'd get past that.

Choose Lydia or Audrey.

You can’t think of any other reason besides an old movie connection that someone might pick Scarlett?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lydia and Audrey are both lovely.

Scarlett is very associated with a book and a movie that romanticized slavery. I wouldn't be able to get past of it, and would be cautious about letting my kid socialize with someone who thought it was an acceptable name. If I got to know you and found out you were just clueless and tone deaf, maybe I'd get past that.

Choose Lydia or Audrey.

You can’t think of any other reason besides an old movie connection that someone might pick Scarlett?

Absolutely I think a parent could pick it for another reason. But the fact that for whatever reason they chose to overlook the racist association that is well known, is concerning.

[Anonymous]

My friend has a dog named Scarlett, so by DCUM reasoning, no one should ever name their kid that name.

[Anonymous]

In DC, Audrey is a top 100 name (tied for #64) while Lydia and Scarlett aren't in the top 100.

In VA, Scarlett is #15, Audrey is tied for #53, and Lydia is tied for #89.

In MD, Scarlett is #28 and Audrey is tied for #92 while Lydia isn't in the top 100.

(https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lydia and Audrey are both lovely.

Scarlett is very associated with a book and a movie that romanticized slavery. I wouldn't be able to get past of it, and would be cautious about letting my kid socialize with someone who thought it was an acceptable name. If I got to know you and found out you were just clueless and tone deaf, maybe I'd get past that.

Choose Lydia or Audrey.

You can’t think of any other reason besides an old movie connection that someone might pick Scarlett?

Absolutely I think a parent could pick it for another reason. But the fact that for whatever reason they chose to overlook the racist association that is well known, is concerning.

DP. The reason this is insane is that while YOUR biggest association with the name Scarlett is Gone with the Wind, you are assuming that is also THEIR biggest association with it. Most people I know have never even read that book or seen that movie. My first association is the board game clue, or just the color red. It would not occur to me that someone had named their kid after a character from a book/movie that came out before any of us were born.

In the name of anti-racism you are making wild assumptions based on your own biases, which seems... wrong? Also that it would lead you to try and keep your child from associating with another child? I'm all for fighting racism but I think you are just creating other problems and not actually solving anything.