What’s your favorite “not top 1000” name(s)?

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22:21 to add the person who knew someone by the name is now late 60s.

Also, someone once mentioned his name on a name's thread years ago, and said it was their kid's friend. She said it was cool, unusual name. Fortunately.

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Stellan
Andrei

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Anonymous wrote:I thought I liked some "not top 1000" names, but this exercise has shown me that my sweet spot is 400-800. Outside the top 1000, a lot of the names just sound super outdated or made up.

+1

But names outside the top 1000 that are familiar and not terribly dated include:

Joan (I think this is underrated. Joanna is #254 so a decent alternative)
Erica
Anita
Lara 701
Constance
Monica 640
Courtney
Marisa
Gina
Teresa 801
Cara (personal favorite)
Anne 569 (shocker! although Anna is #63)

I couldn't find any decent ones for men, unless you're interested in Stanley, Harold 816, Abner, Alfred 800, Gary 774, etc.

Raymond is in the 300s and I always liked that one. I've feel like people named Ray are always jolly. Like Martin/Marty.

for names that are more nationality-oriented, there's:

Cillian
Dario 937
Karim
Anton
Dermot
Anders 916
Emile
Ahmed 596
Mariano


Vera 252(sounds old-fashioned to American ears, but very common in Croatia, Slovenia, etc)
Dara (Eastern European women, Irish men but also Darragh)
Ilona
Siobhan
Rashida
Milena 681
Karina 570
Domenica
Natasha 880
Zora 789
Sanaa
Daniela
Katarina
Renata 487
Agata (this seems bad-ass)
Beatrice 562
Gaia

Many if not most of these names are not 1000+.

Is it too much to do a quick 20 second ssa search before posting.

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This thread is a bummer because I thought it would be a good resource for less popular names, but it's mostly (1) terrible names, (2) names that are actually in the top 1000, sometimes pretty high up, and (3) people bragging about finding a great names outside the top 1000 but refusing to share them.

None of those things are helpful. Just FYI.

[Anonymous]

my girls names are listed here. You possibly hate them

C'est La Vie

Nameberry has a list: https://nameberry.com/blog/50-amazing-names-below-the-top-1000

(there are several, but I picked the first one that popped up)

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Amadea
Serafina
Martina
Petra
Rowena
Cassia


I'd include Magdalena, but it just cracked the top 1000 recently, and is in the 900s.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is a bummer because I thought it would be a good resource for less popular names, but it's mostly (1) terrible names, (2) names that are actually in the top 1000, sometimes pretty high up, and (3) people bragging about finding a great names outside the top 1000 but refusing to share them.

None of those things are helpful. Just FYI.

Go here: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html

download the national data spreadsheet and sort by number of births.

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Emiliana
Viola
Seraphina
Marcella/Marcela

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Anonymous wrote:Emiliana
Viola
Seraphina
Marcella/Marcela

The idea of someone naming their kid Emiliana specifically because it's out of the top 1000, and thus "uncommon", is hilarious to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Emiliana
Viola
Seraphina
Marcella/Marcela

The idea of someone naming their kid Emiliana specifically because it's out of the top 1000, and thus "uncommon", is hilarious to me.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is a bummer because I thought it would be a good resource for less popular names, but it's mostly (1) terrible names, (2) names that are actually in the top 1000, sometimes pretty high up, and (3) people bragging about finding a great names outside the top 1000 but refusing to share them.

None of those things are helpful. Just FYI.

I don't want to share my daughter's name because there are so few people with her name that it would be too easy to identify her. It was last in the top-1000 over 100 years ago.

This is my first post in this thread, so I am not one who has been "bragging" about finding an unusual name.

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I don’t understand why you would actively seek this.

Don’t most people want to give their child a popular name instead of an obscure or archaic one?

It’s not like a name is some precious commodity.

No, not everyone wants to do what’s popular just because it’s popular. Some people actively seek popular, some people just don’t care, and some prefer unique. None are wrong, just different. And many of these names are known and familiar, just not currently on trend.

What you said. Exactly! Thank you

And some people just say to their spouse I like this name and when they agree say "that's it" and never even LOOK at the rank! That's what we did. Twice.

That’s called “negligence”. It’s how I ended up with a top 10 name that still hunts me.

poor baby. I'm sorry but, it is not negligence not even a tiny bit. My kids love their names and one of them is in the top 10. You need more problems to worry about.

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I don’t understand why you would actively seek this.

Don’t most people want to give their child a popular name instead of an obscure or archaic one?

It’s not like a name is some precious commodity.

No, not everyone wants to do what’s popular just because it’s popular. Some people actively seek popular, some people just don’t care, and some prefer unique. None are wrong, just different. And many of these names are known and familiar, just not currently on trend.

What you said. Exactly! Thank you

And some people just say to their spouse I like this name and when they agree say "that's it" and never even LOOK at the rank! That's what we did. Twice.

That’s called “negligence”. It’s how I ended up with a top 10 name that still hunts me.

poor baby. I'm sorry but, it is not negligence not even a tiny bit. My kids love their names and one of them is in the top 10. You need more problems to worry about.

Agreed. My DD's name is now Top 20 even though it was in the 200s or 300s when we named her. She LOVES that it's become more popular. One of her favorite things in the world is meeting a baby with her name -- for a while I think she thought it mean they were sisters. Maybe one day it will annoy her to have a more common name, but I hope she maintains her delight with it. It shows that she's comfortable in her own skin and feels valued for herself, not because she has a "special" name.

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I don’t understand why you would actively seek this.

Don’t most people want to give their child a popular name instead of an obscure or archaic one?

It’s not like a name is some precious commodity.

No, not everyone wants to do what’s popular just because it’s popular. Some people actively seek popular, some people just don’t care, and some prefer unique. None are wrong, just different. And many of these names are known and familiar, just not currently on trend.

What you said. Exactly! Thank you

And some people just say to their spouse I like this name and when they agree say "that's it" and never even LOOK at the rank! That's what we did. Twice.

That’s called “negligence”. It’s how I ended up with a top 10 name that still hunts me.

poor baby. I'm sorry but, it is not negligence not even a tiny bit. My kids love their names and one of them is in the top 10. You need more problems to worry about.

Agreed. My DD's name is now Top 20 even though it was in the 200s or 300s when we named her. She LOVES that it's become more popular. One of her favorite things in the world is meeting a baby with her name -- for a while I think she thought it mean they were sisters. Maybe one day it will annoy her to have a more common name, but I hope she maintains her delight with it. It shows that she's comfortable in her own skin and feels valued for herself, not because she has a "special" name.

That’s a ridiculous rationalization. Wishful thinking.

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I don’t understand why you would actively seek this.

Don’t most people want to give their child a popular name instead of an obscure or archaic one?

It’s not like a name is some precious commodity.

No, not everyone wants to do what’s popular just because it’s popular. Some people actively seek popular, some people just don’t care, and some prefer unique. None are wrong, just different. And many of these names are known and familiar, just not currently on trend.

What you said. Exactly! Thank you

And some people just say to their spouse I like this name and when they agree say "that's it" and never even LOOK at the rank! That's what we did. Twice.

That’s called “negligence”. It’s how I ended up with a top 10 name that still hunts me.

poor baby. I'm sorry but, it is not negligence not even a tiny bit. My kids love their names and one of them is in the top 10. You need more problems to worry about.

Agreed. My DD's name is now Top 20 even though it was in the 200s or 300s when we named her. She LOVES that it's become more popular. One of her favorite things in the world is meeting a baby with her name -- for a while I think she thought it mean they were sisters. Maybe one day it will annoy her to have a more common name, but I hope she maintains her delight with it. It shows that she's comfortable in her own skin and feels valued for herself, not because she has a "special" name.

That’s a ridiculous rationalization. Wishful thinking.

How is that ridiculous? I have a very common name and hate how common it is, but I am pretty insecure and don't always feel valued for who I am. It sounds pretty logical to me.