Most common (overused?) names among infants & toddlers in this area?
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Anonymous
Mom and mom's friends: Carol, Barbara Suzanne, Terry (Theresa), Anne, Juanita, Janet, Betsy, Julie, Elaine, Deborah, Penny (Penelope), Maura, Mona, Mary I think Anne and Mary are names that will always be considered classic, but I most of these still sound very dated to me, especially Carol, Barbara, Suzanne, Janet and Deborah. |
Anonymous
Also Sandra, Sharon, Marilyn, Gail and Brenda. Penelope is definitely on its way back. |
Anonymous
I counted 34+ names for girls and 31 names for boy on the list above. When I was a kid it seemed most of us had one of 5 names. I think we're kind of overreacting here about the popularity issue. It seems there are plenty of names to go around for our children these days. |
Anonymous
| I think something to keep in mind is the last name. If the last name is 'Smith' then of course you'd want to pick something a bit more original/unique. I wouldn't fault someone for picking something more 'out there' with a common last name...or something more plain if the last name were difficult or exotic. |
Anonymous
I know 2 Lucys and a Lucia. |
Anonymous
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Just curious--has anyone heard (or used) any of these supposed up-and-comer's?
Isla Talullah Violet Penelope Hazel Matilda Phoebe Scarlett Willa Seraphina Clementine Delilah August Bennett Beckett Atticus Asher Dashiell Milo Emmett Sebastian Silas Griffin Jasper |
Anonymous
Any name of celeb kids are inviting popularity. |
Anonymous
| To 16:37, my DS's name is on your list. In fact, I think it was mentioned as one of the most common names in Bethesda in a different thread, although I don't live in Bethesda so I wouldn't know. |
Anonymous
With the exception of Emmett, I know all these children personally. Violet, Matilda, and August are my nieces and nephew. |
Anonymous
I too have an Evelyn. Since her, I have only met 2 others, one 3 years younger and the other 2 years older! So far she has been the only Evelyn in her peer group. Nice name that is common enough not to mispronounce, but not too too popular so there isn't an over abundance, well at least not yet. |
Anonymous
I'm surprised I haven't seen Ben or Benjamin. My son is usually one of several - it started in daycare and continues in ES. |
Anonymous
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I definitely grew up with one of those 5-kids-in-my-class had my name names. I also had a generic last name and married into an only slightly less generic one. Ironically my favorite boy's name, Evan, is a close relative's name and so I can't use it. Both the boy and girl names we like (besides Evan) have been mentioned here but I don't know any kids with those names, weirdly.
Agree with the fact that I don't like the names of my mother's friends: Gloria, Janet, Barbara, etc. |
Anonymous
Benjamin was added to the updated list. See pg. 8 |
Anonymous
I agree, Lucy doesn't seem to be common. I only know of one - 6 yrs in my DCs school. |
Anonymous
I know! We picked DS' name out of a book, and thought we were SO original and clever - only to find out it's rising like wildfire on the SS list, and at my first pp checkup my OB said "oh, I know 4 X's born in the past month"! How on earth did that happen? I've never met or heard of a single person with his name before. (At least it's not on the top 10 list, but I bet it will be in a couple years.) And, no, you can't know what it is b/c I don't want you to use it! 
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