Does anyone use normal baby names anymore?
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Anonymous
| This is just a casual thread. I’m in a pregnant moms group on Facebook, and a post popped up from someone asking what the moms in the group are planning to name their babies. I read out of curiosity, and 99% of the names (on a post with hundreds of comments) were absolutely outrageous. I’m talking Timber, Kollyns, Huntley, Bexlee, Hayzen, etc. Maybe it’s because I’m a FTM and am not around small children on a regular basis, but I feel like this mentality of needing to be unique is a relatively new phenomenon/trend. I’m starting to think my child is going to be the odd one out. |
Anonymous
| I prefer classic biblical names or Hebrew names |
Anonymous
| I know 3 women who had babies in the last month and none used a name like you describe. One is unusual, but it’s still a conventional spelling. It may be the demographics of who is in that particular group. |
Anonymous
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Yes there are people obsessed with having a "unique" baby name. This is not a new trend. The people most likely to obsessively post about baby names online tend to fall into this trend.
But most kids get normal names. Go look at the top 100 names on the SSN site. It's stuff like Noah, Harrison, Violet, and Emma. This is the vast majority of kids. |
Anonymous
What Facebook group? This sounds like an internet meme. Like "CNA single moms of DC" or some such. |
Anonymous
| The best naming advice is to picture the baby as an adult. |
Anonymous
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This is peer group dependent OP.
If you asked DCUM, 90% of expectant moms would report their planned baby names are “Caroline” or “George”. |
Anonymous
| Yes, to me it speaks volumes if a parent needs to have a unique name for their child. Choose a name you like. Period. Whether popular or not. |
Anonymous
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Liam, Noah, Olivia, and Emma aren’t exactly wild outrageous names but they are the most common names being given to babies.
The people posting on your message board aren’t representative of most new parents. |
Anonymous
| Pick a name. Walk around your house yelling out to that name re various things -- [name] dinner is ready...[name] are your almost ready, we are late for the school bus...[name] come downstairs. Now picture being at the park or playground or soccer field and same thing. Will you love the name to call it out thousands of times? |
Anonymous
| We considered a more unique name for DS and worried his name would be too common. 18 years later I'm so glad we settled on Max. Short, sweet, and suits child and adult. And we've rarely encountered other Max's along the way in his age group. |
Anonymous
| Horseshoe theory of baby naming: the very trashy and the very wealthy converge on the unique baby names. |
Anonymous
In my experience the super rich using quirky baby names is mostly prevalent in Hollywood and the UK. In the US both the new rich and old rich generally stick to classics or family names. |
Anonymous
It's this. The poorer the mom, the dumber the name. |
Anonymous
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I’m certain that I saw the exact post that you’re talking about, OP. Those names were atrocious. I was convinced half of the comments were from teen moms until I starting looking at their profile pictures and saw that they all looked 25+.
I almost spit out my drink when I saw comments saying JANSLER, TIMBERLYN, and KEMPER for baby girls. |