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Anonymous
Emma was already exploding in popularity before that. In 2001, it was ranked 13. For 2002, it was ranked 4, and some of that increased popularity came before the Friends baby's name was revealed. To avoid picking a popular name, I recommend exploring the SSA site and looking at the approach this woman took: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6D6143AF935A35754C0A9659C8B63 My girls both have names that are classic (and ancestral) but aren't in the top 1000 names. They are not names that people think seem odd in the least, and they are not "50s names." |
Anonymous
First of all, thanks for the article but now I am super curious what her kid's name is! And you have also gotten the best of me - what are your girls names? I was the previous poster who wouldn't consider anything over #500 (and actually loved when a name didn't even crack 1000 on the SSA list!), but also wanted a name that wasn't too out there and had a great meaning. It sounds like we have similar naming philosophies and I'm curious what you came up with. |
Anonymous
Daisy. |
Anonymous
Interesting--we actually know two girls named Daisy, LOL. Wonder if you are the mother of one of them? 
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Anonymous
| No, sorry, Daisy is the daughter of Peggy Orenstein, who wrote the article cited by 12:23. |
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My mother was born in the 1940s, when the popular names were Carol and Barbara. My mother always hated her name, and asked her mother why she would give her such a terrible name. My grandmother's answer was always the same. "Because Carol, I didn't want to name you Barbara."
For us, we used one family name on accident, as I didn't know it was one. We looked for names that were not too common. They are good names, as they can have cool nicknames, and later in life will be more professional. I once had a boss named Ricky. I couldn't understand why his parents would do that to him, why not name him Rick, Frederick, or Richard, and just call him Ricky? I found it actually effected the way I saw him, not that it's right, but it did. |
Anonymous
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Names of kids in my DD's circle:
Boys: William, Henry, Sam, Casey, Jackson, Paul, Liam, Owen, Daniel, Andrew, Connor Girls: Maggie, Jane, Elizabeth, Annabelle, Mary, Sarah, Caroline, Reagan, Ruby, Ally, Maya |
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My son is almost 4 and we know 3 Aidans just in our small circle and have heard the name a lot just at the park, etc. Wonder if it's because of the character on Sex in the City.
My brother and his wife, who are definitely NOT the DCUM demographic, named their foster son who they've had since birth and are hoping to adopt, Liam--my family has an Irish last name. It just seems a little odd, since the boy is Hispanic. I bet there will be some double takes as he gets older. |
Anonymous
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Actually my daughter is named after my husband's mother. The name is mentioned in this thread numerous times. I liked it and no I did not realize that it was "trendy modern" or "trendy old-fashioned". So I'm supposed to admit to picking trendy and own it? What does that even mean? Why do you have your panties in a wad about my reasons for picking anything? PP here. Checked the panties - doesn't seem to be in a wad. Doesn't matter your reasons for picking the name. People have lots of reasons. My only annoyance is when people put down another choice to raise up their own. Personally, I liked lots of the popular names out there. If I had a different DH my kids would have had a more popular name. But if someone is going to say they picked a family name in a superior kind of way, I have to at least question, would the same same choice of relative have been picked if the family name was Bertha or Matilda or is this a case of saying we picked Beatrice, as a way of honoring Aunt Bertha or going with Matilda for the middle name. By own it - it is exactly like you said. You liked the name - didn't care if 50 other people had the name. |
Anonymous
| How exciting -- my DD's name ranked in the 70s (out of 100) on the SSA list for the year she was born and I haven't heard one mention of it on this site! |
Anonymous
| It's not Evelyn is it? |
Anonymous
Nope! |
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I named my daughter Ava before it became popular, and now she one of two Avas in her school.
But sometimes you just can't win. I have two friends who independently named their daughters Annika. Who would've guessed? There's a fortune to be made in mapping the spread of popular names, I'm sure. |
Anonymous
| Yea, one of my children's name is#75 for the year he was born and yet it hasn't been mentioned here and we've yet to meet another. My other child's name is #211 and there is another in his tumbles class. Go figure. |
Anonymous
My daughter's name was in the 170's last year and it hasn't been mentioned here, nor do I know another child in the same age group with that name. But, we're going to be calling her by a nickname -- the nickname hasn't cracked the top 1000 ever but I saw recently via neighborhood listserv that there is another baby with that name who lives in our area and is less than a year older than our baby. You never know! |