Do you think this Gen X name will ever be popular again?

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Anonymous wrote:It's not gen x-specific but a classic name that's been around forever. So much the better it's not popular now!

??? Why would someone want to give their child an unpopular name? Weird.

NP. Why would someone want to give their child a popular name that so many others will have? Weird.

There are basically no names where that is true anymore, though. The most popular girl names now will account for around .1% of all babies that year. Compare that to the 70s when nearly 4% of all baby girls were named Jennifer.

There's more diversity of names in general, which somewhat unexpectedly has the benefit of making even the most popular names more unique. So you can name your kid Charlotte or Olivia and odds are actually decent they will never be in a class with a child who has the same name.

And conversely, you can give your kid a much less popular name and, whether by random chance or by micro-trends in your area/socio-economic class, they may encounter multiple kids with that name as they grow up, even if it's ranked way down in the 900s or something. I've seen this happen.

Sorry, correcting -- the most popular names now account for around 1%, not .1%. Annoying typo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I personally have not meet another Gen X Christina. Several Christines, Kristens, and Kirstens, but no Christina. I do know a young Millennial Christina.

I think you are safe to use it. Don't worry about popularity.
-Gen Xer

Why would anyone worry about a name’s popularity? What a peculiar thing to be worried about.

I'm not worried about anything. I'm just responding to OP's title. I guess you've decided to hijack this thread with your puzzlement.

[Anonymous]

Christine - born in 60s
Kristin - born in 70s
Christina - born in 80s

Christina is lovely, go for it.

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I like that name. I know a millennial Christina and she's cool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's not gen x-specific but a classic name that's been around forever. So much the better it's not popular now!

??? Why would someone want to give their child an unpopular name? Weird.

Why would someone want to give their child a boring name that half a dozen classmates will have? Weird.

[Anonymous]

Go with it if you like it! Christina is a perfectly nice name.

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Yes, go for it.

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I like it

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I know a cat whose middle name is Christina.

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My friend named her daughter Christina (she is now 5).

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Anonymous wrote:I like it

I do too. It's too Christian for me personally, so I wouldn't use it on that front, but I think it's really beautiful. One of my best friends from growing up was a Christine and I was so jealous of that name. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's not gen x-specific but a classic name that's been around forever. So much the better it's not popular now!

??? Why would someone want to give their child an unpopular name? Weird.

I think the naming trends have shifted away to people wanting to give their kid a popular name and thus be one of five Emma's or Brayden's in elementary school. But UMC folks on dcum don't want to give kids trendeigh names either

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not gen x-specific but a classic name that's been around forever. So much the better it's not popular now!

??? Why would someone want to give their child an unpopular name? Weird.

NP. Why would someone want to give their child a popular name that so many others will have? Weird.

There are basically no names where that is true anymore, though. The most popular girl names now will account for around .1% of all babies that year. Compare that to the 70s when nearly 4% of all baby girls were named Jennifer.

There's more diversity of names in general, which somewhat unexpectedly has the benefit of making even the most popular names more unique. So you can name your kid Charlotte or Olivia and odds are actually decent they will never be in a class with a child who has the same name.

And conversely, you can give your kid a much less popular name and, whether by random chance or by micro-trends in your area/socio-economic class, they may encounter multiple kids with that name as they grow up, even if it's ranked way down in the 900s or something. I've seen this happen.

I think the other factor is data collection. My parents had no way of knowing they were giving me the most popular name. They didn't have a lot of friends who already had babies and they didn't have the internet. Now parents can look up baby name rankings, baby name videos, groups etc so it's a lot easier to find out a names popularity in advance.

I work in a job with elementary aged kids and I've definitely seen lower ranking names be more popular in some instances than top ten names.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not gen x-specific but a classic name that's been around forever. So much the better it's not popular now!

??? Why would someone want to give their child an unpopular name? Weird.

NP. Why would someone want to give their child a popular name that so many others will have? Weird.

Because most of us want our children to have a recognizable and popular name?

It’s not like a name is some precious commodity where obscurity bestows novelty and makes a child more unique or something.

I have a feeling you don't even know how stupid you sound.

You have no idea what "most of us" want. I don't know anybody who deliberately chose a name because it was popular, in fact it is more likely they decide to name their kid a name they like despite it being popular.

Seems like you may also think that using phrases like "obscurity bestows novelty" makes you sound smart but trust me, it doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the name Christina. It's hardly ever used anymore for baby girls. What are your thoughts? Should I just do it?

And it's definitely not Christine that I want to use... It's Christina, with an a at the end.

I LOVE Christina. It's gorgeous. Just use it and don't worry if it will be popular again. (I think it will. )