What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?

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Walter, Matthew, William, Finn, Mabel, and Arlo- my great nieces and nephews in the midwest, they are all under five. Parents are college educated, late 20's.

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Sienna, Caleb, Elizabeth, Freya, Kameron (girl), Eira (A-Ear-ah)

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3 different baby boys named Brooks, sigh

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Anonymous wrote:It would be helpful to say a little about your social world. Otherwise these names don't mean anything.

I'll start: white, UMC, mid-30s. Names of recent babies in my circle are Mia, Eleanor, Margot, Emma, Elijah, and Leo (multiple boys, one girl).

These girls named things like Leo, Mason, Noah, Theo, etc. all have parents who think they've figured out some end run around misogyny but are are really playing right into it. These girls will either come to dislike these names or will internalize the message that they aren't like the other girls -- they are at the "cool girls."

STRONG AGREE! My daughter has a friend named Kevyn (pronounced the same as Kevin) that is in her 20s. I’m assuming that she hates her name because she exclusively goes by KC (her first and middle initial). I had no idea that Kevyn was her legal name until my daughter brought it up one day. I thought her name was Casey because I had only heard it and never saw it written down. The sad part is that this family also has a son, so I’m not quite sure why they didn’t just name him Kevin. They also have another daughter with a feminine first name.

Naming your daughter Kevyn shouldn’t even be an option. I’m starting to think we need to have naming laws, guidelines, and restrictions in the US like some other countries do. Unfortunately, it will never happen because most Americans are more worried about parental rights and individualism rather than the mental and social well-being of children.

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Anonymous wrote:Sienna, Caleb, Elizabeth, Freya, Kameron (girl), Eira (A-Ear-ah)

Sienna and Freya are nice. They've been popular in the UK for a long time - happy to see them being increasingly used stateside.

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Anonymous wrote:Sienna, Caleb, Elizabeth, Freya, Kameron (girl), Eira (A-Ear-ah)

Sienna and Freya are nice. They've been popular in the UK for a long time - happy to see them being increasingly used stateside.

Sienna is pretty much as popular in the US as it has been for the last 20 years - not into the top 100, but not outside of the top 300 either. It's a pretty solid "nature" name option for people who want something not too popular but not "never heard of it" either.

Freya/Freyja, on the other hand, has made a huge jump but is not a great name unless you have some Nordic familial tie, IMO. Those waters are muddied by too many white supremacists in the US trying to glom onto or co-opt Norse mythology.

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Anonymous wrote:3 different baby boys named Brooks, sigh

I hate this. It is definitely one of my least favorite names.

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I know a 53yo guy named Brooks guy and a 60+ year old woman named Kevan.

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Anonymous wrote:3 different baby boys named Brooks, sigh

I hate this. It is definitely one of my least favorite names.

It sounds too preppy and like your typical frat bro name. Any man named Brooks is destined to be a d*uchebag.

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Ava, Alice, Lawrence, George, Lucia

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Eleanor

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Marley (2 different baby girls), and Gabrielle.

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Peter Louis

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sienna, Caleb, Elizabeth, Freya, Kameron (girl), Eira (A-Ear-ah)

Sienna and Freya are nice. They've been popular in the UK for a long time - happy to see them being increasingly used stateside.

I know three Freyas - one is in 4th grade and the other two are 22 and 23. Freya's been on peoples' radar for a couple decades now.

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Anonymous wrote:Marley (2 different baby girls), and Gabrielle.

Marley seems like SUCH a great name for a dog.