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Anonymous
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I was interested in a recent thread on the expectant mom forum about names and how so many of us choose what we think are fairly uncommon names for our kids, only to find out that their future classrooms are full of other Henrys, Lilys, Lucys, Owens, etc. So in considering names for #2, I was curious what names other parents have found to be very common right now amongst their child's peers.
Thanks for your input! |
Anonymous
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Depends on your demographic I would think? But I agree, watch out for lyrical and non-gross-sounding names from 1900-1930: William, Henry, Lily, Vivienne, Ella, Caroline, Annabelle, Thomas, etc.
You want to really ensure your child is named something different from his/her peers? Select a trendy name from the 60s and 70s. Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Debbie, Doug, Cindy, Kathy, Steven, Richard .... I have yet to meet a child under, say, 10 with *any* of these sorts of names. |
Anonymous
| I gave both my children turn of the century names, and yet to come across a child with my son's name. I have met one little girl with my daughter's name. She was a year or two younger though, but man, her mom was ticked off that they had the same name. I understand that she realized it wasn't as unique as she thought, but it's not like it's as popular as Emily, Rose or Olivia. |
Anonymous
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Girls: Lucy, Allison, Katelyn (in all its various spellings), Ella/Elle/Ellie, Amelia, Emma, Hannah, Sophie/Sophia, Sadie
Boys: Eli, Henry, Ethan, Evan, Caleb, Jonah |
Anonymous
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Girls: Isabelle/Isabella, Sophie/Sophia, Amelia, Catherine, Clare
Boys: Charlie (I know 5! under 2 years of age), Owen, anything ending in n: Colin, Kellen, Aidan, Braden, etc, etc. Congratulations on your pregnancy! |
Anonymous
Seriously. Who knew? I have a Lily, and thought it was pretty uncommon until anyone who heard the name had a friend (or multiple friends) who named their daughter Lily too. I'd look at the Social Security Administration's top names site, as well as Babycenter.com's list. That said, neither of my kids have two kids with the same name in either of their classes (meaning no two kids in the class have the same name...not just the same as mine). So even if it's popular, that doesn't mean they will end of one of the many Johns, Michaels, or Amys we grew up with! |
Anonymous
| This area always seems to be a little bit different than the lists that show up on babycenter.com, but the SSA website is good because you can search by state. For example, we named our older son William (Will) and it was the most popular name for the year he was born (2005) in both VA and DC. But my mom who teaches piano in NH and has lots of young students says she never hears that name up there. So it really depends where you live. Neither of my kids are in school yet, but the names I hear a lot at the playground or in classes we have taken are for girls: Lucy, Ella, Julia, and Amelia. For boys, I hear Noah, Will (sigh...), Max, Jack, and Henry. |
Anonymous
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to avoid this problem, after being one of 7 Shannons in my hometown (5 on the same cheerleading squad - no, NOT kidding!) even though the name was on #21 the year I was born, I refused to consider any name above #500 on the SSA list. Yes, I went that far down the list! I still went to the hospital with 3 very solid names.
AVOID the name Ava or Isabelle and the middle name Grace. As for boys, Connor, Logan or Nathan. FWIW, my daughter's name is Hilarie - thanks to the good Senator, it won't be popular again anytime in the near future 
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Anonymous
Ahhh... I disagree with the middle name advice. To me, the middle name is the perfect place to stick that oh-so-popular name that you love but don't want to use as a first name because it IS oh-so-popular. My middle name is Ann. I had at least 5 friends with the same middle name. The only reason we ever knew was because on our little monogrammed sweaters, we started to wonder what all the As. were. But our parents got to use the middle name plenty at home (esp. when we were in trouble!). |
Anonymous
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Crazy Shannon again...I always loved that my middle name was different than everyone else's. My middle name was NOT Lynn or Anne, and I was very thankful for that.
My daughter's middle name was one of our first name choices and it seems no one else has it. I wanted both first AND middle name to be different, because that would have made ME happy. And I am well aware my daughter might wind up wanting to be the 8th Ava or Isabelle Grace in her class and hating that I gave her an uncommon name...hey, I tried, right? |
Anonymous
| Shannon Gardner? |
Anonymous
| I grew up with a ton of girls named Sara/Sarah. I haven't been hearing that much lately, though. Has it gone out of style? I love the name but hate how ridiculously common it seems to be. I'm pregnant with a girl and almost kinda sorta want to name her Sara Jolie, except it sounds so bland without the middle name. |
Anonymous
| I find that almost every girl I meet these days is named Maya. Which I love by the way. |
Anonymous
| any ella- isabella, gabriella, ella- completely overdone |
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I agree with the PP. So tired of Ellie and Ella. And to name your kid just Ellie? What's with that? It's a nickname, people. I put it in the same category as naming a kid Betty Jo or Billie Bob. I see a lot of Grace, Olivia, Emma, Emily.
I liked Nicole Ritchie's comment after naming her daughter Harlow (???)...She said she liked the name Kate but it was too plain jane, or something to that effect, and she'd never give her kid such a boring name. Harlow is SO much better. ha. I personally love the name Kathleen or Katherine. I don't get these faddy, trendy names. I think your job as a parent is to give a kid a name that isn't cutesy or faddish and will carry them into adulthood. Britney? Madison? Destiny?! |