What’s your favorite “not top 1000” name(s)?

[Anonymous]

Aelita
Bertrand
Zev

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought I liked some "not top 1000" names, but this exercise has shown me that my sweet spot is 400-800. Outside the top 1000, a lot of the names just sound super outdated or made up.

+1

But names outside the top 1000 that are familiar and not terribly dated include:

Joan (I think this is underrated. Joanna is #254 so a decent alternative)
Erica
Anita
Lara
Constance
Monica
Courtney
Marisa
Gina
Teresa
Cara (personal favorite)
Anne (shocker! although Anna is #63)

I couldn't find any decent ones for men, unless you're interested in Stanley, Harold, Abner, Alfred, Gary, etc.

Raymond is in the 300s and I always liked that one. I've feel like people named Ray are always jolly. Like Martin/Marty.

for names that are more nationality-oriented, there's:

Cillian
Dario
Karim
Anton
Dermot
Anders
Emile
Ahmed
Mariano


Vera (sounds old-fashioned to American ears, but very common in Croatia, Slovenia, etc)
Dara (Eastern European women, Irish men but also Darragh)
Ilona
Siobhan
Rashida
Milena
Karina
Domenica
Natasha
Zora
Sanaa
Daniela
Katarina
Renata
Agata (this seems bad-ass)
Beatrice
Gaia

Loved Lara and Anders.

[Anonymous]

Fun fact: When I named my daughter Aubrey in 1979 it was #437, now it's #45.

What is up with all these names ending with A for girls? I think it's getting a little out of hand. Today's top 1000 list says 13 out of 20 top girl's names end in A.

[Anonymous]

Dawn
Diane

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fun fact: When I named my daughter Aubrey in 1979 it was #437, now it's #45.

What is up with all these names ending with A for girls? I think it's getting a little out of hand. Today's top 1000 list says 13 out of 20 top girl's names end in A.

There seems to be a trend of Spanish/Italian/Portuguese names for girls.

[Anonymous]

Clio! I love this name

[Anonymous]

Amethyst

And most of you are terrible at knowing what a top 1000 name is. Almost all names on this list are in the top 1000.

[Anonymous]

Vidya

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amethyst

And most of you are terrible at knowing what a top 1000 name is. Almost all names on this list are in the top 1000.

Lol

[Anonymous]

Girl:
Vashti
Aoife
Ilse

Boy:
Abner
Wallace
Hamish

[Anonymous]

Lars
Lenore
Hilde
Kea
Tyne
Breton
Penn
Winfield

[Anonymous]

One of the mom’s I know is named Vashti. I was always curious about her name.

[Anonymous]

Amara

[Anonymous]

Marilyn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Conrad
Greta
Elodie
Odette

Conrad was 523 in 2019
Greta 635
Elodie 862