Henry or Ryan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw I have a one year old Henry and haven't met any others. And I have an older child too so it's not like I'm a FTM.

Then you’re obviously posting from another country because it’s one of the most popular names for boys in the last several years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ryan is sporty. Henry is smart. You choose.

The Henrys I know are absolute hell raisers and wild, I wouldn't call them all smart. Plus, there are a lot of Henrys out there right now. If you don't want to be one of three in a class, go with Ryan. What's old is new again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geoffrey,Martin, Gavin, Griffin - Anything much less popular with the last name Smith.

Yes. Sean, Leander, Xavier, Silas, Tobias, Emilio, Frederick, Eric, Mitchell…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use both names, one as the middle

Henryan wins!

[Anonymous]

My nephew is a Henry, so I'm biased. We call him "Hank" sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Use both names, one as the middle

Henryan wins!

Love this.

[Anonymous]

They have very different vibes to me. Henry seems to be a go-to these days for cookie cutter dcum-types. Ryan is a little more 80s/middle class, but in a good way. Feels kind of fresh, actually. Ryan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are stuck! Help!

Are you willing to entertain other name suggestions?

August, Felix, Benjamin, Alexander, Nicholas are a few favs!

[Anonymous]

Henry, of course.

[Anonymous]

Henry bc Ryan seems too 80s and I hate the nn “Ry guy” haha.

Also, i know Henry’s up high on the popular name list but I have a 7 year old and 4 year old and we don’t know any Henrys (none in either of their classes or activities, none of our family/friends’ kids, none of the neighborhood kids). So I don’t think you should avoid it just because of popularity. The popular names these days are not that saturated like they used to be. It’s not nearly as ubiquitous as Jennifer or Jason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw I have a one year old Henry and haven't met any others. And I have an older child too so it's not like I'm a FTM.

Then you’re obviously posting from another country because it’s one of the most popular names for boys in the last several years.

Ok and? This isn't the old days where the top 10 names accounted for 90% of births. Henry accounted for a whopping 0.585% of babies born in 2020.

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi

[Anonymous]

^^that is 1/200 kids. I don't know 200 kids, do you?

[Anonymous]

I hate the name Ryan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nephew is a Henry, so I'm biased. We call him "Hank" sometimes.

SOOOOO clever.

OP there are a MILLION Henrys/Hank. Please don't add another one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw I have a one year old Henry and haven't met any others. And I have an older child too so it's not like I'm a FTM.

Then you’re obviously posting from another country because it’s one of the most popular names for boys in the last several years.

Ok and? This isn't the old days where the top 10 names accounted for 90% of births. Henry accounted for a whopping 0.585% of babies born in 2020.

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi

I went on a meet up hike last week with 7 other people and FOUR...FOUR!...had a son named Henry.

I guess the odds are super slim then that that happened!