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

[Anonymous]

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

The Biblical Vashti was a queen who refused her husband's orders to appear naked in front of his party guests and so was banished from the kingdom. Esther was picked to be the next queen. It's a powerful name.

[Anonymous]

The SSA list only goes to 1,000, so I couldn’t find names outside 1,000. But here are names I like that are right at the bottom of the 1,000 most popular names:

Robin
Kaiya
Harriet
Cleo
Lindsay

All of the boy names at the bottom of the list are just nicknames for hugely popular names. For example, Will is listed at #983!

[Anonymous]

Interestingly, my very common daughter’s name of Katharine is ranked outside the top 1,000. It was last in the top 1,000 in 2006.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, my very common daughter’s name of Katharine is ranked outside the top 1,000. It was last in the top 1,000 in 2006.

That is because it's traditionally spelled Catherine, and sometimes Katherine.

[Anonymous]

Rosalind

Remy

Ines

Tirzah

[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.

I saw this thread and also thought of Amethyst, a name I loved when I was a girl. I guess because I like purple.

[Anonymous]

Talulah

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, my very common daughter’s name of Katharine is ranked outside the top 1,000. It was last in the top 1,000 in 2006.

That is because it's traditionally spelled Catherine, and sometimes Katherine.

Yeah, I actually wish they'd just combine names that are pronounced the same but spelled slightly differently (maybe not if they start with a different letter). Like if you name your DD Elinor instead of Eleanor, you have not actually given her a less trendy name, you've just ensured that people will misspell her name for the rest of her life.

(And I actually prefer the Elinor spelling! But it's the same name.)

[Anonymous]

Susanna
Petra
Willa
Florence

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Susanna
Petra
Willa
Florence

Both Willa and Florence are in the top 1000. Very surpised about Susannah/Susanna though.

[Anonymous]

I like slightly older but conventional Japanese girls' names (my mom was Japanese). Emiko, Etsuko, and Mei.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, my very common daughter’s name of Katharine is ranked outside the top 1,000. It was last in the top 1,000 in 2006.

That is because it's traditionally spelled Catherine, and sometimes Katherine.

Katharine is how the actress Katharine Hepburn spelled it. Catherine and Katherine are really equally traditional. The C spelling is French and more commonly used by Catholic cultures.

[Anonymous]

Pippa
Tamsin
Opal

[Anonymous]

I just looked up the SSA list for 2019. I love the name Harriet, which is 983. I love the name Brigid, too, which isn't in the top 1000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amara

Amara is popular! It's 141.