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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you're putting words in my mouth.  and I was in no way judging those names other than to say they are way up there in popularity and probably bound to run across another.  If that doesn't bother someone, that's fine.  I only laugh when someone gets so upset "I didn't know how popular it was!"  Jeez, give me a break - the internet is right there if this is going to be an issue.

You chose a name you love, I'll do the same.  Deal?[/quote]

But sometimes people really do not know how popular a name is, specifically because there are micro trends in an area. So it's actually not that unusual for especially a FTP to say "I didn't know how popular it was" because unlike someone with a 3 yr old, they may not have realized how popular a name is in a certain area. I know numerous people this has happened to. And yes, I know that you can look up names by state, but you can't do it by neighborhood or city, and someone who is pregnant for the first time might not know about event the state lists. So to laugh at someone in that situation is actually really rude.

It honestly sounds like you are super judgmental of people who didn't choose a super unique name and feel superior specifically because you did. Which is incredibly lame.[/quote]

what names are you claiming had microtrends?  So curious[/quote]

Beatrice is a great example. Top 100 in DC but #562 overall in the US. We actually considered it for our second DD but then I kept seeing it on this board and also seeing it disparaged as "overpopular" and was deeply confused until someone told me about the DC-specific list. I think there are a few others like that, plus the reverse situation (names that are very popular in the US but don't crack the top names in a given area).

It makes sense. Most people don't just pick a name they've never heard of before (some do, but that's rare). So people gravitate towards names they've heard before but don't seem that popular. You meet a Beatrice randomly or someone suggests the name, you look it up and see it's in the 500s, and you assume you're good. But a bunch of other people in your geographic area have met the same Beatrice, and that suggestion didn't come from nowhere. Thus: microtrend. And micro trends sometimes turn into macro trends. But unless you make it your whole job to suss out this sort of thing (which some people do, but most people do not), it can happen.[/quote]

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