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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of parents try to find a sweet spot with names - a name people recognize, can easily say and spell but isn't everywhere. The kind of name where people say, "Yeah. That's a nice name, I haven't heard that in a while." The name then becoming popular was not part of their plan.[/quote]

Popularity is weird though. My kid has a top 50 name. I think we have met one other child with the name? On a playground years and years ago, when our DD was a toddler. Otherwise, nothing - no duplicates in class or at soccer or her ballet school or anywhere. Her ballet school has 600 students and she was still the only kid with this name at the big recital last weekend.

But when I see her name discussed online, I often see people saying it's "everywhere" or that "everyone I know is giving their kid this name" or "I'm so sick of this name." So it's just odd. Our experience is that the name is not oversaturated, but the name has a reputation for being popular (I think it's ranked in the 30s or 40s now, it was low 20s when we picked it).

So I feel like my kid has a "fitting in but standing out" name, but a lot of people seem to perceive it as too common. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don't know![/quote]

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