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[quote=Anonymous]We ended up not choosing a name I loved since I was a little girl (and still love) but our last name is very common (let’s say Smith).

When our 10 yr old was born (Sibley) she was early and we still had three names we were considering. The name I loved was Abigail. I don’t know how highly ranked it was in 2012, but at about 24 hours postpartum the nurse asked what we were thinking and, when I named the 3 names, she said “oh, I absolutely LOVe the name Abigail, we had five Abigails born here yesterday! She could be the 6th!” We picked the other two names we liked as first and middle. I love her name, which was ranked about 120 or so at the time, but I think in 10 years I’ve met 2-3 other children with her name AND that’s about how many Abigails / Abby / Gails I’ve met her age too.

The name we chose was “botanical” (think Lily, Rose, Iris, Laurel…) and I read once in 2013 that botanical names spiked in popularity in 2012. So we tried avoiding the popular name, but ended up being part of a trend.

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