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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of women like me avoid the trendy-overused names of this generation because we have one of the trendy-overused names of our generation (and HATE it).

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My name is Emily. It was the #1 name in the US for most of my childhood. I remember asking my mom once why she gave me such a popular name and she was kind of sheepish and said "I didn't realize it was popular! No one I knew had that name." And of course she was right -- she had no way of knowing that it would become so popular.

Now, posters on here will tell you that because of the Internet that shouldn't happen anymore, but it does. Names just kind of move into the zeitgeist. It happens constantly. You'll pick a name ranked in the 200s or the 400s, and five years later it will be in the top 100 and you'll wonder why, but it's because the same influences that subconsciously drew you to the name also impacted others. You are not that special, nor is your kid.

I know several people who have purposely given their kids names out of the top 1000 in the last few years. Guess what? They are all in the top 1000 now, and rising. Maybe they'll go high, or not, but no one is as original as they think they are. No one is going to think "Oh wow, your parents were really on the cutting edge of that naming trend in 2020, weren't they?" No one. This will never happen. No one will care. They will like the name or they won't. The end.

Anyway, I have a common name and it is a bummer sometimes. It's also convenient a lot. People usually know how to pronounce and spell my name. Lots of people will tell me "Oh, that's my sister's name!" Or "That was my best friend's name growing up!" And I think it can make them predisposed to like me. But it's truly not the best or worst thing about me, thank goodness. It doesn't define me, I define it.[/quote]

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