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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Names follow trends.  I do internally roll my eyes when I hear someone introduce their baby with a super common name.  Like, come on, you couldn’t think out of the trend-pressure for one second?! [/quote]

+1. No name is inherently prettier than another - it’s simply current fashion.  I roll my eyes too. [/quote]

+2 It’s like naming her “child.”[/quote]

Except it's really not when even the most popular names are like .8%&gt; of all babies born in a given year.[/quote]

But there are regional trends, too.  In the DC area, I know multiple Claras, Isabelle/Isobel/Annabels, Avas/Evas, Ellas, Charlottes, Harpers, Olivias, Evelyns, Sophias.  Those all rank somewhere in the top 25-30 nationally, but probably top 10 locally.[/quote]

But none of those names are the same as naming your baby "child".

Y'all are just obsessed with this one metric for naming a baby (the national popularity of the name -- note that no one in here seems to care that a lot of the less popular names in the US are ultra-popular in other countries -- what if your kid moves there??). But why is that the only metric? Makes no sense.

If no one named their kids these more popular names, then your own kid's names would be less unique and special. I mean, what's the ultimate goal? For a flat distribution of names each year, with 100 babies being given any particular name, no more no less? Or is it more than that -- do you need every baby to have a totally unique name? That's gonna be hard, and you better get ready for a lot of Kaylabelle-Eleanoras.

This is the fight on DCUM that annoys me the most because it's so so dumb and inconsequential. And yet I get dragged into it every time because it's just makes so little sense.

Poor OP. Charlotte is a sweet name. Congrats on your baby. Never come back here.[/quote]

[b]It's also dumb to have that reaction because you have no idea why someone chose that name.  It could be a name they've liked since well before it rose in popularity.  It could be the name of a beloved family member.  It could be really meaningful in some way.  They might not have been paying attention and not realized it was popular when they chose it.  [/b] The eye-rolling is not only obnoxious, it's often misjudged.  And it assumes that giving your kid an unpopular name is objectively important; pretty much no person has ever been harmed because their name was insufficiently unique.  [/quote]

I'm sure whatever the reason is, the rude PPs being so snarky about it would not approve. 
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