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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I just went through this! We had both always liked the name Henry and it is a family name on both sides. But we ruled it out early in the pregnancy because it is too popular. Then we just never found anything we liked as much. My husband was like this is stupid why should we choose a name we both like less and is less meaningful to us? As long as it is a classical name that has been around for centuries it doesnt feel tendy, just popular. As opposed to Maverick (cringe) or something which seems trendy.

I grew up with a super popular 90s girl name and the popularity never bothered me.[/quote]

I think this happens often (it happened to us). It would be one thing if someone we knew had used the name, then we wouldn’t have used it though would have been very sad to set it aside. But the idea of not using a name because some people we’ve never met might have used it? It just feels attenuated to me.

We used a relatively popular name and it’s worked out well for us. I get it’s not for everyone, but I’m glad we used the name we really loved from the start. It felt more organic that way.[/quote]

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