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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just stay away from the top 200 names and keep your ear to the ground for what your friends are naming their babies.  You primarily want to avoid names that are prevalent/popular in their generation.

And it’s not hard.  There are a lot of beautiful names out there.  [/quote]

The idea of crossing off the top 200 NAMES for being too popular is absolutely crazy to me. Yes, there are a lot of beautiful names out there, but that's severe.

Example: one of the names we considered but didn't use was Lucia. It's ranked #163, which mean that 1,724 girls were given that name. Out of 3.6 million babies born in 2020. It's a great name! We found one that was a better fit for us, but I think anyone could choose this name and not worry about their kid sharing a name with many, if any, other kids/people in their lives. Some other great names in the top 200 that really do not pose a big risk of what people seem to be referring to as &quot;the Jennifer Problem&quot;:

Julian (#34)
Anthony (#41)
Micah (#107)
Kingston (#118)
Vincent (#121)
Calvin (#143) ---&gt; I really love this one someone use it!
Ivan (#153)
Atlas (#189)
Victor (#200)

Riley (#33)
Anna (#68)
Samantha(#90)
Jade (#97)
Iris (#127)
Esther (#153)
Sienna (#166)
Catalina (#178)
River (#186)

None of these are spelling variants. They don't have common nicknames. They are mostly familiar names, but not hyper-trendy (though they all fit into naming conventions that will sound good to modern ears, which does matter! you usually need two people to agree to a name, and it's nice to have some acceptance of it in your family and friend group for most people). And all in the top 200.

Nothing wrong with going lower on the list, but the idea that you HAVE to in order to avoid the Jennifer Problem is crazy. Of course not. You're talking about, at most, a few thousand babies with this name in any given year. Meaning your kid may meet a few people with that name in their life but is extremely unlikely to be in a class with three of them at any point in their life. There is not some scourge of Kingstons or Irises in America's preschools. Come on, folks.[/quote]

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