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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's FREAKY how we all try to pick an original name, and then end up inadvertantly picking the same name as everyone else. I know so many people who picked off-the-wall names for their kids, only to have them be super popular. Because we're so affected by our culture, [b]it seems the only way to ensure a unique name is to pick something really old-sounding to our generation (e.g., Mildred or Edna),[/b] something that sounds pretty mundane (e.g., Susie or Bob), or something that has become a casualty of our pop culture (e.g., Kermit or Miley).

Anyway, I think there are a lot of "--on" names floating around for boys (Mason, Sampson, Soren, etc.). A girl name that seems popular lately is Bailey. [/quote]

Actually, I think picking something old is how you get a popular name these days.  If you want unique, pick something popular in your own generation, like Jennifer, Susan, Angela, Christine.[/quote]

I actually read an interesting article about this. It's the REALLY old names that are popular now (like from our great-grandparents' generation). These are the  names of those who are likely deceased, as morbid as that sounds. If you pick names from our grandparents' generation (or even our parents' generation), then you're more likely to be safe (originality wise). These names actually conjure an image of an "old person" to us. The old, old names don't actually make us think of old people; they sound new again because we're so far removed from them.  [/quote]

Laura Wattenberg says parents like names roughly 60-90 years older than them (I think we could safely say that refers to their grandparents or great-grandparents, depending on the timing between generations), or 20-40 years younger than them (their children's and children's friends names!).

http://www.babynamewizard.com/node/32989

So I agree that names from our parents' generation would tend to be safest.  Those or ugly names that will never, ever be popular again.  :)[/quote]

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