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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I both have fairly popular names from our birth year.  I hated it, he didn’t care (there weren’t a ridiculous amount of kids with his name in his classes in tx like I faced in my mid Atlantic location)

I briefly considered going by my middle name in college.

Anyway, yes, I hated having the same name as so many of my peers.  So I did search out names that were not in rotation right now for our kids.  And I found nice names that are known/normal but are unlikely to be duplicate names in my kids’ classes or activities [/quote]

+1. My mother is a Susan and has always felt the same way.  She purposely chose untrendy and unpopular names for us and encouraged us to do the same with our kids.  It’s reinforced in me by the fact my MIL is also named Susan as is my youngest brother’s MIL.

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There are many, many names in the Top 1000 (Top 100) even that would suit this purpose. My kid’s name is in the top 30 and she’s never had a peer with the same name and we’ve only ever met one other child with her name. Outside of Top 1000, you enter the territory of unfamiliar names, weird spellings of much more popular names, and just plain unappealing names. You don’t have to name your kid Gertrude. Just don’t name her a Top 10 name and you’re probably fine, honestly.[/quote]

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