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[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]

The "current fashion" is to give your child a less popular name. That's why no names are as popular today as some where decades ago. Because so many people are looking for a unique name. Which is why this entire conversation is silly -- there are no "super popular" names. You are rolling your eyes at names given to a tiny fraction (less than 1% of all babies, generally much less, a few thousand children out of millions) for being overly trendy?

I don't roll my eyes at anyone's baby's names because I'm not a jerk, but I do think it's the people who are going out of their way to choose an unusual name are actually following more social pressure than anyone naming their kid Charlotte or Elizabeth.[/quote]

You misunderstood the poster.  Names definitely follow trends as does fashion.  Ava isn’t inherently prettier than Linda but current trends dictate it is.  It is fashion.  You don’t have to give a unique name to not follow the trends dictated by nothing more than group think.  In 2022, name your daughter Susan or Linda and she’ll never meet another her own age.

I’m tired of the Ava, Olivia, Emma, Sophia, etc trends and do internally roll my eyes.  [/quote]

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