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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it is unique to this area. There are dozens of naming sites out there. So lots of people looking at this.[/quote]

OP here. I'm not talking about people who are invested in what they name their kids. I think that's pretty universal. I'm talking about a specific obsession with unpopular names. Like the mom at the BBQ was specifically bragging about how her kids all have names outside the top thousand names, and how there were only 7 kids given her younger child's name the year they were born. That is a level of obsession I've never encountered anywhere. In the city where I used to live, people would consider any name outside maybe the top 30 or so sufficiently "unpopular" to ensure your kid won't be one of several in class.[/quote]

That’s one person. Not indicative of a whole region of the US.[/quote]

Region? No. DC and close in burbs, which are filled with people who are hyperconscious of status and "prestige" (lol this thread) and unusually competitive? Yes. It's definitely not just that one person. I've met many people in DC who will pontificate on this subject.[/quote]

It may be more of a thing in DC area than in other areas but it’s still not as ubiquitous as OP is making it out to be. It’s just that you notice more when someone does “pontificate” about it bc they are being obnoxious so that stands out more than the majority of parents who do not think this way and thus don’t have much to say on the topic. [/quote]

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