Some of my favorites that I don't hear often are:
Juliette
Carly
Brooke
Clio
Elle
Paige
Bryony

Anonymous wrote:Jennifer!! Jen for short.

I really like Jenny for a nickname, old fashioned in a good way.

My mother’s name is Donna. I think it is such a beautiful name.

my son goes to school with a girl named Davis and I love that name for a girl!

Allison

Violet

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Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about Meera/Mira. Anyone know one?

Yes, there’s one at my son’s daycare. Pretty, but definitely trending up.

I have a Mira - chose the name years ago and, while SSA will tell you it's getting trendier, we've only met one other child in our DMV area with the same name.

Gabrielle (Gabby)
Samantha
Veronica
Jocelyn

Anonymous wrote:Two syllable last name - plain but uncommon. We like traditional names. So far Laura is our first choice but someone here posted it was getting used a lot recently.

Thanks, guys!

I haven’t heard of any babies or kids named Laura. the youngest Laura I know is 35+. And we know a lot of kids! I think you would be wrong to forgo a name you love based on one anonymous person’s observation that it’s “getting used a lot recently” which could mean they’ve met 2 10 year olds with that name for all you know. People exaggerate all the time.

Not really my style but kind of similar to Laura (Which I love, by the way, and think you should use! I have 2 Young kids and have never met a child or baby Laura) and probably less popular: Lorelei

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Anonymous wrote:Marie. It’s my daughter’s name but we have yet to meet another one in the 6 years since we started having kids/paying attention to kids’ names. It’s in the 600s in terms of popularity on the social security name list.

Marie is my 8 Mo's middle name.

Yes it’s quite a common middle name but not common at all as a first name.

Jennifer!! Jen for short.

Priscilla

t's a thing. "Sloane rangers" in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloane_Ranger.

Probably bleeding out through anglophilia.

Cecelia
Celeste
Maren