Anonymous
Post 09/13/2023 22:08     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
DD is Theresa and she gets lots of compliments
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 17:00     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Edith
Noelle
Holly
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 15:53     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
The 1920s names (great grandparents) are already firmly back. Next you’ll see the grandparent boomer names (Linda, Barbara, etc) before you see the 80s names (Heather, Jessica, etc). It’s the 100 year cycle.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:14     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Christopher
Gregory
Joan
Helen
Barbara
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2023 12:09     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Owen is already extremely common.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2023 09:29     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Anonymous wrote:Owen
Francis/Frances
Terrance
Noelle


These are all nice. We're Irish, so we do hear the first three from time to time. Owen might actually be a little overused in my kids' circles.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2023 09:24     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Owen
Francis/Frances
Terrance
Noelle
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2023 07:43     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Gloria & Ralph
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 22:44     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing at least one of these will be super popular in the next few years...
Kelly
Alison
Heather
Ashley
Lauren/Laura
Diana
Erica
Daisy
Kimberly
Emily
Rebecca
Rachel
Teresa
Brooke


I considered a couple of these. I love Heather, but my first has an H name. We wound up with an Erica, which is related to Heather, so I came close.

My children’s middle names are Dawn and Renee, which are 2 more names that could make a comeback
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 17:25     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Frances
Edith
Gladys
Flora
Myrtle

Basically names from the 1920s.
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 16:54     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Anonymous wrote:Cordelia, Cordie as a nick name and Birdie


How ... Buffy.
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 16:46     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
I'm guessing at least one of these will be super popular in the next few years...
Kelly
Alison
Heather
Ashley
Lauren/Laura
Diana
Erica
Daisy
Kimberly
Emily
Rebecca
Rachel
Teresa
Brooke
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 08:32     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Erin
Eugene
Gary
Gwen/Wendy
Tammy
Tracey
Joan
Todd
Jerry/Jerome
Leslie
Mary Clare


(some of the names in my class of 1989/GenX)
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 07:53     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Theo
Violet
Declan
Anonymous
Post 08/01/2023 06:51     Subject: Underused baby names due for a come back?
Anonymous wrote:

This preoccupation with finding an “underused” name is so phucking weird


Is it though? All these suggestions of 60's and 70's names like Susan? I was born in 1970 and literally have 4 friends named Sue. So boring.
And yes, haha, I have so many friends/acquaintances named Karen! And Cathy/Kathy...

The names from the 50's that are becoming popular, Eleanor, Nora, Josephine are pretty to us, but in about 20 years there will be a ton of them.
And I personally wouldn't want to be one of 3 in my grade with the same name.


Do you know what “due for a comeback” means? Susan is due for a comeback because it’s not currently popular. Of course it sounds boring to you since it was wildly popular when you were growing up. But it’s no longer popular and hasn’t been for a couple generations now which makes it seem fresh to parents naming kids now. It’s officially a grandma name now.

Eleanor and Nora are not “becoming popular” they have been popular for at least 10 years at this point. Having 3 kids in the grade w the same name is something that hardly ever happens anymore. Now even the most popular names are given to like .5% of babies born each year. Popular names aren’t as saturated in the population as they used to be.