Anonymous wrote:This is actually a hyperlocal decision.
Of the top 10 baby names from my kindergartener's birth year we have one Isabella, one Sophia, and that's it in his class. None of the top 10 boy's names. However we have two Maeves and two Cecilias (and I know of two more Cecilias in the school) and a bunch of multiples of less common but classic boys' names (what I call Thomas the Train names.) I have actually never even met a Liam.

Anonymous wrote:Husband likes a baby name that was on the top 5 list last year and I’m hung up on it. I like the name, but hung up on it being super popular and baby being one of many in their class. FWIW I have a very unusual name that has benefited me so perhaps that is where my feelings stem from! Anyone else avoid popular baby names or use them regardless?

Anonymous wrote:I was born in 1970. My name was the most popular name from, I think, 1970 - 1984. There were at least 2 of us in each class. I hated it.

But "top 5" is different from that situation, if the name is #5 or even #3 or #4 (if that makes sense).

Anonymous wrote:This is actually a hyperlocal decision.
Of the top 10 baby names from my kindergartener's birth year we have one Isabella, one Sophia, and that's it in his class. None of the top 10 boy's names. However we have two Maeves and two Cecilias (and I know of two more Cecilias in the school) and a bunch of multiples of less common but classic boys' names (what I call Thomas the Train names.) I have actually never even met a Liam.