Do you avoid popular names? Is it important to you that your LO have a unique name?

It was important to me that LO have a regularly used name. It has gained a lot of popularity lately, but that doesn't really bother me. I was not at all interested in giving LO and unique or rare name.

I grew up with a very common popular name, and had friends with the same name as me. It did not bother me or otherwise make life any more difficult.

Did the popularity of your name influence how you named LO? If not, what did?