For moms who named their babies very popular names (top 10) do you have any regrets about choosing such a popular name? Would you go with something less popular if you could do it over?
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No regrets so far!
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Both of my girls have "popular" names, but I have no regrets at all. I have yet to meet other kids in their age brackets with the same or similar names.
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I’m a top 5 name myself and have no problem with it.
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@Meowkers: DD is top 10 for her birth gear and DS is top 15. I like the names because they are classic, easy to spell, and appealing. DD is now 6. We have run into other people who share her name but she has not been in the same class with them or anything else. Same with DS. I love their names so I voted no regrets.
Also while my name is not super common the nickname I used in childhood was super popular. It was annoying at times but also kind of funny to be one of 4-5 people with the same name on a basketball team of like 12 girls.
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My daughter's name was the 10th most popular the year she was born. I have no regrets and still love her name!
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Also, my concern was with how trendy the name was. My daughter's name is classic and only one spelling.
My name was one of the most popular names the year I was born and it's SUPER trendy with a million different spellings. You can pretty much pinpoint my age based on my name alone.
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My oldest's name is a classic popular name, ranked #5 (#4 in our state) the year he was born. So far we have come across several other kids with his name but none of his friends and none in his preschool class. No regrets with his name at all. I like the classic name with our unusual and difficult to spell/pronounce last name.
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My son is a top 10 name and I dont regret it. We have come across a couple kids with the same name, but no one with the nickname we chose. My second has a super unpopular name and I still dont regret it.
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My 2 year old has a really popular name- it was 9 in our state the year she was born. And we hear it a LOT while we are out (she’s not in school yet so don’t know about classmates). I hemmed and hawed about it a lot because of the popularity, but it came down to we didn’t have another name we loved as much. So I won’t say I regret it but I will say it is as popular as I feared.
That said there is no guarantee there will be another girl with her name in school, or if we went less popular, that she would still be the only one. My older daughters name is much less common and I found out there is another girl with the same name in her grade next year. And at her preschool right now there is a class of 15 kids with 2 Leo’s- what are the odds of that??
So I don’t regret it but I wish not everyone loves her name as much as we do
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I don’t know the exact number but they’re classics and we hear them around a fair bit. Doesn’t bother me at all. I personally have a name that spiked for about 5 years and there were 4 of us in my elementary grade and even funnier, there are four of us moms with the name now just in my daughter’s kinder class!! It never bothered me but I always wanted a more classic name so that’s how we leaned for kids.
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I didn't choose it, but O has the second most popular name for her year (and now you all know her name!) And I actually love the name. I wouldn't have picked it because of the popularity, but it has always been a favorite of mine. And we hardly ever run into another toddler with the same name.
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My kid was accidentally named a super common name. I have zero regrets. The only drawback is that if I'm at a play place and call out "Jack, be careful", I get stink eyes from multiple toddlers instead of one :silly:.
The huge advantage is he will never be goggleable. I have a very unique name and my 2bd grade nursery rhymes still show up in on the second page of google results.
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Ds1 has a classic popular name around number 20. Ds2s name hasn't been in the top 1000 in one hundred years but people know it.
Sometimes it feels weird that they are so different. Also ds1is a family name and ds2 is a name we liked.
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We named lo3 about halfway through my pregnancy and she's about a month old now and no regrets so far! We actually get compliments on it, which I was surprised about!
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I didn't realize how popular DD's name was when we picked it, but apparently it was #2 in 2017. There's another little girl at the music class we go to with the same name, but other than that I really haven't run into it much, and we get compliments on it all the time. I was a little bummed when I saw the list and how popular it was, but we love the name and don't regret using it.
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Dd's name has risen in popularity the last few years (thanks Kate& Will!) but she's 4.5 and we have never met another girl with her name... luckily it's not popular in our area. So no regrets! I've loved her name since I was a teenager and it wasn't even in the top 300.
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I didn’t realize DD1’s name was popular. I wouldn’t discount a name I liked just because it was popular: those names are popular for a reason after all. Trendy-popular is different though and I wouldn’t go for one of those. Apparently DD2’s name is having an emergence as a “strong female name” now of course and it was not on the charts when we had her.
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I woukd greater regret choosing a name I liked less, because it was less popular.
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@Charm54: I think our daughters have the same name
I loved it before it was the "royal baby" name.
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Fwiw, our name was not top 10 (though I now see it was 24th in her birth year) & we've been in mommy & me classes & preschool where her given name & her nickname have been shared by 5 other girls! My point being, you never know whether it'll be that popular in your circles.
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@Meowkers: I went the other direction and named DD something that wasn’t even in the top 1000s. In her first daycare class there was another redhead baby girl whose first name and last name were both one letter off from my LO. It helped me get over my drive for uniqueness pretty quickly. Pick a name you love. You can’t predict who will be in your kid’s classes.
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@Corduroy: omg now you have me dying to know your DD's name
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My son’s name has been in or near the top 10 in my DH’s country for more than a decade, but it’s not very popular in the US. When we are in my DH’s country we hear his name everywhere, and this year and last year there were other boys with the same name in his class. It’s a very classic name though, and I love it despite its popularity. My DD has an alternate spelling of a top 10 girl’s name in the US. But we didn’t run into many in the country where we were living when she was born. My OB even told me it was an old lady name.
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Your kid is unique whether or not their name is or not in my opinion. My kids have classic names and my son’s is fairly popular right now, but it’s a name I love and I have no regrets. My name is popular and has been since I was born and I love it. I’d use it if it wasn’t my name.
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DS1’s name has been in the top 10 for a good while but I still haven’t met any kids with his name. DS2 is around 100 and I’ve met a few kids with his name out and about (though none at his school) Popularity wasn’t a big driving factor for me so I don’t mind either way.
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I regret it a little. In the city, we didn't know any other children with DD3's name; since moving to the burbs we've met tons. There are two girls with the name in DD1's kindergarten class, and one in her afterschool enrichment program (different spelling). DD2's best friend (whose mother is a good friend of mine) shares DD3's name, and also has a girl in her dance class with the name. It's not horrible, but it can be a little weird and confusing at times. I'd think twice about using one of the most popular names in the year if naming another child. I feel like I've forever doomed her to have her name tied to a last initial!
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