https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:26:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561680 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:16:18 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 561680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I absolutely DID NOT want a popular name. So it was very important to us. We went with Mavrick and Sienna (those are rare where we live as in only 10 in our province (state) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561606 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:48:17 +0000 MsLipGloss 561606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We ended up choosing a name we love that is both feminine and cool (without being weird!) that is barely in the top 1000 (I think it peaked at around 790 several years ago). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561602 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:46:18 +0000 lovehoneybee 561602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name was pretty consistently in the top 5 for at least 15 years, and I was Sarah D. in almost all of my classes growing up. I still have 4 friends named Sarah. It bothered me growing up, but not now. </p> <p>But because it did bother me then we made a point to stay out of the Top 25. I think if we had really really loved a name lower on the list than that we would have considered it, especially if it was a family name, but E's name is in the 40s somewhere. Still pretty popular, but I don't think he'll be Evan M in school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561541 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:20:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 561541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: That was what my husband first said as well, he said it was just "beverly' with B dropped off but he eventually warmed up to it. The same with Elodie (one of my favorites) he said it was again just "melody" with the M dropped off. Silly husbands :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561526 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:11:14 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 561526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it did but to the extent that i was checking if the names we came up with were on the top 100 lists. it was more like i stayed away from extremely popular ones that i knew of without looking at lists (e.g., Jacob, Isabella, Emma, Aiden etc), and when i came up with a name i liked, i then looked it up and was just happy to see it was not in the top anything since the 40s or 50s i think. i don't think i would have vetoed it if i discovered it was more popular though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561484 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:45:49 +0000 Cherrybee 561484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: Oh, don't tell me that!!! I really, really want the name!! I just think it's the cutest name ever - but it will also grow with the child and be a nice ladylike name when she's older. But DH is adamant he can't get over the Family Guy connection. I'm going to ugly-cry!!!! Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off/page/2#post-561469 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:37:21 +0000 Dandelion 561469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I accidentally named ds a top name, but it's super traditional and common that it wasn't one of the trendy ones. So far we've been lucky that's he's the only one in his class.</p> <p>This next LO is off any list I've seen roll out. But, it's common to where everyone has heard it and she can get a mug at the tourist shop, lol. I'm quite proud of that accomplishment. Of course, probably next year there will be a boom for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561451 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:25:19 +0000 sorrycharlie 561451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kinda - but we ended up going with the name we agreed on which happened to be #6..oh well. We only know 1 other with her name, and that girl is in HS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561436 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:20:51 +0000 regberadaisy 561436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. We had a hard time coming up wiht names and while on a Food Tour saw the name Sophia on a school bus, we both loved it. Upon further research I found it was top 5 so we immediately nixed it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561434 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:19:57 +0000 Weagle 561434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I know a little Lois and she is the cutest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561107 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:07:21 +0000 mediagirl 561107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. No Emily in this house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561097 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:02:03 +0000 Maysprout 561097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did consider it but other things were more important. Two of the names we were considering were pretty similar to top 10 names - my husband's favorite name for a girl was Sophie and I liked it as well but since Sophia was #1, we nixxed it, if it was #50 we'd probably be fine, I'm not sure that we had a # cut off.</p> <p>I like Evelyn a lot.<br /> What other names are you considering? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561094 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:00:53 +0000 prettylizy 561094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I picked my girl name about 10 years ago, she is named after my maternal Grandmother. I though it was super unique, but alas, as we all know now, Evelyn made a huge jump this year!!! I didn't really want a super popular name but I wouldn't change it for the world. It meant so much to me to use a family name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561091 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:58:42 +0000 Ree723 561091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really care about popular, I just didn't want anything trendy. We went with Emily, which is a popular name, and is probably always going to be a somewhat popular name as it's classic, normal, and doesn't have any weird connotations linked to it. I was perfectly fine with that. I just didn't want something that was going to scream out "I'm a name from the 2010s!", nor did I want anything too out there or anything with a unique spelling. For boys, we tend to like less popular names, but still top 100.</p> <p>I have the #2 most popular name from the year I was born and it never bothered me. I never even had to go by my last initial, I knew when people were talking to or about me and that was fine. Now my sister on the other hand had the #1 most popular name for her year and she hated it. To each their own I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561079 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:50:06 +0000 sandy 561079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like others said, I'm more turned off by trendy and popular. I'm ok with popular...especially if it's a classic name. I love Olivia, Sophia, and Ava for girls but they are in the top 5 and we know people who used those names so they were out for us...I still love those names soooo much though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561077 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:49:24 +0000 Charm54 561077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our girl's name (Charlotte) is climbing in popularity - BUT I have loved the name since I was 12 (and it was nowhere near the top 100) and I'm a 2nd grade teacher and have never taught a Charlotte. In fact, I don't even know one. So for our region, it's not a popular name and we will go with it.</p> <p>Our boy's name, Laughlin (Lock-lin) is a family name and is totally not popular, but we love it so that's what we're going with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561070 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:45:31 +0000 lomom 561070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. We picked classic names and knew that there'd be other kids with those names. But neither name was top 10 or anything. But when you go with Thomas or William or Sarah, (not our actual names) that's just inherent... They wouldn't be classic if they weren't popular! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561060 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:37:19 +0000 doodlepoodle 561060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: It didn't change our minds, I didn't even think to check the popularity until I saw a thread on HB and saw that Jacob was #1 in our state last year and #3 this year, but it has special meaning to us and that was all that mattered. I say if you can both find a name you agree on and love, that's the most important thing :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561059 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000 heffalump 561059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm ok with popular, but top 10 was too popular for me. Our favorite boy name is in the top 5 so for our next lo we'll be coming up with a new boy name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-561017 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:56:21 +0000 MrsH 561017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I have a super popular name and it never bothered me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560972 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:24:40 +0000 rawrasaur 560972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I did not want her name to be in the top ten for sure and the furter down the list, the better. I liked a lot of popular names, but quickly nixed them. Audra fit all our requirements and wasn't even in the ssa top 1000 for 2011. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560970 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:22:27 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 560970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@berdine: I had a very common last name and first name, and there were SO many people I met with the same name as me! Good job for thinking ahead ;) haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560943 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:58:23 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 560943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely.</p> <p>I wouldn't pick a name that was ranked lower than 250. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560907 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:35:45 +0000 runsyellowlites 560907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES!!!!!</p> <p>My name is VERY unique so having a not popular name for our daughters is super important to me. Needless to say I was very put off when KK named her daughter the same name shortly after P's birth.</p> <p>ARRRRGGGGHHHHHH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560902 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:28:34 +0000 Pepper 560902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nah, we didn't care very much. The name we settled on is in the top 200 by chance. My name is fairly common (I think I graduated with 3-4 people with the same name), but it never bothered me. </p> <p>I am more put off by names that I associate with people I dislike, to be honest! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560868 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:05:54 +0000 LaughLines 560868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up with a name that was in the top 10 when my parents were born, so not many people my age had my name - but a ton of their mothers did! </p> <p>My maiden last name was super unique, but my new last name is one of the top 10 most common last names in the U.S. so it's really important to me to pick an uncommon first name so my child doesn't have someone with their exact same name (first and last) in their class. My SIL (with my new last name) is named Emily and there were 4 Emily LastName's in the same grade as her in her school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560867 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:04:45 +0000 autumnlove 560867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really! I am considering popular names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560866 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:59:37 +0000 Crisark 560866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep popularity was a factor for sure.</p> <p>However, without knowing it, the name we've chosen is number 23 for this year so oh well lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560864 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:58:56 +0000 Cherrybee 560864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at a loss for boy's names. It's tooooo hard!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-the-popularity-of-potential-names-put-you-off#post-560863 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:58:32 +0000 stargal 560863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup i wouldnt use a popular name even though i like a lot of them. my son's name isnt in the top 1000 and i really like that. i hope it doesnt catch on. </p>