https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:12:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17893 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:37:33 +0000 MH.Abroad 17893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The names we've picked out are on opposite sides of the board. Some of them are very unusual, I've never heard of someone with that name and they aren't even on the top 1000.<br /> On the other hand, we also love Sofia and Isabella, which are extremely popular.<br /> I don't really care though, because we live overseas and the names aren't common at all here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17805 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:31:05 +0000 hreichard 17805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Jovani is unique, i actually never really heard of anyone with that name before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17794 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:18:11 +0000 shellio 17794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: That's neat, I have heard that from a few people (that their baby didn't really look like the name they had picked out) but I always feel like the name sort of adapts to the baby. I have friends and family that have named their babies something I definitely would not have chosen (to put it nicely) but after a while, the name just represents the wonderful child and you forget what you thought about it before. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17674 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:32:37 +0000 SugarplumsMom 17674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The girl name I'm leaning towards is in the top 10 on Babycenter and ranks #17 in the US. But we live abroad and it's nowhere as popular here. </p> <p>The boy name I like is ranked #934! It's an old name, but not unusual ... I'm still talking DH into it =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17464 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:45:34 +0000 eupenmalmody 17464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our soon to be son's name is Sidney (#760 on babycenter). We love it because it is a family name regardless of the number. That being said, my name is consistently in the top 20 every year (and was number 1 the year I was born) - and I've always hated having a super common name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17459 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:34:52 +0000 Adira 17459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our boy name is in the top 20 (ooops), but our girl name is mid-300s! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-17454 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:22:37 +0000 meaganceleste 17454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not preg yet, but our first pick for a girl name is Heidi, which really isn't super popular (401 on Babycenter), but I've always loved. We're stuck with Derrick for a boy since my husband is a II, but I don't know many little Derricks or Dereks running around. We plan on calling him Tripp since he'll be Derrick III and my husband is already saddled with "Little Derrick" in his family (poor guy). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16692 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:08:32 +0000 themcmom 16692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wombat's name isn't in the top 1000, so it's not popular at all. We so love it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16664 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:42:06 +0000 cyndistar3 16664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I guess hardly anyone goes by our spelling Caidence. Cadence however is in the top 200's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16654 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:35:28 +0000 Rescuemom10 16654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SD name is #449 on Babycenter. When we get pg and have one girls name is #151, boys name is #150 : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16548 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:51:36 +0000 Maysprout 16548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#157 on babycenter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16536 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:10 +0000 tequiero21 16536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: i knew a girl who wanted to name her son calder, but seeing his face when he was born, she switched the first and middle names, so calder became the middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16495 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:52:45 +0000 mediagirl 16495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're trying to find names that aren't super popular but that are traditional names. Currently we are at a stand-still on boy names. We just can't agree on one! As for girl names, the one we like is #103. It seems to be going down, though which is good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16464 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:22:08 +0000 cyneswith 16464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another Charlotte here (#45) - hoping it dies off a little before she makes an appearance. James has always been pretty popular (#19), but I can't resist the chance to use all sorts of Treasure Island references (and I've never met a Jim/James I didn't like.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16445 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:56:34 +0000 reggie 16445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We named our son Elijah... there were a few other names we liked but they were just too popular.. like Matthew and Samuel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16362 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:50:23 +0000 shellio 16362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have picked the name Calder for our little guy, and it is not popular. I still usually have to say it twice and then spell it when people ask, but that would probably be the case with all except the most popular names. DH has a super common name and was very against using very popular names for our kids, he hated being one of 3 or 4 in school and also at every job he's had with the same name. But every time we thought of a name we liked, we'd check and of course it was spiking in popularity! You can check out Baby Name Wizard for popularity of your favorite names, it was one of our fave sites while picking a name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16357 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:41:46 +0000 SAHM0811 16357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD#1's name is pretty old school... so it's definitely not common among her peers. When I was pregnant and when she was a baby, old ladies just loved her name. I'm pretty sure it was somewhat popular in the 1950s era.</p> <p>DD#2 has a more modern name, but it's not too popular. This fall I was a little sad when I found out it's the name of the main girl in Suburbatory (new tv show).... hoping it doesn't catch on too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16348 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:27:17 +0000 Killer b 16348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlotte is pretty popular this year, and it's totally my call on that one. The hubs wanted to name her straight up Charlie, but I wanted her to have a "girlier" option, just in case she gets a professional job someday and needs to be taken seriously. I wanted Charlene, but hubs didn't like it. So Charlotte it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16340 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:07:19 +0000 Boogs 16340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadly the name we picked seems to have gotten pretty popular, if it's not in the top 10 it's likely in the top 20. We picked it a few years back when it didn't seem to be quite so popular. We know a baby born 2 months before with the same name, and one a month after that not only has the same first, but also the same middle name! At the end of the day we love his name, hopefully DS will also, and that's really all the matters. I think popular names are popular because they truly are great names. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16338 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:01:44 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 16338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's name (Kishan) is #3827 on Babycenter... it's Hindi, and my husband is Tamil, so we don't have any friends/relatives with that name.. we wanted something unique! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16330 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:36:17 +0000 Mrs. Bee 16330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@liam seems to be a very popular name lately! maybe instead of william, everyone likes liam now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16324 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:21:27 +0000 momentspassslow 16324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our little man is Lyle -- not in the top 1000 -- and that is one of the main reasons we chose it! We really really wanted an uncommon name that was still actually a name. We didn't find out until after we decided on the name about the "Lyle Lyle Crocodile" books ... but we love that too! Our girl name is not in the top 1000 either, but we are keeping it a secret for SURE!</p> <p>My friend named her son Liam ... and that day in her hospital there were FOUR Liam's born - including her ROOMMATE. How crazy?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16315 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:57:17 +0000 yin 16315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Haha... okay even further proof that I do not watch enough television. Fail! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16314 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:56:05 +0000 mrbee 16314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Elliot Stabler was the lead homicide detective on Law &amp; Order SVU for twelve seasons!</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Stabler" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Stabler</a></p> <p>I'm still sad he retired.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16311 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:53:30 +0000 Mrs. D 16311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our number one choice (depending on the source you use), is like number 437, so I don't imagine her having very many friends with the same name.<br /> Last week at my last appointment, my doctor asked if we had a name for her yet, and she said that it was a great name, and NOT the same name as the last ten patients in her office. I think we chose well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16306 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:48:44 +0000 swgal 16306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daughters name is popular - top 10, but I love it! I like to think that popular names are popular because they are great names. My husband and I both have pretty common names and never felt bothered by it. My sister on the other hand has a name with a unique spelling and she has spent her entire life telling people how to spell it. I have no qualms about the name we picked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16304 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:47:32 +0000 yin 16304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Just told my husband, and we both didn't know that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16301 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:45:48 +0000 yin 16301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Wow. I did not know that! Obviously, I don't watch that much television. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16294 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:42:32 +0000 Andrea 16294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Elliot was the little boy in ET. That is what I think of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-popular-is-your-los-name#post-16291 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:39:56 +0000 Rubies 16291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: My friend named her daughter "Eliot" - after the 19th-century female writer, George Eliot (she used a male name to ensure her writing was taken seriously). But there is also a female character named Eliot on the show "Scrubs." According to my friend, she knows THREE girl Eliots! I've only met one boy Elliot. </p>