Is Oscar too popular?

I teach primary. We are over run with oscars.

Numbers of Babies called Oscar have been falling year-on-year since 2014. A lot less now than there was 5/6/7 years ago

Sorry I didn't realise how long that was!

That's good to know re it being more popular a few years back.

I'm not bothered about it being younique, I just don't fancy a four in a year group name because of my own experience.

Yes, very very popular.

Francesca is lovely and much more memorable and timeless!

Love Francesca.

But agree that Oscar is a little overused at Primary age.

We're going with Oscar, the popularity does worry me slightly, but I had a few others in my class with my name and it didn't bother me too much.

Also you never know how popular the name will be in your area. I say if it's your favourite name, go for it.

We have similar taste in names. I liked Toby more than Oscar, but my husband vetoed it

I work in a nursery and have for the last 6/7 years and have only ever come across 2 oscars. One recently and one when I first started.

Ps Oscar falcon is awesome

@winniesanderson yeh there’s no oscars in the baby groups round here that I’ve met yet and I’ve been to a lot of baby groups. Here’s a graph of how the numbers of Oscars have declined since 2014

I have a name that was popular amongst my age group. There were no others in my class but I still hated knowing I had a popular name. I’ve gone by a nn since I was 17 and used to consider changing my name.

That being said, Oscar is lovely and I especially love Falcon!

I didn't really you can check ONS by area there were 17 out of 800 odd babies in my city called Oscar last year, I think that isn't crazy popular - thinking the number of primary schools is about 100 so I think we will just go with it!

Ps. Thank you for the name love! DH is thrilled people don't think it is too much!

Love Oscar and also love Felix as an alternative!

I don't know that many Oscars. I only have 1 on my 3 class year group and actually it's his middle name as his first name is probably difficult to grasp for English speakers. We don't have an Oscar in our 60/60 nursery classes. I only know of one in DD's school of 600. I didn't come across any in baby groups or nursery Maybe it's more popular in different areas but it's a great name.

I know 4 Oscars and when I started working in a school there were 2 in the class I was in. Very popular in my area

@ExplodingCarrots yes but the numbers of oscars have fallen each and every year since 2014..

@HairsprayBabe could you post the link to where you got that 17 out of 800+ babies. That’s very interesting. Glad you and DH have agreed on such a gorgeous name xx

I think it’s less popular than it was a few years ago.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/articles/babynameswhereyoulivecouldshapewhatyoucallyourbaby/2018-09-21

You have to scroll down a bit and then put the name in you want to check a colour coded map will appear and you can click around it to check your city or area

I think it’s lovely, I wouldn’t be too put off. It’s definitely not a ‘trend’ name but classic (I think Oscar Wilde) and he can be Ozzy for short. The names I like are quite popular but I think better to go for what you like than pick something just because it’s less common imo x