Hubby and I only happen to like the top baby names in England.. help!

I have 2 DDs, 3yrs and 4mths. We know one harry who is 3, and one amelia who is 3. I wouldn't consider them over-used names at all. I think there are far more Isabel/Isabella's for example.

Both are lovely names :)

You could go with Ahmylya or Haree to be more unique. Or, like me, use the names you like, regardless of how popular they are and stop worrying about it.

Statistics are just that. In DS's year the top name was Harry - there is only one in his class but two Bens.

2011's top names were Oliver and Olivia, fwiw. I had a baby that year and didn't meet a single baby Olivia.

Don't worry about it, I can only think of one Amelia I know and no Harrys; our DS's name is in the top 10 but there is only one other in his class (with the same surname would you believe ) but it hasn't bothered either of them. My DH's name is incredibly common for his generation, same as my brother's but they don't really care, much nicer than having some corny so called 'original' name.

dd's name was number 178 in the year she was born, and there were three of them at one toddler group i went to (and two mums had same name too). what's popular on paper and what's popular in yours and your child's life may be two dif things. also i have a name that was very popular when growing up and it didn't occur to me to mind.

I think Amelia is more popular than Harry, although it obviously just depends on who you know. When I had my dc1 ten years ago it seemed like half of my nct circle named their dd a version of Amelia/Emilia or Amelie. And that was a decade ago!

Please try and like something else! What about Romilly?

Three of my Dc have current top 10 names. I don't know loads of them really. The youngest 2 aren't at school yet although I expect there to be a couple in their classes. It doesn't always mean anything though. I know of 3 Ellens born in the village who will all be in the same year at school. I have a top 5 namer the same age and don't know any that will be in the same year group.
I know a few Amelias but its a lovely name so go for it!
Harry also.

Who cares! I knew Charlie was common and I picked anyway as I loved it. It suits him down to the ground, and weirdly I don't know any others. If you go into it with ur eyes open it's fine I think- it's worse when you think you're picking an unusual name and then it becomes popular.

Also, in addition to the very good points above, although Harry was no.1 last year, it was given to less than 1% of the boys born, meaning you would have to know 100 newborn boys born the same year as your baby before you meet a second Harry.

Both of my DCs have top ten names as we liked them. I have a reasonably rare name and hated it as a kid as I could never get any personalised stuff.

Amelia and Harry are both lovely names.

If you love them and it's not important to you to have a "u-neeq" name then go for it. They are mostly traditional names that have stood the test of time. Amelia is a bit 'of the moment' but is a lovely name with lots of potential NNs. My son has a top ten name and so far has never had another child with the same name in any groups or his school class.

Seriously, I was very surprised that Amelia was top. I have one in my class this year but hadn't taught one for ten years.

Have two friends who each have a baby Harry. I think that because people choose from a wider number of names, even the most popular names are not very common. Only 7500 babies called Harry last year, so if you went for this name, he is unlikely to have 4 in his class.

I regret not calling my DD Amelia and would advise you to think carefully before rejecting names you love.

They are No. 1 for a reason!