Are any of your children in the top 100 list and are you/your dp?

None of us are in it, all very scottish names.

And I felt vindicated that Eva/Ava/Evie variants which I find ubiquitous here, once combined, come definitely highest.

I didn't even need to combine Henry with Harry, or Lizzy/Beth/Betsy to jump those up the rankings.

I did the work mainly to check that my bump's name isn't deceptively far down. But because there aren't lots of variations there's no such "danger".

DD, way out the top 100
Me, middle-ish top 100
DH, way out the top 100 (your bog standard late 70's type name)

Was worried dd3 would be in but still ok. Dd1 and dd2 no, dh no, me yes but not in my age group iyswim.

Thanks VeryDull. It's obviously subjective - I combined Georgia and Georgina and Georgie, for example, because I think in use they are all likely to be Georgie. But I didn't combine Amelie and Amelia because although the spelling is very similar the sounds aren't. I was tempted to combine Amelia with Emilia and Emelia though.

Dd is top 10, ds2 is top 40 and ds1,me and oh arent top 100.

The boys are top 10.

DD is top 40.

I'm not in there.

DH is, just.

Both DDs are top 100, DD1 is top 10. DH and I are not.

DS1 is top ten, DS2, DH and I are nowhere. We're in Scotland though and the lists are very different, especially for boys I think.

Dd is in top 200 (just outside top100)
Ds is in top 2000 (name used 12 times last year)
Dh in top 100 and me in top 200

That's interesting work Horry - really surprised to see that all the Ellie/Ella/Eleanor/Eloise's of a decade ago now can't crack your list. I reckon you should amalgamate Amelie with Amelia, but can't open the xls on my phone to see what that would do.

DS has been top quartile on that list for the last century I think. DH and I have very normal names for our age group which are nowhere to be seen - not Wayne or Tracey or anything obviously dated, just names that don't occur to people in the 21st century when naming babies.

Me and DH aren't in the top 100. My name was a very popular 70s/80s name and I don't think his has ever been that common. He's the only person I've ever known with his name, apart from a famous person. I think it's more common in the states. I did hear a little boy, aged about 5, being called DH's name, in the park and I must admit, I did .

Both DD1 and DD2 are in the top 20, well the alternative spelling of DD1's name is in the top 20, her spelling is a lot lower. Seems people are opting for the frillier version :o.

dd in top 95,
Me and DP not in

My DS is in the top 5 but, as curlew points out, in reality he doesn't meet that many boys with the same name.

My DH's name doesn't even appear in the top 100 but is an incredibly popular name for men of his generation (my brother has the same name) - in our small road there are three with the same name (out of eight houses) - they are known affectionately as big Pete/little Pete and new Pete (not real name) .

My name doesn't appear anywhere and quite honestly I get pretty fed up constantly having to spell it so would much rather have a more popular name !

dd not in top 100 3 outta 4 ds in top 100 one In top 10 me and hubby dont feature

No, none of us are. Not sure where I am but both of the DCs are way down the list for popular names.

DD is in the top 20, was born in 2012. DH is in top 100, I'm not, although we both have fairly common names for our age.

With colossal arrogance, I am going to c and p something I said on another thread. I think sometime people get unnecessarily worried by where names are on the list.

It's important to remember that, even if a name is 27 in the top hundred, you still aren't very likely to bump into many. For example, statistically you'd have to meet 270 babies before you met another Leo. Of course, you'll notice th name if you hear it at all because you're tuned in to it, but the chances are he'll still be the only one in his school. Even names seen as incredibly popular, like Grace and Ruby are only given to one in 100ish girl babies, so in a school of 200 there should only be 1.

This is all skewed by area and social class of course- if you're at Cheltenham Ladies College you are very likely to be the only Chardonnay-Midori, but unlikely to be the only Annabel. But the core principle holds good. Even Harry- number 1 on the list. Only 1 in >100 of them!

Nope - most common in our family is DS2, who comes in at 256.
I'm 934, DH and DS1 both at 977. Poor DS3 is way out at 1589.

DH if he used his given name (which no-one in his family does despite it being every eldest son's name for 4 generations until I interferred - they all use their middle name) would be at #10.

i'm top 10, one ds is top 10 and the other is in the top 50. dp isn't there but am sure it would've been if it was still the 70s and dd isn't there but her nn is.

funnily enough with dd (pfb) i was adamant we weren't going to have something popular and vetoed lots of names on that basis, but when i was carrying the boys i picked their names and then checked popularity and just didn't give a shit! tbh i never really found a name i 'loved' with dd, dp pushed for it and i do like it but still occaisionally wonder if i made the right choice.

My name is in the top 50, but no other family member is there.
When I was young(er!) no one had my name round our area.

Yep. DD1 is very popular, DD2 has a name traditional to my country, but is still in there, but less popular than top 50, but a more usual spelling (in other countries who use that name- in my country, I used the normal spelling) is in there. DS' name is also quite high there. I'm not on there at all as have a very unusual name, not for my country though.

Dd is, but she's 17 and her name raised eyebrows( to put it mildly) when we named her. Which is an important thing to remember if you are trying to find unusual names for your children!.