Popular baby names you're bored off...

Alfie, Archie, Finn, Jack, Harry, Ollie
Evie, Ellie, Izzy, Sophie, Livvy, Libby

Isla/islay
Anything-mae or -mai
Evie

There are far too many Poppy's and Finley's where I live. Every other little girl I meet is a Poppy and likewise every other little boy I meet is a Finley.

At least we're moving away from Millie/Molly/Maisie/ Poppy /Daisy... silly floppy drippy dolly... made me think of cows not girls

Had to laugh (and agree) too!

There are similar boys names that I feel may start to fall out of favour - Alfie, Archie, Ollie, Harry, Charlie - too cutesy imo.

DD's name wasn't even in the top 500 when we named her. It was a name I've liked since I was a kid that also turned out to be a variation of MIL's name. Now its frequently touted on MN as too popular (and has been repeatedly mentioned on this thread). I couldn't give a fig tbh. It suits her.

And going back a few pages, Hunter is a perfectly normal name. I know one 40 year old Hunter and several teenagers. It's not new at all.

At least we're moving away from Millie/Molly/Maisie/ Poppy /Daisy... silly floppy drippy dolly... made me think of cows not girls

Me too. I burst out laughing when I read it. I have never understood the sudden rise of these (silly) names.

Lots of names ending in the sounds 'ie' or 'a' are very common now.

They do sound nice though.

In Scotland so it may be different. We have a million Findlay/inlays and about as many Lewises. As far as girls go, Anna and Amelia

Just did Control F for my 3 kids' names and not one mention [smug]

Why? Because a name is supposed to identify you!

There are enough normal lovely underused names for everyone, without having to make up a name, and without having to pick a top 10 name.

What's wrong with lots the same as long as they're good names?

There were four Elizabeths three Sarahs and three Victorias in my form.

So much better than the contortions people ( working and middle class ) go to now to give a unique name.

Why?

Bea
Ruby
Evie

At least we're moving away from Millie/Molly/Maisie/ Poppy /Daisy... silly floppy drippy dolly... made me think of cows not girls

Jake
Oscar
Finley

Isla so much.

Charlie, Alfie, Archie etc

Lily, Ellie, milly, and many similar.

I have a Finley, he's 5 and when we picked it we didn't know of a single other Finley. Three of my 'friends' have since given their little boys the same name. He's the only Finley in his class though, and I think maybe the only one in his school so it's still not overly popular here.

I'm 9 weeks pregnant with number 2 and this thread has definitely given me food for thought when it comes to picking names again!

I have a Finley, he's 5 and when we picked it we didn't know of a single other Finley. Three of my 'friends' have since given their little boys the same name. He's the only Finley in his class though, and I think maybe the only one in his school so it's still not overly popular here.

I'm 9 weeks pregnant with number 2 and this thread has definitely given me food for thought when it comes to picking names again!

Funny that some people think unusual names are just for dogs. I think it's more common for dogs to be called popular baby names like Charlie, Molly, etc.
Dog owners must be very unimaginative around here

Honey is probably from EastEnders? It reminds me of Winnie the Pooh :-)

Noah is another one I'm tired of hearing.

There are middle of the road names (and thousands of them) between weird and wacky and calling a child to find three or four kids turning around.

To the poster who said they were one of many and it never bothered them, I find this very unusual. I have one of the most used names of the 50s/60s/70s and hated it for years and years. I know many people with my name and it's popularity was definitely not an advantage to having the name.

Where I am living at the mo, I am sick of Sophie and Sophia. There's about ten zillion of them around.

Jasmine, Emily, Ellie, Freya, Lily

Alfie, Archie, Finlay, Finn

Thomas, Milo, Oscar, Charlie,
Daisy, Lily, Grace,

I have an Oliver and I do groan when I hear about 20 other kids called it in the local park. Not so many children my sons age (7) but little babies and toddlers. I still love the name though and it really suits my little boy.

My DD's name is on practically everyone's hitlist

Although tbh, I'd never heard of one when I had her and it was a drivative of DH's grandmas name.

I think it's tricky once you are in the baby/toddler group/nursery circuit because you hear them all!

Friend recently had a baby Eddie which meant something to them and they didn't know of any, in my wider circle there are three - just how it goes I suppose

I don't know why some posters think if it's not top 10/20 then it has to be something uneeque or bizarre.

Absolutely agree. Given that there were over 1000 names given last year, there are over 950 names out there that are not top50/mega trendy ones.

The truly 'uneeque' ones actually don't even make it onto the ONS lists as there need to be at least 2 babies named a given name for the name to be included.