Popular names you think will end up being faddy / genrational / "two thousand and teensie" names"

I know a 27 year old Charlene with a 25 year old sister called Kylie

There were two Kylies in my year at school! We are 27/28 now.

Jayden
Jordan
Josh
Jacob

I have at least 2 of each in each of my classes

I taught a Freya who would be mid 20s now, I remember thinking how unusual it was.

Yeah our kylies are about 27ish and younger q
its Neighbours thats to blame

Weird...I'm Australian and most of the Kylies I know are in their 40s (it's an Australian name).

Young Locum Gp i went to the other week she was called kylie i felt bloody ancient

There was a newsreader on ITN tonight called Kylie. Got me trying to guess if she was early 30s!

Blimey, Orla dates back to pre Christian Ireland. Has always been popular in Ireland / Scotland but sadly that's to some brown spriggy mugs it's now shoved in a group with the Willows and Evies.
Chelsea is one that is definitely 2000s, things like Lily, Sophie are always popular.
George possible as well as the shortened old man names like Archie, Teddy, Stanley.
Don't know any Amelias/ Islas / Avas interestingly.

A few people have mentioned Finn as faddy but I think it's just regional as the Scottish 2014 name stats have it down at number 63ish and 2013 was similar so not that popular and no movement in that period.

Names I know multiples of but no adults are Noah, Ava, Archie and Alfie.

The 40 year old Isla was probably named after Isla St Clair from The Generation game.

90s babies you cant move for Emmas and Amys

I know a 40yr old Isla my 22yr was maybe going to be Isla dh didnt lke it we are scottish though so it isnt unusual or faddy, I think you are going to have Finns on every street corner i know of 7 finns

ONS stats come out 8 months after the close of the calendar year, and although you might see the trend of use it's easy to miss the sudden rises. And impossible to predict the one that's hapoenung right at the time you name your baby. Especially if it's your first (literally, or after a long enough gap you're not in toddler/baby group mode) and you aren't being introduced to babies and very small children.

I think Ruby and Evie (etc) for girls for the 20teen generation. Less sure there are boy's names that moved so rapidly.

We really want Elizabeth but if Prince Williams baby is called that we will avoid! Otherwise our baby will be one of many in their class when they get to school we think!

I know a Shania who is 8.

In terms of checking the top 100, then I guess if it is important to you, you would, but if you just like the name then you don't care. My ds1 is Oliver and it was the ONE name dh and I could agree on (I really wanted Xavier, but oh well...) so we went for it. I still like it on him and there's not a huge number we know. Definitely more than my other dc's names, but he is the only one in his school, let alone class. There's more Adams and Mohammeds!

Faddy,

Twinkle - I was thinking of royal connections. Admittedly, my children are older, so I was guessing

Faded names in the past.
Kylie - all approx. 25 years old
Shania - all approx. 15 years old (Shania Twain)

I remember her telling me and saying "well, we wanted something a bit different and unusual, so we've chosen Eva

The thing that makes me curious is that don't parents check out name stats?

I had the benefit of my parents doing exactly the former... so I made sure I did check out the stats.

I also made sure I checked the trends too though, as I didn't want to be so different that DS had a name that didn't fit in with the time either.

Well then you're ahead of the curve. Its the one who still choose the name despite it being very popular. I guess its a non issue for them

My DD (11) is called Evelyn (nn Evie). According to the 2002 name stats Evie was outside the top 50 (and Evelyn was outside the top 100). I don't think we could have predicted how quickly both names would rise in popularity.

The thing that makes me curious is that don't parents check out name stats?

I suppose people would research when buying a car or kettle?

Or maybe its just not an issue for some only the name nerds!

So true afghan da. When I first got pregnant 8 years ago I immediately got starry eyed about Olivia before realising in the nick of time that so was everyone else.

Funny that people of similar age/class all drift towards the same names. I really have to bite my tongue when introduced to yet another baby eve...

afghanda that makes a lot of sense.

I think people who are disagreeing are focusing on different parts of the questions. Names being generational is pretty much every name except James and Elizabeth, names being 'faddy' is slightly different. The vast majority of people with my name is in their 30s, buts it's often described as a classic or timeless name on here.