I thought I was so original ...

Had my DS (2) been a DD he would have been Florence (that’s where we conceived so it seemed fitting)-it seems that every other girl born in 2015 in this area was a Florence too!

Another Noah here 😅
Although we must live in an area where it's not very popular because we've only known one other (mine is 8) 😊

when people say ''none around when I picked it!'' was that their first child? were they mixing with toddlers? you have to check the statistics. ESPECIALLY if it's your first child.

There are a lot of both Freyas and Noahs aged about 14-17.

I have one Dc with an unusual name, that stayed unusual; one middling popular that stayed middling, and one middling when the name was given that since became very popular for a few years.

You can't future proof!

I went to school with a Barry and a Gary.
You don't really hear those names anymore do you?

Evie - none around when i picked it!

My son has to say his first and last name at nursery as there are three other of the same name..

Not me but DM did the exact same as yourself. She went with a name for DSis 15 years ago that wasn’t really that popular, but within 2-3 years it started to be heard a lot more and I think it’s been in the top 20 (maybe even 10) constantly since then.
She then had my youngest sister 11 years ago and gave here a never used name anymore, many people would stop and look in shock when they heard her name and then saw a baby instead of an old lady of 70+, however her name has become more popular, but not just her name the whole trend of using old fashioned names on little ones

In my class at primary school (25 kids) we had 4 Gemma's, 2 Barry's, 2 Michelle's, 3 Geoffrey's & 3 Gary's which is weird because I've never heard a baby being called any of those in the past couple of decades so presumably they'll make a comeback in the next 10 years or so

I've never met anyone with my first name however I have seen it pop up on here when people ask for 'unusual, old fashioned' style names but don't think many people have taken the bait. I hated it as a child but now I love it. It's very 'posh' sounding though which can be annoying as people like to tell me how 'posh' is sounds

I love that Tallulah is one of the most popular names at my children's schools, I can't imagine the parents thought there would be so many either.

I know someone who named their baby Ruby because "it's unusual" who am I to argue

My name has been mentioned a few times, clearly common as muck 😂 my 2 DS have names that iv never heard anyone else called and not particularly outlandish. DD has a beautiful name. There is only her in her year group with that name but its defo top 20 and a fair few children in her school with same name

Clara was unusual 25 years ago when we named dd. Now its everywhere. Still love it though.

It's also an interesting demonstration of how we are all influenced by the same trends, even if we don't realise it.

About 20 years ago when I knew no babies/children and no stats, my favourite names were Noah (after Noah Wyle in ER) and Sophia. I couldn't say why, but those were the names I wanted to use when I had kids, 100%.

Fast forward to when I actually had kids, and I found out that Noah and Sophia are EVERYWHERE! Whatever made me love the names must have made lots of other people love them too! Whatever that was.

So I used something completely different in the end

Another Noah!

My sister is Evie, and was the only Evie anyone had ever heard of. Fast forward 20 years it's everywhere.

I have a fairly unusual name. The year after I was born a popular film with my name as the title came out, and my mum was gutted. People always asked her if I was named after it!

This is a well known phenomenon. A lot of people want a name that 's not too popular but is well known, and end up picking the same name as lots of other people thinking the same thing.

I did this with my son. Growing up I knew just one person with this name, and also heard of it once in a children's book which was written in the 50s.

Now it's bloody everywhere! Not top 10 popular, but in my son's school there is probably one in each class or not far off that.

Doesn't matter too much as I still love the name but I thought I was more original than that!

Everybody knows someone with their name

My daughter doesn’t. In fact I’ve never heard another person in the UK with her name. It’s used in the US though. She’s 22.

No, I researched the UK, Irish and American stats! nerd, I know

I didn't just go by a name's position, I avoided names travelling too fast up the charts.

My kids names sounded relatively normal when they were born, as in, they didn't have the 'ooooh that's original!' wow factor but in real terms, they have been very unusual in their classes. Although I know a few adults with their names and also, now, 12-15 years later, children under 5 with their names.

So I'd advise anybody to study the info available and avoid anything moving up positions too quickly from one year to the next.

My friend has a teenage Oscar. At the time everyone begged her not to call him that, as there would be the association with Oscar Wilde, so he’d be called gay etc.

Now every other boy seems to be an Oscar.

My mum insists she was being original when she named me 35 years ago.

I'm called Laura 😂

My mum wanted to call my brother Leo but thought it was too out there. This was in the early 90s.

My DD is a Matilda, she’s 9 and up until she was about 7 we could never find her name on anything much to her dismay and never met another one in the flesh, now it’s much more popular and she was very happy to buy an angel tree Dec this year with her name in!

Our youngest is called George, oddly enough we don’t come across as many as I thought, we were going to call him Milo and there’s 2 of those plus a Miley in his class but no other George’s!!

I don't know anyone with my name - though am sure there are plenty of people 20+years older than I with the name.
DS is unlikely to meet anyone with his full name (usually around 5/6 born a year) but the diminutive is more popular.

When I named my DS 20+ years ago it was a fairly uncommon name. However, much to DS annoyance, it is much more popular now after a certain Prince was called the same name.