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Without naming your child , is your child's name common or uncommon?

236 replies

WomenHour · 27/08/2020 23:01

Mine is fairly common.

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Pieceofpurplesky · 28/08/2020 00:20

Not in the top 50 but in the top 75. Wasn't really popular when I names him but did have a rise due to a celeb!

MrsAvocet · 28/08/2020 00:16

When we named our DD I had never met anyone with her name but it meant something to us. A few people told me it was old fashioned and she'd be teased for it. Hmm Within 5 or 6 years it was in the top 5. It is still quite popular, but not as much as it was. Her actual name isn't in the top 100 now, but a version with a different spelling is in the top 50 still.
Both my sons have classic names that I tend to think of as common, but actually they aren't at present. Neither of them are in the top 100 and nor are their middle names. I don't think I know anyone around their ages or younger with the same names but I am sure they will have been in the top 5 on many occasions in the past, and probably will be again.

yahoosername · 28/08/2020 00:16

@mathanxiety 4 "off the charts uncommon" names? Really?

detachablehoof · 28/08/2020 00:12

Mabel is 106th!

Allihearischasemarshallskye · 28/08/2020 00:10

Very uncommon.

SleepingStandingUp · 28/08/2020 00:05

@detachablehoof

3985th Smile I know several old ladies with the name though, it was top ten in the 1930s!
Mabel?
detachablehoof · 28/08/2020 00:04

3985th Smile I know several old ladies with the name though, it was top ten in the 1930s!

BackforGood · 28/08/2020 00:02

dc1 - very, very popular within his age group I can't think of anything he was part of when he wasn't one of at least 2, but often 3 with the same name....... classes, sports teams, cubs, drama, swimming lessons - everywhere he has been.

dcs 2 and 3 - neither are common for their peers. Neither had met another person in their age groups with their names until late teens (dc2) and end of junior school (dc3) (though know some adults with their names - they are both 'classic' names, just not used much in the years they were born.

EggyPegg · 28/08/2020 00:01

Both clssic names. Both have been in the Top 20 forever.

SleepingStandingUp · 28/08/2020 00:00

@FOKKYFC

There were three girls (total) given her name in the year she was born; either side of that it ranges from none to four, although there was a bit of a spike ten years ago (nine girls, I think) for reasons I can't fathom (no books or tv to the best of my knowledge). No one else in the UK has ever been given my name, as far as I can tell, although Google shows two or three of us worldwide over the past 30-40 years.
Ooh m intrigued
DancingLady · 27/08/2020 23:59

Uncommon, never met another one (it was an aunt's name decades ago, she died young).

FOKKYFC · 27/08/2020 23:58

There were three girls (total) given her name in the year she was born; either side of that it ranges from none to four, although there was a bit of a spike ten years ago (nine girls, I think) for reasons I can't fathom (no books or tv to the best of my knowledge).
No one else in the UK has ever been given my name, as far as I can tell, although Google shows two or three of us worldwide over the past 30-40 years.

SleepingStandingUp · 27/08/2020 23:55

Ds1 Uncommon- outside of top 200
Ds2 Uncommon- outside of top 2000
DS3 Uncommon - can't find it even listed

Aria2015 · 27/08/2020 23:53

Common. It's very usual that we'll go somewhere and another child will also have that same name.

Cissyandflora · 27/08/2020 23:52

Uncommon. Not as unusual now though as when I used it. When he was a child he was the only one at school with his name. Now there would be several.

tylery · 27/08/2020 23:50

DC1 and DC2 are outside of the top 100. Can't find an exact number. DC3 has a variation of a top 20 name.

M0mmyneedswine · 27/08/2020 23:42

1 fairly common, top 100. 1 never heard another child called it

Firebird83 · 27/08/2020 23:40

Around #40 in the charts now, but was top 10 about 20 years ago.

PrincessButtockUp · 27/08/2020 23:38

Common in that everyone knows the name; uncommon in that she was the only child in nursery with that name, the only infant, the only junior, the only brownie, the only guide. Yet everyone knows the name, but no-one seems to be using it. Fine by me.

Evehaspulled · 27/08/2020 23:38

Pretty uncommon.

LadyLovelyLockz · 27/08/2020 23:37

Very uncommon. Have never met another one, and yet it is a perfectly normal name! I dont know why it isnt used more, but I love that it isnt!

StressedOutTFF · 27/08/2020 23:36

My 2 are both top 100 but around the 80ish mark rather than top 10. DD1s I know 3 of them, DD2 I don't know any personally but think its becoming more popular. They're named after my grandmothers though so I wouldn't give a hoot if everyone in England decided to use them - theyre special to me

howlathebees · 27/08/2020 23:33

Ooh I don’t know. They’re all in the top 100 (I think) but I’ve only met a few with the same name and never one with DS2’s name. DS4 to be’s name is unusual I’d say

DelurkingAJ · 27/08/2020 23:31

Common, which was the plan. Being the son of a senior teacher (which they’re very likely to be) is quite tough enough without having an unusual name.

waltzingparrot · 27/08/2020 23:30

I've just looked DS1's name up. It's the 4946th most popular name in the UK. I'm going with uncommon!

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