Do you think these names are ok for a baby born 2024 (very short list)

DuchessOfSausage a name may make you have an assumption of age, race, sex and if it is correct that is exactly why it should be removed. It's proven people employ people like them, or as you say 'fit in'. This is why some companies repeatedly employ white men form their old school or university, it's prejudice and not in the best interests of any organisation. If the assumption about the name is wrong: maybe Pixie Belle went to her local Comprehensive but is a driven, high flyer well you've missed out again. Would you openly admit to having prejudices about about sex or race?

@gjg , whether it's fair or not, people will have preconceived ideas about what someone is like based on their name. A name might be indicative of age group, socio-economic background of the parents, race, religion or culture, which might have no bearing on someone's ability to do the job, but generally people recruit someone who will fit in.

Sheepsheepie It is indeed a horrible thing to say people are judged on their names. If you really do see a lot of CV's as part of your work and people with a certain style of name, you have prejudices about, are less likely to be employed at your workplace, than you are admitting to being very unprofessional. If part of your role is hiring then you are also poor at your job. You may not be taking in the skills the applicant has to offer because you have dismissed after reading the name. In addition someone with a different style of name may be from a different background to the rest of your workplace and research shows the more diverse a workplace, the more dynamic it is. I suggest after admitting your prejudices here , you think how you can make your hiring process an equal playing field, starting with names removed from applications.

Aren't Emmas a bit bossy and tactless? And no dress sense?
No.

Someone famous named their boys Tom Dick and Harry. Can't remember who though??

Aren't Emmas a bit bossy and tactless? And no dress sense?

Tom is always a good name

@continentallentil , Thomas was hugely popular in the late 1990s, but it never seems to fall out of use.
Annie and Anna aren't that overused but can be short for other names, so seem like they are.
I can't think of that many Annies and Annas who are young but several of varying ages.

I think most of my circle who have a son, have a Jack, Harry or Thomas.

My husband and I loved Emma for my last baby girl. My teenage children went on and on about how ‘basic’ it was and saying not to call her it. I am just saying so you are aware that although I would agree timeless - young people themselves seemed to not like it.

We went for Theia (can also be spelt Thea). It’s a name we stumbled on at the last minute and absolutely don’t regret and really love it as it is pretty and not too common place.

I have a Laura(in her 30s) and I know a lovely 2yr old Emma.

There is a Laura in my children’s primary school. It’s a lovely name and makes a change from the endless Lily’s, Evies, Amelia’s and Olivia’s.

OP, I know a little two-year-old called Laura.

The condescension that drips from this post. And no, I am not a SAHM so I'm not being defensive.

Nor do I sew (properly). I wish I could. It's a good skill to have. Perhaps I will learn one day and be boring and 'Mumsy'.

All nice...

I have a mid 20s Laura. She loves her name, it suits her, and she's not a mum!!! DC2 might have been Emma but our other choice went better with our surname.

I remember on holiday about 30 years ago, there was a woman in her 70s in our accommodation called Laura. I loved it since then!

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Of course.

But Laura is my absolute favourite, plenty of little Laura’s around. It’s my GC middle name.

I have an Emma. I love classic, timeless names so her sister has another very timeless name. It's easy to spell, no one ever mishears it or spells it wrong, which is a convenience after a lifetime of me having to spell out my name (which isn't even an unusual name, just one with several spellings) and it doesn't date or pinpoint DD1 as being from a certain time. If you just saw her name she could be 80 years old or 6 months old. Some names will date quite badly I think, like some of the names from yesteryear (Tracy, Gary, etc).

Lovely names

Emma is still used a fair bit bit less than the overused Emilia

Richard nn Richie is v much in need of a revival.

Laura seems to be getting a bit of a revival.

Tom and Anna/ Annie are quite overdone at the moment, nice though they are.

The logic is that give it about 20 years, the mothers of schoolchildren will be called Chloe, Mia, Isla, Evie, Ellie, Freya, Darcey, Olivia, Isabella, not Laura, Emma, Sarah, etc

Of course not. Names tend to be generational.
My point is that it's silly to call any names "mumsy", ( or worse, that mums are only interested in sewing and are and boring.).
Depending on the generation, every name is a mum name.

Not in the same class, but we have two Lily Roses with the same surname. It's very tricky!
They have unique learner numbers, fortunately!

Tom and Laura are smashing, I love the name Laura, glad to see it’s coming back

That's exactly what I was thinking.
I like Tom, but wouldn't add Richard in the middle
I'd use Thomas on his BC but call him Tom.
Emma Anna and Laura are all nice names.

@Maireas , what happens if a class has a Lily Rose Smith, Lily Rose Jones and a Lily Grace Smith?

@Maireas, my friends' mothers names were things like Elizabeth (Liz and Betty), Margaret (Maggie), Mary, May, Joan, Laura, Sue, Lynne, Sandra, Joyce, Catherine, Anne, Pam, Barbara. They were not all the names of my contemporaries.