Baby girl names - thoughts please

My Eliza has just turned 16 and we've never met another one so I'd be inclined to suggest that one. I know one 15yr old Evelyn, which does get shortened to various other things if that might be a concern of yours?

Currently around 1 in 1000 baby girls are called Hazel. It is still highly unusual to find 2 in a class.

I see what you mean about the harshness of an s instead of a soft z , not old fashioned at all actually , probably nicer now that I say it out loud a few times 🤷🏻‍♀️

It is lovely. I know quite a few women with the name and all use a harsh s (z) perhaps that is old fashioned now. Although I just listened to 8 different pronunciations and all were slightly different.

My neighbour little girl pronounces Annaleese 🤷🏻‍♀️..Spelling Annalise..
I think it’s lovely ☺️

I always hear it as Ann uh lize

Hazel is lovely, Eliza i just follow with Dolittle. So many Evelyn's at the moment.

I love Hazel, and there's not a lot of them about

Yes! Hazel is in the top girls list US and UK so I think there will be a likelihood of there being one other in the class. It was very popular in the 40s through to early 60s and I guess a number are being named after grandmothers. I love the name Hazel but I don’t like Hazelnut, I guess that is when they will be shortened to Nutty

That's the issue with popularity, it's very dependent on location. This little girl often gets called Hazelnut which I love.

I know three in London, all at the same nursery. One is now nick named Nutty.

Hazel is gorgeous. My friend has a little girl with that name and it suits her so much. She's strong, creative, empathetic and very bright. Beautiful name. She's 3 and I've not heard of another (South Wales).

I LOVE Maeve! When I chose my eldests name it was very low down in the ONS baby names list, so much so that I was worried that he’d be picked on for having an old man name- within 3 years it had rose to the 4th most popular name in the uk- you can’t predict what’ll happen. Just choose the name you love the most

All lovely names but all seem to have been very popular. Elizabeth is quite useful as you can use Eliza but if every Karen, Sharon and Jenny is called Eliza she can change it to Beth, Elspeth, Betty, Bet, Eli, Iz, Izzie Liz or Lizzie,

At its peak in the mid 90’s Jack was twice as popular as Oliver has even been. Even so it would be fewer than 1 in 3000 classes that had 1/3rd of the boys with that same name.

Having said that regional variations will have an impact and make such a scenario more or less likely.

When you look at names the most surprising thing from a statistical point of view is how uncommon even the most common names are nowadays.

I like all your names!. I have an Eliza, she’s the only one in her primary school, though there is an Elizabeth too.

Sorry I meant to comment to OP - I got distracted in a sea of Ollies! If popularity is a concern then definitely steer clear of Evelyn - will merge in among a million Evie/Ivy/Ellie.

I like Eliza which feels slightly more interesting. Hazel would definitely stand out!

Personally I think Hazel would be a lovely name. Reading the comments somebody referred to Mavis, which would be a wonderful retro and charming name.
sorry, not at all keen on the others on your shortlist.

I'd avoid Evelyn, I know loads of Evelyns or similar (Evie, Eva, Ava, Aoife...). I also know Evelyns pronounced Ev-lin, Ever-lin and Eve-lin so that could get annoying.

Maeve also seems to be having a moment. I know several preschooler Maeves after never hearing the name for 40 years.

But all you can do is choose the name you like best. There are two boys in my DC's class with the same very unusual name which I'm sure their parents thought was oh so unique!

I doubt it tbh! I also had a class previously where 1/3 of the boys were called Jack.

I would say Evelyn or similar type names are definitely the most popular of your list.
We have an Eliza at our school but no Maeve or Hazel.
Maeve is my favourite out of your choices. I’m not too keen on Hazel, it just feels like an old lady name to me.
How about Maia/Maya or Mabel?

5 Olivers in a mixed sex year group of 60 will happen around 1 in 2,200 times so still pretty rare.

How about Annalise , pronounced Annaleese

I liked Eliza for our girl but DH didn’t. In the end went with Emmie. We also liked
Nora
Lydia (Liddy)
Maisie
Sienna
Indie
Adaline (Addie)

From a teacher and someone who has just spent a year in baby classes Eliza and Hazel would be the least common of yours but it entirely depends on area!

@Stealth18 , for some reason, the names seem to be concentrated locally.
I only know 3 Olivers, and they are completely different age groups. I don't know any under 35, but it's been a top 10 name for the past 20+ years.