To wonder why you would pick a name in the top 10?

[FreckledFrog]

So the latest top 100 baby names have been released this week. It has prompted me to wonder why on earth you would pick a name in the top 10-20 names.

There are thousands of beautiful, unique names out there, yet so many people are happy to pick the same names despite knowing their children will go to school with multiple Olivia's, Noah's, Amelia's or George's.

Do these people not desire some originality for their children?

Am I being unreasonable? I have a very very unusual name and have picked less common names for my children and I wonder if this clouds my judgement?

Me and my siblings all have quite popular names from the 70s but our parents spelt them in the alternative, not so common way. (Not made up btw) We never, ever found a mug, pen or badge with our names on. It used to piss me right off when I went on school trips and the 6 other girls in my year with the same name could buy something and I couldn't!

We were going to name DS1(22) Beatrice after DH's grandma. My mum was horrified, she phoned me almost everyday to try yo put me off! I still love it and it's pretty popular now.

my daughter gets annoyed she can't find anything with her name on but for Christmas and birthdays I'll get her something personalised off the interest easily done now! also my G'dad went to America and brought a doll back that had her name she was over the moon

I don't think Phillip will stand the test of time- I don't know a Phillip under 40. Can't imagine a baby Phillip

I know a 26 year old Phillip

According to 'This Morning' if you want a name that noone else has used for over a year call your baby Nigel...

YANBU. I carried on a family tradition of giving DC unusual names.

You are definitely being unreasonable.
Not everyone wants a "unique" name. After all if everyone had unique names...it wouldn't be very unique.

Some of us simply want our children to go through life without the burden of a unusually spelt/unique name.

My friends works in a doctors and they have a patient called xyienna (as in sienna) and the poor woman hates it!

My daughter's name (2) has been the most popular name for the last 5 or so years. I tried to choose another name for that reason. My husband really likes the name. It's really grown on me, and hasn't been as ubiquitous as I thought.

As I understand it the OP isn't extolling the virtue of a "unique" name like Tiger or Princess Consuela Bananahammock. Just not an extremely popular one. Say John not Jack, Tess not Olivia.

Clearly shows the popularity of the top 10 names that so many people find her opinion controversial

TheFairyCaravan and SunshineLollipopsRainbows25 my most treasured possessions as a child were my Christmas stocking, set of pencils and necklace with my very unusual name on. 😃

I know a 10 year old Philip.

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis

i wish I'd got the same kind of gifts as a child my name is 9 letters long and French (I'm british) I love the name now but never found it anywhere! so even though I wanted my children to have unique names aswell I've made sure they get their personalised items! my dd1 finds her middle name on things so she likes to buy those if we're on holiday or something which I feel too sorry for her to say no 😂

*I can't imagine not checking the top lists in a book before giving birth!

Did people really never think of doing that?*

Erm, no. Because it wasn't something that remotely concerned us. It wasn't a factor. Still isn't. Every other child in the country could have one or the other of our boys' names, and our boys would still be a) unique and b) the best.

#boldfail

Some of us are confident that our children will be unique individuals even if there is someone else with the same name in their class. We don't feel the need to tell the world what rebels we are.......

I can't imagine not checking the top lists in a book before giving birth!

You definitely lack in imagination.

I've just felt the need th check the top 50 names. I have 3 children all with 'normal' names as far as I'm aware and all 3 are out of the top 50. I think it's each to their own if you don't want a common name then don't choose one simple.

Some of us have common names ourselves and didn't really like it.

Very subjective - but wanting to avoid names that are top of the list that year is a reasonable thing to do. If popularity not an issue for you fine but everyone's different

Sunshine my name's 9 letters long and French too! Does yours begin with C?

If popularity not an issue for you fine but everyone's different

Quite; its simple, isn't it? Not something that the OP appears to have grasped, though....

YABU !!! You choose a name because you like it! So what if it's in the top whatever, we are all and can be unique without a unique name. What a stupid post.

DS is an Oliver - originally discounted because it was so popular, but eventually chosen because it was the only name we agreed on. Yes, he's Oliver G at school but there are only two in his year of 90. DH's multiple friends called Mark all seem to cope.

On the other hand, he started Reception with two Emilias (and an Amelia) and two Wilfreds. I imagine those parents thought they would be safely unusual.

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis

no begins with a G 😂 that would have been a weird coincidence haha!

Oh, I think I've got it! It's lovely!

My dd is called Ava (with an unusual middle name) and we chose it because it was the only name that we could both agree on which also suited her. The other names on our list were generally familiar but rarely used names but neither of us liked the other's suggestions.

But to my main point, my in-laws were outraged when we named our dd Ava, not because it was too commonly used, but because they thought it was the weirdest name they'd ever heard and they thought she'd get teased at school for having an odd name. Even now, years later, despite me telling them that it's a top 10 name in this country and has been for years, they still insist we chose a weird name for her 😂

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuckKeidis thank you I tried to Google a 9 letter French name beginning with C I came up with nothing 🙈🙈