Jack

[russiandolly]

Hello,

I am due today (!) and we have a girls name decided upon (thanks for all your comments on my last post) and we have also decided on a boys name, Jack.

This is I know, the most popular name, according to all the stats but I have only come across one myself, aged 4 and then a number of adults.

I've loved this name from word go, and it is a family name too but I keep having niggles about the possibility of their being many little Jack's throughout school.

This shouldn't matter should it? To me it is a classic, timeless name and I guess it is popular for a reason.

I'd love to hear from mums of Jack's or those also considering the name. Or just your comments in general!

Thanks - last minute wobbles I think.

Re the Jack D and Jack S comments - there are 2 girls in my DS's class with the same name. Their name is not even inside the top 100 in popularity and yet 2 girls in the same class have it. If it happens, it happens, personally it wouldn't bother me.

I don't personally know any children called Jack, know one adult though.

I'd say choose the name you love. You run the risk of multiple children with the same name in a class with any vaguely popular name.

There are lots and lots of names these days so even the most popular name is only given to a small fraction of the population e.g. looking at stats online about 2% of boys were called Jack in 2008