Chosen boy's name, can you tell me...

[elseIlltellyourfather]

if it is very popular in your area? I don't know any but think it rates up in top 20, so they must be out there somewhere.

Also DS is Caspar. The don't really 'go' I know but it doesn't matter does it?

Name is Joseph.

There's loads. Seems a bit odd to have an unusual name like Casper (lovely btw) and then a v common one like Joseph though IMO

Why does it matter how many there are in my area? Surely it only matters how many there are in yours.

I have 5 male nephews and 3 are called Joseph.

Very common round here, in Surrey. Caspar is much less overused imo.

I dont know any Joseph's or Joe's, but there are 3 John's in our primary one!

I know one Joseph who's about 3, and a Caspar who's about 8.

But SoupDragon, I might move to your area...

Thats what I thought, fel1x, have started to be a bit put off by its popularity. As I only have one DS, not at pre-school yet, I don'y know loads of children, so not knowing any doesn't count for much. It is the only other boy's name I really like though, that DH also likes (he is a pain when it comes to liking names).

OP I think if you don't want a popular name then you should not choose Joe.

Ditto Matthew, James, Oliver, Josh, William. All lovely names but you are pretty much guaranteed to know a number of them.

If DS1 (who is 11) says "my friend Matt" he has to qualify it as it could be one of about five people!

I agree with others. Joe/Joeph is much more common than Caspar. Personally I'm not keen on Joe, but that shouldn't matter to you.

If you want a similarly underused name like Caspar, I'd look at the ONS list of all boys' names outside of the top 100.