How popular is 'Poppy'?

[MegRam]

DH and I both really love the name but I am concerned that it seems to be in the top 10 in every list I read. I'm not sure I'd want her to be one of 5 Poppy's in her class!

Any experiences of how many Poppy's there are around in real life?

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I know quite a few. Prob 5 or 6. Makes me think of Poppy Pants.

I know three called Poppy. All are in their very late teens/early 20s.. I'd assumed it would now be going out of fashion as name, but perhaps the ones I know were just ahead of their time!

My cat's called Poppy and I used to have one in my form at school. I think it's a lovely name!

I've only ever taught one Poppy.

I know one girl named Poppy aged 10.

And one Irish Wolfhound aged 8

Both fabulous.

If you do choose Poppy, please spell it Poppy.

I don't know any that aren't cats or dogs.

Loads!

I only know one who is one.

I have a Poppy. She is 6 & the only one in her year group at school (60 children).

It isn't exactly a rare name - you will meet other Poppys about but it's never been a problem here.

That said, both DSs have names that have been pretty consistently top 5 over the last 20 years or so & we don't meet many with their names either - but there are two girls called Roxy in DS2's year, and I would consider that really unusual .

I have a poppy and she's the only one in her year group of 60. I think there was one other at nursery. Then again my oldest has I think the most popular name before Olivia took over and she never had one with the same name in her year group at nursery or school. Similar but not a match!

@RightOnTheEdge I work with many Europeans and a French lady spent 5 years thinking it was a pet name for her - had no idea it was a real name!

Wow, thank you so much for all the replies -- really helpful.

I really love the name, so I think we'll go with it anyway and see how many others we come across along the way!

My dog is called Poppi my mum named her and spelt it that way

And I know one human Poppy who is 3

We are going with Poppy - Poppy Rose. I love it

I never knew Poppy was a top 10 name. I'm so surprised. Never met one and never thought of it as a popular name at all.

I went to University with one but don't know any others, children or adults! My DC is 5 and I haven't come across any in his school.

Go for it if you love it, you could choose a name that is 50th or something and just happen to have another in her class!

I have an 8 year old Poppy, no one else called it at her school. I know the name is becoming popular though because I see it all the time in the online newspaper birth announcements! I suppose if you want a name that isn't popular then you will have to go with a name not many people like!

I'm a 42 year old Poppy. I'm also a solicitor as absolutely everyone told my dm you'd never have a judge (there's still time!) with such a ridiculous name. Who's laughing now, eh?

I first started hearing dc's with the name about 15 years ago and love that there are loads around now. In my dc's school there are no Poppy's though. I quite often hear the name yelled when at soft play though.

I know 3 - 2 are 10 in ds's class
The other is 13
It's a pretty name. That's why it's popular but that shouldn't put you off.