What are the most overused baby names you know at the moment?

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Trying to decide on a name for DC2 at the moment and would like something that won't seem "dated" in so many years to come.

There's a few names I keep hearing pop up at baby groups etc that feel a bit "faddy" and "of the moment" and would like to avoid that if possible. Hoping to avoid a name that becomes the Tracey, Sharon, David or Gary etc of this generation.

I've noticed a lot of names hyphenated with Rose, (which is an absolutely beautiful name) but kind of has the shine taken off it when its so overused in various combinations.

What names make you think "oh, not another one!?"

Oh yes and Isla! That seems to be everywhere now

Isla
Carter

This is a useful tool for regional differences:
www.bounty.com/pregnancy-and-birth/baby-names/baby-names-regional

Evie, Maddy, Holly
Jacob, Noah, Isaac

That regional thing says Norbert is the most popular name in my area.

Yeah I don’t think it works very well as it says ‘baby’ is a popular name in my area!

Yes! Baby was the fourth most popular list. I like the idea of the web page though.

*on the list

Our reception class has FOUR Olivias this year. FOUR.

Ella, Evie, Isla, Ava, Isabel- all crazily popular.
Same with Noah, Jack, Freddie, Harrison, George.
90% of girls seems to have the middle name May/Mai/Rose/Grace generally hyphenated.

Isla and Arlo

At my dcs primary school there are multiples of Olivia, Max, Alfie, Ava and Oliver. I still think they are nice names though and they are all lovely kids with really nice parents.

Oliver, Charlie, Alfie, harry

Olivia, grace. Anything with mae on it. Mia and matilda

Ella
Jack
Oliver
Isla
Amelia

I remember when DD started school she told my mum the boys in her class were called ‘Freddie, Teddie, Charlie, Jack, Harry, Henry and Bertie’, my mum asked if she was at school with a WW1 batillion 😆.

Finn, Alfie, Archie, Lily, Elsie

*WW1 battalion
*
🤣

Mia
Eva/Evie/Ava
Elsie
Alfie
Archie
Milo
Arlo

Dreadfully twee as well.

Evie
Olivia

Freddie
Charlie

Ellie
Olivia
Evie
Eva

Oliver
Jack
Kayden, Jayden,brayden,hayden all these boys in one class!

Lily, Daisy, Ella, might as well just call your child Blah, Blah, Blah.
They all just morph in to one another there’s so many.
Oh and Charlotte and Olivia.

Oliver, I swear I know a thousand Olivers.
Dylan and Jacob are also super, super popular, loads of them at our school.

Harry! My eldest is called Harry and I had no idea how popular it was until he was about 6 months old and every baby at playgroup was called Harry there’s 3 in his class

Lots of Charlie’s, Alfie’s and Islas around here. TBH I love the names and think people can be so rude about popular names, they are popular for a reason!

I did learn from my first though and picked classic, normal but not too popular names for my next 2 children though. Just so I don’t have 10 kids turn around when I call their name in soft play

Lily, Ella, Evie, Amelia etc plus a few Lillys which I genuinely don't get.

Anything -Mai/May/Mae or -Rae

Interestingly round here there don't seem to be any boys names which are so viscously duplicated. But generally a lot of Alfie/Archie/Stanley etc which I think will date.

Randomly the most common name I have come across at the moment seems to be Stanley. I know of 5.

We have so many of the following around here

Lily
Ella
Amelia
Olivia
Esme
Jack
Oliver
Leo