Does it bother you....

[Poptart4]

.... If your childs name is in the top 20 names in the country?

Im due September, dont know what im having yet but the only girls name i really like is in the top 20 :(

Of course whatever name i pick there will be other children with it but is top 20 too many?

two other people were given the same name as me the year I was born. I ended in the same class as one of them and was friends with the other one. So you might end being known as name+initial even if you don't go anywhere near top 20 but it never bothered me at all.

Both of my sons have names which are shortened versions of names which were number 3 and number 8 in the years they were born (I've just Googled it) but neither the full version or the shortened version were popular in their year group at school. I wasn't really aware of the lists when they were born so it never bothered me, and both names are classics.

I was given a name which was popular when I was born in 1969. I hate it and I hate the fact that my parents chose it because of it's popularity, their theory was that I wouldn't stand out from the crowd.

Times have changed eh Madison? Hard to imagine anyone now saying they purposefully chose a name so their child wouldn't stand out.

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Olivia in 2016 was roughly 1.5% of girls nationwide (1 in every 66 or so), Amelia was 1.4%, Ava 0.9%.

That's why it isn't worth worrying too much about the top 10 really. People get fixated thinking that if it's in the top 10, every other girl must have that name. But that's not the case.

Although I suppose if you're trying to avoid a GROUP of names (like those you listed) then the top 10 names account for roughly 10% of all girls born in any given year, so it might be worth avoiding them if you want something less generationally identifiable.

My daughter's name is top 10 but as she is the only white child in her class there are no others in her school with that name.

Also, don't forget that your child is only within its peer group for a few years. My name was quite rare when I was little and then experienced a spike in popularity when I was about 20.

I am now one of 5 people in my office with that name despite knowing no one else with it throughout my childhood.

How many people do you know with these names and what age are they? Do the names seem dated?
Sarah, Claire, Nicola, Emma, Lisa
Joanne, Michelle, Helen, Samantha, Karen
Paul, Mark, David, Andrew, Richard
Christopher, James, Simon, Michael, Matthew

MikeUniformMike
Between 2 and 5 of each, all in their 30s+. Yes they seem dated.

They're the top names from 1974.
This one is from 1964.
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1964-to-2009.html

The boys' names seem to have aged better than the girls' names.
A top 10 name will be a Tracey or Jackie name of it's time.

You might find that there aren't actuallly that many around you. Take a name like Olivia - it has been top of the name charts for ever and a day, but there is only 1 in the whole of my children's primary school.

There is also only one Chloe at their school. There are at least one or two Isabellas and Alices in every single year though.

Chloe is a beautiful name. If you love it, use it.

I was given a name which was popular when I was born in 1969. I hate it and I hate the fact that my parents chose it because of it's popularity, their theory was that I wouldn't stand out from the crowd.

But isn't the whole point of naming someone to make them stand out and identify them

Top 10 would bother me. I hated being one of many with same name. 3 of mine were in top 50 at the time they were born. My others have more unusual names.

It wouldn't bother me no.

It wouldn't bother me. Even if you choose a less popular name now, it could still become massively popular very quickly DD's name was fairly unusual at the time and within a couple of years it was Top 10!

My OH loves the name Sophia and I do like it as well but its popularity has really put me off as Id hate for there to be several children in their class with the same name.
However, you need to weight up the pros that the child may enjoy having a popular name they can get on keyring etc and at least no one will miss pronounce or miss spell it x

It doesn't bother me. The duplicate names in the class aren't actually top ranking names. I think my dc's name is much more popular in Wales rather than England, and it sways the ranking and is a bit misleading.

I would actually like a name that's always popular for a girl. I can't find hardly any I like though. Girls names swing in and out of fashion so much. I would like a girls name that doesn't date like James or Edward for a boy.