Middle names: Rose, Grace and May

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Are there any stats on middle names? These three (lovely) names seem to be default middle name choices for girls at the moment. They do go with everything but they are everywhere!

It's interesting that people have said on this thread that Louise, Jane, Anne and Elizabeth were the most popular middle names in the 80s and the 70s. I was born in the 60s and almost every girl I knew had one of those four. So they were popular as middle names for three decades.

I wonder if Rose, May and Grace will have the same longevity, or if there'll be a new trend.

When my 17 year old was in primary school, out of the 14 girls in her class, 12 had Rose or Grace as middle names. The other had May! My dd doesn't have a filler middle name...

I adore the name Rose, and have it on my list for if we have another girl along with April, Maddie, Teaghan and Poppy.

I feel like people cant win. If they choose something mainstream, it is 'common'. If they choose something unusual it is 'pretentious'.

The only names I think are seriously ugly & worthy of condemnation are Beatrice and Ottilie. Just horrific.

Our dds each have one of those 3 middle names. I have no problem with them being popular, we like them and they're short and simple and go well with their 3-syllable, less common first names.

I'm a child of the 80s and always had at least one other girl in my class with the same first and middle name as me, plus some with just the same first name. I was Nick M eveywhere, never just Nick. At least I've avoided that for my girls!

My girls middle names are popular now but were chosen as they were loved ones first names (grandma and aunt), one Rose one Olivia.

James has got to be up there for a male middle name. I hear it all the time! Love it, but so so popular x