Without naming your child , is your child's name common or uncommon?

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Mine is fairly common.

Dc1 - top 20 when they were born (and in my area #1!!)

Dc2 - number 600 i think

Mine - last on the list in 1998!

Mine was in the top 20 the year she was born but have yet to meet another (the stats said she was one of 25 named it that year in the city we live in so she might have another in her year when she starts school but none so far at nursery)

Very uncommon....but not made up or “unique”.

DD uncommon. Know a few adult ones but no children with her name.

DS uncommon in his age group. Meet adults with the name often and he likes it (common name in age 40ish bracket)

I don't think there is anyone at either of their schools with their name. Well I'm not sure now the oldest has just started academy. They aren't unusual names though, pretty mainstream and traditional. DP had 6 boys with the same name as him in his primary ass at school!

Class,not ass

1st child uncommon but now 14 years later loads of little children called it.
2nd child common so double barrelled it.
3rd uncommon

Just looked up.

One was one of two the year she was born and another was one of 30 so guessing fairly uncommon. The second was very uncommon for long time and beginning to come into vogue now.

One top 30, one late top 100.

One common, one not. Don’t regret either but I do sometimes wonder if the uncommon one really seems like the right name to have used or not.

DS1 and DS2 - unlisted in their year of birth (they are old English/ Welsh names)

DD's name is 838th so very uncommon especially outside Cornwall

I get lots of compliments on their names.

My ds name was used about 20 times in his birth year. So fairly uncommon.

It wasn’t even in the top 200. I was surprised that another student shares her name at school.

Even names outside the top 1000 are still used about 20-30 times per year.

I think some posters' definitions of 'uncommon' are questionable?!

DS' name is currently in the top 20 (according to a Google search) so would he say his is popular.

DS name is more common in Scotland than in England (where we live) but always hovers around the top 200 names. It's a Scottish clan name used as a first name and has 3 spelling variations.

Both uncommon, one fairly unusual and the other very old fashioned!

Dd1- depends how you look at it. Her actual name is given to 10-15 girls a year in England/Wales. The popular version of it is top 10. Posters on here say it's overused- but she has always been the only one in her classes (even her school for 4 years) etc (the popular version obviously- her version my DM knew one as a child, but that's it.)

DD2- name was given 150 girls the year she was born, ranked in the 300s. From the Baby Name board here, it's marmite.

Uncommon. Used 50 times the year she was born. Everyone comments on how lovely it is. Everyone, except for her nursery teacher oddly, can spell it first time.

One used to be and the other apparently still it but I only know of 3.

Both very uncommon but one uses a shortening that is commonly heard. The other uses a shortening that I've since mainly heard used for cats!

The name is well known and classic but we very rarely meet others. People would probably assume it's a common name but in practice I don't think it is amongst the preschool age group.

DS - fairly uncommon but top 150.
DD (30 weeks pregnant with her) - uncommon, well outside top 500.

DS has a very common name. He was named after my granddad, and then suddenly lots of other babies around his age were named the same. I hadn't even looked at baby names, I knew what he was going to be called right from the start, so the popularity came as a bit of a surprise.

Both of mine are extremely common, especially DD! The way I look at it is they are common because lots of people like the names, doesn't bother me at all.

Uncommon. Not too 'out there' but not too 200. But it's a name everyone has heard of. 😂