Do you think these names are ok for a baby born 2024 (very short list)

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Tom, Richard with Richie as a potential nickname, Emma. I can't think of another girl name I like more than Emma, I like Anna but Emma just a bit more.

I am however worried that if it's a girl Emma is too predictable and common place, I wouldn't want her to think "why did my mum name me this". I also like Laura but all the Laura's I know are my age so I'm thinking it's a bit of a mumsy name for a girl born today.

Emma and Richard will be the unusual names amongst all the Lunas, Aryas, Archies and Jaxons at nursery.

I agree, so is Richie

I haven't taught a Richard for about 30 years, definitely due a comeback.

I wish I was a mum called Storm! There were 4 of me in my class of 30 in middle school, and I'm 35...

Anna is timeless, but I don't like the others at all. Alice, Sophie, etc are great timeless names. Boys names are much harder I think, especially if you're going for classic timeless, but agree on James and Matthew.

Oh @Blessedbethefruitz - I have a yr10 class, going into yr11 with three girls called Lily and three Isabelles! Two of the Lilys have Rose as a middle name...

@Maireas, my friends' mothers names were things like Elizabeth (Liz and Betty), Margaret (Maggie), Mary, May, Joan, Laura, Sue, Lynne, Sandra, Joyce, Catherine, Anne, Pam, Barbara. They were not all the names of my contemporaries.

@Maireas , what happens if a class has a Lily Rose Smith, Lily Rose Jones and a Lily Grace Smith?

That's exactly what I was thinking.
I like Tom, but wouldn't add Richard in the middle
I'd use Thomas on his BC but call him Tom.
Emma Anna and Laura are all nice names.

Tom and Laura are smashing, I love the name Laura, glad to see it’s coming back

Not in the same class, but we have two Lily Roses with the same surname. It's very tricky!
They have unique learner numbers, fortunately!

Of course not. Names tend to be generational.
My point is that it's silly to call any names "mumsy", ( or worse, that mums are only interested in sewing and are and boring.).
Depending on the generation, every name is a mum name.

The logic is that give it about 20 years, the mothers of schoolchildren will be called Chloe, Mia, Isla, Evie, Ellie, Freya, Darcey, Olivia, Isabella, not Laura, Emma, Sarah, etc

Lovely names

Emma is still used a fair bit bit less than the overused Emilia

Richard nn Richie is v much in need of a revival.

Laura seems to be getting a bit of a revival.

Tom and Anna/ Annie are quite overdone at the moment, nice though they are.

I have an Emma. I love classic, timeless names so her sister has another very timeless name. It's easy to spell, no one ever mishears it or spells it wrong, which is a convenience after a lifetime of me having to spell out my name (which isn't even an unusual name, just one with several spellings) and it doesn't date or pinpoint DD1 as being from a certain time. If you just saw her name she could be 80 years old or 6 months old. Some names will date quite badly I think, like some of the names from yesteryear (Tracy, Gary, etc).

Of course.

But Laura is my absolute favourite, plenty of little Laura’s around. It’s my GC middle name.

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I have a mid 20s Laura. She loves her name, it suits her, and she's not a mum!!! DC2 might have been Emma but our other choice went better with our surname.

I remember on holiday about 30 years ago, there was a woman in her 70s in our accommodation called Laura. I loved it since then!

All nice...

The condescension that drips from this post. And no, I am not a SAHM so I'm not being defensive.

Nor do I sew (properly). I wish I could. It's a good skill to have. Perhaps I will learn one day and be boring and 'Mumsy'.

OP, I know a little two-year-old called Laura.

There is a Laura in my children’s primary school. It’s a lovely name and makes a change from the endless Lily’s, Evies, Amelia’s and Olivia’s.

I have a Laura(in her 30s) and I know a lovely 2yr old Emma.

My husband and I loved Emma for my last baby girl. My teenage children went on and on about how ‘basic’ it was and saying not to call her it. I am just saying so you are aware that although I would agree timeless - young people themselves seemed to not like it.

We went for Theia (can also be spelt Thea). It’s a name we stumbled on at the last minute and absolutely don’t regret and really love it as it is pretty and not too common place.

@continentallentil , Thomas was hugely popular in the late 1990s, but it never seems to fall out of use.
Annie and Anna aren't that overused but can be short for other names, so seem like they are.
I can't think of that many Annies and Annas who are young but several of varying ages.

I think most of my circle who have a son, have a Jack, Harry or Thomas.

Aren't Emmas a bit bossy and tactless? And no dress sense?

Tom is always a good name