'normal' names that just don't appear on the baby name lists for some reason?

[Whippetmama]

I'm still on the hunt for the perfect name, any help would be appreciated! I've noticed during my online search that there are gaps in the obvious names lists and I'm sure this little girl's name is a really obvious name that I just haven't seen on a list, could you guys suggest some obvious names that you don't often see on the "top 100" lists? For example I've been through about 20,000 names and Danielle, Felicity, Jill etc didn't show up on any of them. I'm not a fan of these names but it feels like I'm just missing an obvious one because I have immense baby brain and all names have flown away! Thanks! X

Boys:
Noam
Michael
Nathan
David
Gideon
Simon
Morris
Sascha
Girls:
Irina
Mara
Tamara
Edna
Riva

Jennifer doesn't come up too often.

Deborah
Samantha

Jane is lovely.
Mary is underused.
Suzanne?

Natalie
Karen
Sarah
Zoe
Lisa

Graham
Darren
Michael
Kevin
Paul

Fiona
Paula
Gemma
Lynette

Carmel
Fenella
Yvonne
Yvette

It sounds like you’re looking for a name of a woman in her 40s-50s, Rather than the current trend of older generation names. Try baby name lists from the 60s-90s maybe?

Alison
Laura
Rebecca
Chantelle
Nicole
Nicola
Tanya
Cindy
Dawn
Amber
Erin
Amanda
Melissa
Katy
Courtney
Stacey
Wendy

Avril
Natasha

Tiffany
Michelle
Gemma
Megan
Helen
Hailey
Ashleigh
Jennifer
Kerryanne

Look up the UK’s top 50/100 names for the past 100 years, I downloaded a spreadsheet of them and then blacked out or highlighted any, we mainly liked the pre 1940’s names and narrowed it down to three from this list.

Oh my goodness, this is incredible advice, I've just found a huge spreadsheet thanks to you! I have gratefully downloaded to look at with glee after work, thank you so much! X

Thank you so much for this advice! I've earmarked to peruse with pleasure after work! X

Marion (other spellings are available) deserves a comeback. Mary, Carol, Jane.

Op- let us know if there’s any that you like, whether it’s one or many.

@Whippetmama wonder what, or who, made Tracy jump in the charts?

Tamar
Tamsin
Faye
Katherine
Naomi
Juliet / Julia
Rachel
Nicole / Nicola
Anna/ Anne

Also currently loving
Marianne, Mara or Meredith (could use nickname Edie)

Anoushka- my friend suggested this to me and I never saw it on any baby name lists or top 1000
Lorna
Saskia

We had a book with 10000 names in and it had all the 'normal' names like things like Jane, Sarah, Laura, Jessica, Katie etc It was probably about 10 years old though so that helped. Maybe try your library, often you can borrow as an ebook.

I like
Polly and Natalie

Felicity is just outside the top 100 (in England and Wales), it has been dipping in and out in recent years.

Nicole
Helena
Lydia
Claire
Rachel
Samantha
Jennifer
Jenna
Georgina
Alexandra
Alison
Bethany
Sasha
Verity
Gemma
Rebecca
Caroline
Catherine
Michelle
Melissa
Megan
Fiona
Leanne
Louise
Ellen
Esther
Vanessa
Laura
Lauren

Grace Kelly's (gorgeous and upmarket) character in High Society was called Tracy. I'm sure that played a big part in bringing the name to prominence.

Fans of Tracy Emin, Chevalier or Chapman? (Probably got the spelling of Tracy/Tracey/Tracie wrong for at least one of those.)

There's an excellent character in The Archers called Tracy, but even a diehard obsessive like me wouldn't attribute a jump in a name's popularity to the goings on in Ambridge.

Likeliest explanation might be that there are a lot of women called Tracy now of the age to become grandmothers.

Hilary
Beverley
Vivienne

Kate
Electra
Katrine
Patrice
Leona
Tahlia
Ngaire
Antonia
Nicolette
Melanie
Nadia
Liane
Karla
Maxine
Erica
Erina
Sheree
Yvette
Una
Hilary
Kristin
Kirsten
Alisha
Kerrilyn
Josie
Jada
Marietta
Leatrice
Demelza
Mahalia
Jocelyn
Effie
Karina
Joanna
Allegra
Juanita
Valetta
Paulette
Dyani
Narelle
Neroli
Annalise
Courtney
Alessia
Aurora
Freda
Astrid
Alana
Lana
April
Tamsyn
Nadine
Chantal
Kriscelle
Tammy
Jilena
Leannda
Indigo
Amali
Melia
Susannah
Roslyn
Abigail

More:-

Stephanie
Hayley
Joanna
Erica
Andrea
Mary
Natasha
Natalie
Ruth
Judith
Miriam
Christina
Lorna
Kerry

A friend’s grand daughters were Topaz, Jade, Amber and Scarlett.