'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

Go for the same you love and don’t get hung up if you know someone already with that name.

Laurel would go very nicely with Rose. Also:

Fern
Aster
Dawn
Coral
Isla
Jasmine

Aurora (I remember when we were young we were all planning on having daughters called Sophia, Claudia and Aurora. Plenty of teen/small Sophias and Claudias kicking about but I have never met a single Aurora, yet it’s such a lovely name).

Pamela (loads and loads of them in the 80s).

Pearl. Similar energy to Ivy and Violet.

Cannot believe someone posted Evie?! Every other girl is called an Eve name!

Zoe
Miranda
Susannah

Philippa
Haidee
Juliet

Some names when I was at primary/junior school:
Linda
Catherine/Katherine
Christine
Gwen
Tina
Janet
Teresa
Carol
Gail
Gillian
Sandra

The Cufflinks 😊

Botanical names-

Fern
Heather
Hazel
Clover

Keith
Alan
Deidre
Muraid
Maude
dorothy
pauline
casey
clarabel
sonia
fredrick
harold
hyacinth
daisy
violet
Susanna
Shereen
Sabrina
Liza
rebecca
Shane
June
April
Agatha
Marshall
Toban
elizabeth
Margaret
marjorie

Monica
Michelle
Melanie
Wanda

Emma
Hannah
Hazel
Heather
Tamar

Rose and ..
Joy
Joanna
Rebecca
Susanna
Alison
Gretal
Kathleen
Mary
Alexandra
Katrina
Jane
Lavinia

It's already been suggested but I think Clare / Claire is really simple and beautiful.

Also like Beth, Dora, Tessa.

If you like Sally OP then maybe -

Jane
Susan or Susannah (Susie / Sukey)
Zoe
Cassia (Cassie)
Laura (Laurie)
Alexandra (Sandie / Sasha)
Nancy
Nathalie / Natalia (Tally)
Belinda (Bindy)
Melinda (Mindy)
Sylvie
Sophie
Rosanna (Rosie)
Jessica (Jessie)
Rebecca (Becky)
Joanna / Josephine (Jojo / Josie)
Katharine (Katy / Kathy)
Jennifer (Jennie)
Victoria (Vicky /Tory)
Julie

Some of these quite current, some are not far off a revival

Magda

Aurora was number 56 in the charts in 2021 England and Wales with 910 little Auroras born. I know three under ten.

You are right, lots went for Sophia, in fact if you combine Sophia and Sofia as one name there were 3690 born in the same period which would make the name more popular than Olivia and number one in the charts. And then there are the 1375 Sophies.

Claudia however is outside the top 500, only 78 babies were named this making it on of the 521st most popular names.

I like Penny, it's quite sweet.

Philipa/Pippa?
Penelope/Penny?

Jocelyn is lovely.

What about:

Helena

Miranda

Menna

Leona

Ruth

Fiona

Fay or Faye

Imogen

Agnes

Clara

Cora

Mae

Alice or Alicia

sounds like we’re more unadventurous here 😜

Sarah, Emily and Rebecca all very popular in our primary school (in Ireland).

We have a two year old Felicity. You don't see many Catherines/Katherine's any more which is surprising with the popularity of the Duchess of Cambridge

Verity is pretty.

I know siblings
Rose and Claire
Rose and Hazel
Rose and Ellen

Other suggestions - Matilda, Heather, Polly, Marnie, Merrin, Eira, Orla, Nicola.

I was thinking only this morning how Harry was really popular for boys a few years back, but you never hear of any little Harriets anymore.