Emily or Hannah? Which is more dated to 2000s now?

[Sophcas7]

I like classic names and we are choosing between these two as I think they are still lovely but not overly common these days.

The only thing I am slightly concerned about is that Emily was the top name for much of late 90s/00s so I’m not sure if it could possibly sound slightly dated now even though it’s classic. Hannah was popular at that time too but was never as ubiquitous as Emily according to the ONS.

thoughts on what sounds more dated?

Love Hannah. I only know one child, though spelt Hanna. She's 6. I only know a couple of adult Hannah's too though and don't consider it particularly dated.

I know loads of Emily's, there is at least 1 in every year of my children's primary school. Also know a few teenage Emily's and lots of adult Emily's.

Who is going to meet your child and think ooh her name is dated? Nobody.

Hannah is more dated for sure

Don’t you want something more special? Such generic dull names. You can have classic names that are more interesting off top of my head Zoe / Miranda/ Susannah / Hester / Mary.

Emily and Hannah are so popular they are wallpaper..

Of the 2 I prefer Hannah but neither leaves me with much excitement

I guess they would be fairly unusual names among their peers but once they enter the adult workplace there will likely be several (older) people who share their name. Only downside, if it is even a downside, is people may assume they are older than they are based on their name.

Both nice names but I prefer Emma to Emily. Also like Anna/Annie as alternative to Hannah.

Both are good names so you can't go wrong whichever you choose.
I prefer Emily.
Just seems slightly more classy.
Timeless.

Emily was INCREDIBLY popular when I was at school in the late 90's/2000's... so you had one, if not more, in almost every class. You still come across the occasional younger Emily.

Hannah is a beautiful name that is rarely used, but it's easy to spell (both forwards and backwards!) and say. The only potential issue is if you live in an area where people don't pronounce the letter H, so she would be known as Anna.

I have one of each lol, in their early 20s now. I think Hannah was on a downward trending slope even when she was born, and she was the only one in her year most of her school time. There’ve always been more Emilys.

As they are both classic names, though, I don’t think they will date in the same way perhaps as more ‘fashionable’ names, like Darcy.

But of course, one person’s classic is another person’s dull as ditchwater!

I think they're both lovely and not dated at all. I'd probably choose Emily over Hannah.

I know a couple of Emily's in their 50s and one who is a teen. I also know several Hannah's in their 30s.

There are quite a few Hanna's at my kids multicultural school, so I think Hanna without an second h is quite a popular Islamic name.