Why are rose and mae/may so popaurl for hyphen names but grace isn’t?

[SavlaRae8]

They are all classic middle names but only rose and Mae feel trendy, especially in hyphen combos like Isla-rose Ava-rose, Lily-Mae, Gracie-Mae etc but it seems like grace which is just as common as a middle name isn’t used in that format as much and when it is it tends to sound classier like Lily-grace, Olivia-Grace, quite formal and less cutesy, more classy.
i work with kids and everyone is something rose whether it be their full name or middle.

they are all equally old names but rose and mae seem to have lost a lot of their vintage charm and became very common and used in a chavvy way these days but grace still feels very proper.

Why could this be? it’s genuinely for me thinking I don’t get it

*popular. Sorry typo

I’d put Grace in with those as ubiquitous middle/hyphenated names of the moment tbh. I heard a dad in Aldi repeatedly calling his daughter the other day with strange emphasis on the Grace bit and drawing out the a sound, “Ava-GRAACE! Ava-GRAACE come here! Ava-GRAACE!” He must have said it about 7 or 8 times (she was clearly ignoring him) and I could hear him all round the shop.

Maybe with rose, it’s because Rose is already part of other longer names (rosemarie, Rosalind, etc) so it feels natural to “lengthen” it.

I don’t think -Grace sounds more or less classy than -Mae or -Rose though. All quite similar to me.

I think Grace is the same as May and Rose tbh. I work with children and they’re all something May/Rose/Grace.

I was at the park and heard an Eva-Grace being shouted for. But my goodness how many more Evie-Mays and Lily-Roses do we need!

DD is 17 and half her class in primary had a -mae/may/mai added to their name. They’ve all dropped them.
I don’t think -Grace sounds classier at all.

I think it's because Rose might be part of compound names, while May might be part of ending of names, like Esme and I'm sure Faye/Rae/Kay/Jay ending hyphen are all popular, but invisible. Likewise, -Grace ending hyphens might be almost equally as popular, but harder to spot.

Because people like Rose more? May is associated with a month. More names.
In 2024,
226 something-Rose
69 something-May
154 something-Mae
37 something-Mai
74 something -Grace
121 something-Rae
44 something-Leigh
31 something-Ann*
31 somethong-Lou*
10 -Blu (you can guess the name before it)

** I was looking for -Lou, so they'll be -Lou/ -Louise etc

There may be others, and those are the hyphenated only

Round by me it is - I know both a little Lily-Grace and an Olivia-Grace, maybe it’s area dependent?

-Rose around here, and many are Lily-Rose.

I wouldn’t call it classy but I prefer it to Mae.

I’ve gone against the tide and my daughter is Luna-grace