I never realized how popular some of these names are before. I also totally didnt know that my name ([name]Allison[/name]) was ranked so high. I’ve only met maybe 4 other [name]Allison[/name]'s in my entire life. And I never see it on anybody’s lists.
Here are the ones I like but won’t necessarily use. I’ll put a star next to the ones I’d actually consider using.
4.[name]Liam[/name]
11.[name]Caleb[/name]
13.[name]Jack[/name]
19.[name]Benjamin[/name]*
21.[name]Alexander[/name] – I am using this one
22.[name]William[/name]
34.[name]Owen[/name]
44.[name]Max[/name]
48.[name]Grayson[/name]*
55.[name]Jonathan[/name]
56.[name]Oliver[/name]
57.[name]Chase[/name]
59.[name]Tristan[/name]
64.[name]Dominic[/name]
71.[name]Cole[/name]
72.[name]Julian[/name]
75.[name]Miles[/name]
79.[name]Sebastian[/name]*
80.[name]Adrian[/name]*
83.[name]Riley[/name]
85.[name]Xavier[/name]*
90.[name]Asher[/name] – I am using this one too
96.[name]Nathaniel[/name]*
1.[name]Sophia[/name] – I am using this one
13.[name]Madelyn[/name]
20.[name]Aubrey[/name]
24.[name]Hannah[/name]
25.[name]Charlotte[/name]
30.[name]Amelia[/name] – I’m using this one
32.[name]Arianna[/name]*
37.[name]Lila[/name]
40.[name]Elise[/name]
44.[name]Audrey[/name]*
55.[name]Lucy[/name]
64.[name]Liliana[/name]
65.[name]Aria[/name]*
68.[name]Gianna[/name]
74.[name]Alexandra[/name]*
80.[name]Jocelyn[/name]*
I sometimes challenge myself to do this with the UK top 100 names. To be honest there are more names in the UK top 100 I love, like [name]Alice[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Daisy[/name] etc.
I’ll pretend I have to name 4 boys and 4 girls using only these names. I’ve included one Welsh name in each boy combo too! Here is my sibset:
[name]Xavier[/name] [name]William[/name] [name]Owen[/name] ([name]Owen[/name] is Welsh and [name]William[/name] is after my grandfather) [name]Wyatt[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Dylan[/name] ([name]Samuel[/name] is after my late uncle and [name]Dylan[/name] is Welsh) [name]Trystan[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ryan[/name] ([name]Trystan[/name] is Welsh and [name]Ryan[/name] is after my partner) [name]Zachary[/name] [name]Evan[/name] [name]Jack[/name] ([name]Evan[/name] is Welsh and [name]Jack[/name] is after my great-grandfather) [name]Penelope[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name] ([name]Evelyn[/name] is after my mum, [name]MIL[/name] and sister) [name]Aria[/name] [name]Lillian[/name] [name]Elise[/name] ([name]Lillian[/name] is after my auntie and my partners auntie) [name]Molly[/name] [name]Gabriella[/name] [name]Hadley[/name] ([name]Hadley[/name] is after my late grandmother) [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Kate[/name] ([name]Kate[/name] is after my sister and great-grandmother)
[name]Wyatt[/name], [name]Penelope[/name] and [name]Aria[/name] are on my own list!
20.[name]Nicholas[/name]
22.[name]William[/name] - as a middle name after my grandfather
24.[name]James[/name] - as a middle name
25.[name]Landon[/name]
26.[name]Nathan[/name] - like but can’t use… I have a cousin named [name]Nathan[/name]
31.[name]Gabriel[/name]
39.[name]Christian[/name]
40.[name]Wyatt[/name]
42.[name]Eli[/name]
48.[name]Grayson[/name] - middle name
54.[name]Levi[/name]
76.[name]Blake[/name]
1.[name]Sophia[/name]
4.[name]Olivia[/name]
29.[name]Grace[/name]
35.[name]Sophie[/name]
49.[name]Savannah[/name]
61.[name]Scarlett[/name]
86.[name]Juliana[/name]
91.[name]Penelope[/name]
92.[name]Violet[/name] - like but can’t use
8.[name]Noah[/name]
13.[name]Jack[/name]
17.[name]Elijah[/name]
22.[name]William[/name] (though I kind of just prefer [name]Will[/name])
31.[name]Gabriel[/name]
46.[name]Samuel[/name] (though [name]Sam[/name] is my preference)
53.[name]Isaiah[/name]
55.[name]Jonathan[/name] (after my brother)
64.[name]Dominic[/name]
94.[name]Josiah[/name]
3.[name]Isabella[/name]
6.[name]Lily[/name]
15.[name]Hailey[/name]
34.[name]Elizabeth[/name]
35.[name]Sophie[/name]
36.[name]Claire[/name]
55.[name]Lucy[/name]
65.[name]Aria[/name] (though I would spell it [name]Arya[/name] if I ever used it, just b/c I would prefer her to be assoc. with [name]Arya[/name] Stark, not [name]Aria[/name] on PLL)
86.[name]Juliana[/name]
93.[name]Kate[/name]
I take this as “Use one of these names or you don’t name your kid” otherwise, I generally would stay away from the top 100.
4.[name]Liam[/name]
13.[name]Jack[/name]
15.[name]Connor[/name]
21.[name]Alexander[/name]
22.[name]William[/name]
29.[name]Luke[/name]
30.[name]Andrew[/name] (Honouring the daddy maybe)
35.[name]Daniel[/name]
36.[name]Carter[/name]
37.[name]Tyler[/name] (After my other brother, maybe, but unlikely)
48.[name]Grayson[/name]
82.[name]Sean[/name] (Would be [name]Shawn[/name], after my brother if anything)
85.[name]Xavier[/name]
89.[name]Jake[/name]
90.[name]Asher[/name]
98.[name]Ryder[/name]
Ones I would consider using if popularity were not a factor:
1.[name]Aiden[/name] - Though I’d use the traditional [name]Aidan[/name] spelling… spell check agrees
7.[name]Ethan[/name]
8.[name]Noah[/name]
9.[name]Lucas[/name] - My cousin’s son’s name, so I wouldn’t actually use it but I like it.
10.[name]Logan[/name]
11.[name]Caleb[/name]
15.[name]Connor[/name]
17.[name]Elijah[/name]
18.[name]Brayden[/name] - I’d ONLY use the [name]Braden[/name] spelling though. Won’t actually use with the popularity of the -aden names and my friend’s son is [name]Kaeden[/name], so I’d rather them not have rhyming names.
19.[name]Benjamin[/name]
21.[name]Alexander[/name]
25.[name]Landon[/name]
28.[name]Evan[/name]
32.[name]Gavin[/name]
34.[name]Owen[/name]
36.[name]Carter[/name] - This is SUPER popular in my state (I believe top 10).
37.[name]Tyler[/name]
40.[name]Wyatt[/name]
45.[name]Isaac[/name] - [name]Lucas[/name]'s brother’s name, wouldn’t use it for that reason.
49.[name]Zachary[/name] - Another cousin has a son with this name.
53.[name]Isaiah[/name]
64.[name]Dominic[/name]
69.[name]Ian[/name]
76.[name]Blake[/name]
81.[name]Nolan[/name]
82.[name]Sean[/name]
83.[name]Riley[/name] - I LOVED this name on a boy but I just couldn’t use it now with how it exploded in popularity, especially for girls
90.[name]Asher[/name] - I named my cat this
92.[name]Jace[/name]
93.[name]Brandon[/name]
1.[name]Sophia[/name]
7.[name]Chloe[/name]
10.[name]Abigail[/name]
15.[name]Hailey[/name]
24.[name]Hannah[/name] - My fiance dated someone with this name so unfortunately it’s out!
25.[name]Charlotte[/name]
27.[name]Natalie[/name]
36.[name]Claire[/name]
44.[name]Audrey[/name] - Loooove this name!
51.[name]Leah[/name]
55.[name]Lucy[/name]
58.[name]Molly[/name]
59.[name]Lauren[/name]
65.[name]Aria[/name] - If I hadn’t worked at a place with this name I’d totally have it on my list.
77.[name]Caroline[/name]
95.[name]Ashlyn[/name]
96.[name]Sadie[/name]
99.[name]Sienna[/name]
Well for our twins we used:
29.[name]Luke[/name]
56.[name]Oliver[/name]
But of the others I would seriously consider:
4.[name]Liam[/name] (was my #1 boy choice, but couldn’t do it with [name]Luke[/name], husband’s #1 boy choice)
13.[name]Jack[/name]
21.[name]Alexander[/name] (really like this but nn [name]Alex[/name] would run together with our last name)
22.[name]William[/name]
24.[name]James[/name]
28.[name]Evan[/name]
41.[name]Henry[/name]
44.[name]Max[/name] (Again, I like it but it wouldn’t work with our ln)
68.[name]Alex[/name]
90.[name]Asher[/name]
For the girls I would be a bit concerned about how popular they are but those I would consider are:
1.[name]Sophia[/name]
2.[name]Emma[/name]
3.[name]Isabella[/name]
13.[name]Madelyn[/name]
14.[name]Ella[/name]
17.[name]Avery[/name]
35.[name]Sophie[/name]
40.[name]Elise[/name]
46.[name]Ellie[/name]
52.[name]Keira[/name]
60.[name]Harper[/name]
65.[name]Aria[/name]
I would use [name]Julian[/name], [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Gabriel[/name] for boys and for girls I would use [name]Ella[/name], [name]Lila[/name], [name]Aria[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Piper[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], and [name]Violet[/name].
[name]Ah[/name]-ha! I figured it was the babycenter’s list. [name]Don[/name]'t they base it off of the names their members have used in the past year, or the most popularly viewed names on their site in the past year? It never lines up with what the actual statistics are, and so many people seem to have no clue it’s not the actual SSA list. Anyway, from the names on this list, I would use:
