I am 3 days away from delivering and have been debating the names [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] for months and simply can’t make up my mind. I love all 3 but am honesly leaning towards [name]Audrey[/name] right now simply because [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] are hugely popular (top 10) while [name]Audrey[/name] is #41, therefore less common / more unique. I really don’t want her to have the same name of other kids in her class and have to grow up being differentiated by the first initial of her last name. But I like [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] so much that I am having a hard time letting go of them. My other daughter’s name is [name]Sophie[/name], and I love the fact that it is NOT [name]Sophia[/name] but a less common version. Our intent is to choose a name of the new baby which is vintage and classic like [name]Sophie[/name]. I woulod appreciate any opinions.
I really like [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] together, they are so sweet, but I do understand your concern with popularity. [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Audrey[/name] are cute as well if you don’t mind them ending on the same sound. For some reason I’m not a fan of [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Ava[/name].
I love all your names, but I like [name]Audrey[/name] the best
All three names are lovely, but [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] just sound like they should be sisters to me!
I agree with pp that [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] just don’t go as well, and the similar ending on [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] would bother me if I were you.
Sorry but #41 is not unique at all. [name]Unique[/name] is one of kind and if it is in top 50…[name]Imagine[/name] how many little [name]Audrey[/name] were born last year.
[name]Ava[/name] is cute but too overexposed and [name]Audrey[/name] doesn’t really appeal to me. But I love [name]Olivia[/name]. If popularity doesn’t matter for you, I vote [name]Olivia[/name].
!Idea! If your daughter’s name is a less popular version of #1 [name]Sophia[/name], what about using less common [name]Olive[/name] instead of [name]Olivia[/name]? It’s definitely vintage and so pretty. I think [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olive[/name] make a great sister-set.
[name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Audrey[/name] are cute together.
[name]Audrey[/name], [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] are pretty popular names.
I think you will be okay with there not being too many Sophies, but there will more Sophias.
Maybe tweek the names you love a bit.
[name]Audra[/name] instead of [name]Audrey[/name]. [name]Eva[/name] instead of [name]Ava[/name]. [name]Livia[/name] instead of [name]Olivia[/name].
You might also like:
[name]Audrina[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Avril[/name]
[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]/[name]Arya[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Evelina[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name], [name]Aviana[/name], [name]Avalon[/name], [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
Olenna
[name]Olive[/name]
Olivette
All your names are great choices and you really can’t go wrong. My top choice is [name]Audrey[/name]. [name]Audrey[/name] just brings to mind friendly sophisticated elegance, if that makes any sense. 
For what it’s worth we named our daughter [name]Hannah[/name] when it was #4 and there isn’t a single other [name]Hannah[/name] in her large public school grade. Choose a name you love!
I disagree with @mclevine–if you add up the numbers, even the number one, [name]Sophia[/name], isn’t terribly popular. Since I don’t know you’re state, I’ll do mine as an example. In my state, [name]Emma[/name] is the most popular, so I’ll use that as an example, rather than [name]Sophia[/name], but it’s just a comparison of the most popular name against [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Ava[/name], and [name]Olivia[/name]:
There were 869 little Emmas born in my state in 2012, with 67 counties, and 19 public school districts in my county personally. So that averages out to 12.97 or so Emmas born in my county alone, so the average school district has .68 Emmas born for the year of 2012. So this grades, too, by the way, not classrooms. And, by the way, it doesn’t include private secular schools, private Catholic schools, private [name]Christian[/name]-but-not-Catholic schools, home schools, or charter-type schools. This is strictly the public schools we’re talking about here. Names are much more diversified than we usually think.
[name]Ava[/name], in my state, is number 3, with 769 births (a whole 100 less little girls with the name). So that’s 11.47 Avas born in each county, and about a 60% average that there will be an [name]Ava[/name] in each grade. The likelihood there is that there will essentially be an [name]Ava[/name] in every other grade.
[name]Olivia[/name], in my state, ranks number 4, with 762 births. That’s 11.37 Olivias born in each county, with a 59% chance of there being an [name]Olivia[/name] in each grade.
[name]Audrey[/name], in my state, is way down at 62, so I don’t know what it’d be in your state. It’s 21 points higher nationally. But there were 160 Audreys born in my state last year. But that’s 2.39 Audreys per county, and .13 per public school district. That’s almost to the point where there will only be one [name]Audrey[/name] per school district.
[name]Just[/name] to give some idea of what popularity is really like. The most popular names are given to a much smaller percentage than they were in the 80s, and especially in the 60s or so. For what it’s worth, [name]Olivia[/name] is by far my favorite–it’s in my own top three and I adore it so much–the peace symbolism, the connections to Twelfth [name]Night[/name] (my favorite [name]Shakespeare[/name] play, ever, btw), its liveliness (I love the nn [name]Liv[/name]! It just feels so full of life and exuberance)… I just adore it. But at the same time, the idea of two top-10 names (or similar to top 10 names) seems rather boring to me–if I used one top 10 name, I’d at least try and stay away from another one. So for that reason [name]Audrey[/name] gets my vote–I adore it, and it has that vintagey/old-fashioned/classic/respectable air that you seem to be looking for, and [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Audrey[/name] are adorable together. And it’s a bit off the beaten path, which you seem to be looking for, as well. I think it’s a great choice. Possibly you could do [name]Audrey[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] (or [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Audrey[/name]! I have to say, I adore [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Audrey[/name]!).
[name]Ava[/name] is lovely as well–I just adore [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name], personally.
My preference is [name]Audrey[/name]. A name of great beauty, depth and history. [name]Olivia[/name] would be a distant second place.
I love the idea of using [name]Audrey[/name] [name]Olivia[/name], which would capture 2 of my choices and give us the option of switching to calling her by the middle name if we ever have regrets on [name]Audrey[/name]. BUT our last name starts with an N. [name]Imagine[/name] the 3 intial monogram: ANO. Would it just look like it spells the work NO?
I agree with the above. [name]Audrey[/name] is nowhere near unique imo.
[name]Olivia[/name] gets my vote. [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] would make a great set. [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olive[/name] are very fitting too.
I don’t think ANO is a big deal, I didn’t even notice the NO connection.
[name]Olivia[/name] is my favorite, top 10 or not! Personally I would eliminate [name]Ava[/name]; I dont feel like it’s special enough to be worth the popularity.
[name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Olive[/name] is a great idea, as is [name]Audrey[/name] [name]Olivia[/name].
I like [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name]. I am so tired of hearing [name]Ava[/name].
I love the suggestion of [name]Audrey[/name] [name]Olivia[/name]! And the ANO initials are a non-issue, in my opinion.
I know what you mean about the popularity of [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Ava[/name]…
I really like [name]Audrey[/name]! It’s a beautiful name for a little girl and an adult woman. If you love it, then go for it!!!
I love ALL the options. In fact Audrey was our original pick for our first daughter who we named Ava. A close friend at the time was planning on naming her daughter Aubrey and we changed because it was too close. Despite it’s popularity I still love and adore Ava’s name if that helps.
I would choose Audrey. I think it fits your vintage but classic feel, especially with the Audrey Hepburn association. It doesn’t get better than that. I adored the suggestion of Audrey Olivia. Perfect flow, great way to combine two name loves.
I like Ava paired with the Sophia variation better. Mind you, I love the Sophie variation the best, but I’m bringing this up for a sibset perspective. Sophia (although being Greek) sounds more Italian with the Latin based Ava.
And although I think it’s gorgeous Olivia just doesn’t quite fit with Sophie for me the way Audrey does.
I will comment though, that if you and I were friends in real life, we’d probably be in a constant fist fight over baby names!
I love [name]Olive[/name]!
It fits well with [name]Sophie[/name]!
All names are lovely, but [name]Audrey[/name] is the BEST!