High school teacher at an all-girls school in Australia.
Some of the most used names:
[name]Karley[/name]
[name]Caitlin[/name]
[name]Casey[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jordyn[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Ashleigh[/name]
[name]Maddison[/name], [name]Madeleine[/name] etc
[name]Jessica[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Celine[/name]
[name]Samantha[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Megan[/name]
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Alex[/name]
I live in [name]Ireland[/name] and was born in 1993, like many of my freinds, here is my list of Facebook Friends with the most commonm names:
[name]Aisling[/name] 3
[name]Kate[/name] 5
[name]Emma[/name]/[name]Emily[/name] 6
[name]Greg[/name] 3
[name]Maeve[/name]/Méabh 3
[name]Hannah[/name] 3
[name]Hugh[/name] 2
[name]Jack[/name]/[name]Jak[/name]/[name]John[/name] 4
[name]Laura[/name] 3
[name]Patrick[/name]/[name]Padraig[/name]/[name]Paddy[/name] 5
Séan 3
[name]Theo[/name] 2 (1 boy + 1 girl)
Some Interesting names:
Beinean - Irish boys name, meaning “derieved fron good”, prnounced [name]Ben[/name]-Awn
[name]Fionn[/name] - Irish boys name, meaning “bright, fair”, pronounced F-[name]Yon[/name]
Gráinne - Irish girls name, meaning “love”, belived to be Irish for [name]Grace[/name], pronounced Graw-n-ya
(the above 3 were a sibling set)
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Ivana[/name]
[name]Edwina[/name] - sister to [name]Amee[/name] and [name]Kris[/name]
[name]Nell[/name]
[name]Cash[/name] - nn for [name]Caitlin[/name]
There are nine Megans on my facebook friend list, all spelled the same way, and all people that I know well and see on a regular basis. There are also two Meaghans and a [name]Meghan[/name]. [name]Megan[/name]'s my name, too, and back in high school, I always had at least two other Megans in every class. (My teachers used to call me [name]Fred[/name] instead in order to keep us straight, for various reasons.)
My siblings are [name]Lauren[/name] and [name]Danny[/name], and each of them have at least three close friends with the same name. I also know a ton of people named [name]David[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Kyle[/name], [name]Ryan[/name], [name]Samantha[/name], [name]Tyler[/name]/[name]Taylor[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Brandon[/name], [name]Brianna[/name], [name]Justin[/name], [name]Rebecca[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Drew[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], [name]Michael[/name], [name]Hannah[/name], and [name]Connor[/name]. Surprisingly, I also have four good friends named [name]Claire[/name]-- I have never met a [name]Claire[/name] that I didn’t like.
Edit: Oh, and I’m from a suburb of Washington, D.C.
I just turned fifteen, and I go to school in Oregon. The most popular names in my school are:
[name]Jessica[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]/[name]Becca[/name] (so many [name]Becca[/name]'s and [name]Rebecca[/name]'s!)
[name]Jaycee[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Sierra[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Kayla[/name]
[name]Megan[/name]
[name]Taylor[/name]
My siblings names are really unpopular- my brother is [name]Roger[/name] and my sister is [name]Amris[/name]. No one has heard her name before, and it’s always confused with [name]Amy[/name] or [name]Amber[/name].
There’s actually two [name]Athena[/name]'s in my school (inculding me) so I don’t really have to worry about being confused with anyone. Though the other [name]Athena[/name] is really popular, so when I hear people saying “[name]Athena[/name] blah blah blah” I start to get paranoid!
- [name]Athena[/name]
Surprisingly, I also have four good friends named [name]Claire[/name]-- I have never met a [name]Claire[/name] that I didn’t like.
Elizabethtown?
Never seen it! For some reason, I never liked [name]Orlando[/name] Bloom (pity, because he has an awesome name), so I avoided that movie… but now I’m super curious!
Straight from [name]Jackson[/name]'s Facebook. (He has 699 friends, this took a long time, so because of that I only counted names that had 4 or more.) edit: Forgot to mention we are near a big city in New England.
12 [name]Alexander[/name]/[name]Alexandra[/name]
8 [name]Allison[/name]
4 [name]Amy[/name]
8 [name]Andrew[/name]
5 [name]Anna[/name]/[name]Annie[/name]
6 [name]Ashley[/name]
5 [name]Ben[/name]
7 [name]Brendan[/name], but only one [name]Brandon[/name]
8 [name]Brian[/name],2 were bryan
4 [name]Brittany[/name]
4 [name]Chelsea[/name]/[name]Chelsey[/name]
8 [name]Chris[/name]
9 [name]Christina[/name]/[name]Christa[/name]/[name]Christine[/name]
5 [name]Courtney[/name]
17 [name]Daniel[/name]
9 [name]David[/name]
4 [name]Dylan[/name]
7 [name]Emily[/name]
6 [name]Eric[/name]
5 [name]Erin[/name]
4 [name]Gabby[/name]/[name]Gabriella[/name]
5 [name]Greg[/name]
4 [name]Hanna[/name]/h
4 [name]Haley[/name], 2 different spellings
7 [name]Jacob[/name]
9 [name]James[/name]
4 [name]Joseph[/name]
6 [name]John[/name]
7 [name]Josh[/name]
6 [name]Julia[/name]/ie
9 [name]Kaitlyn[/name]/[name]Katelyn[/name]
4 [name]Kaleigh[/name]
16 [name]Kate[/name]/ie/y
4 [name]Kelly[/name]
6 [name]Kevin[/name]
5 [name]Kyle[/name], with one [name]Kile[/name] that was a girl
7 [name]Lauren[/name]
6 [name]Leah[/name], one [name]Leya[/name] and 2 [name]Lia[/name]
5 [name]Maddie[/name]/[name]Maddy[/name]/Madi
7 [name]Mary[/name]
9 [name]Matthew[/name]
15 Megans of all different spellings
13 [name]Michael[/name]
10 [name]Nicholas[/name]
7 [name]Nicole[/name]
5 [name]Patrick[/name]
5 [name]Pete[/name]/r
4 [name]Phil[/name]/lip
5 [name]Richard[/name]
9 [name]Ryan[/name], one girl [name]Ryann[/name] and one [name]Rye[/name] N. (fake or a joke, I hope…)
8 [name]Samantha[/name]
10 [name]Sarah[/name]
4 [name]Steve[/name]
5 [name]Tim[/name]
9 [name]Thomas[/name]
5 [name]Tori[/name]/y
5 [name]Zach[/name]/ery/ary, one [name]Zacchaeus[/name]
I fogot another extremely popular name: Shanea/[name]Shania[/name], ect. They’re pronounced differently, and everyone has their own take. I know about four of them in my class alone. Shudder. Too many!
- [name]Athena[/name]
I’m 13 and at my school the most popular names are, in order:
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Allison[/name]
[name]Ariana[/name]
I was born in 1995 so my cohort is probably a relatively accurate indication of popular names in the mid-90s (I’m in Australia but many friends are from the US and elsewhere).
Names of which I have over 10 Facebook friends (bearing in mind that some similar names were too difficult to sort through):
[name]Isabella[/name]/[name]Bella[/name]/[name]Issy[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]/[name]Isabel[/name] (13)
[name]Alex[/name]/[name]Alexander[/name]/[name]Alexandra[/name]/[name]Alexa[/name] (17)
[name]Sarah[/name]/Sara (14)
[name]Jess[/name]/[name]Jessica[/name] (11)
[name]Caitlin[/name]/[name]Kaitlin[/name]/[name]Caitlyn[/name] + [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katie[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katharine[/name] (6+12)
[name]Maddy[/name]/[name]Madeleine[/name]/[name]Madeline[/name] (11)
[name]Emily[/name]+[name]Emma[/name] (8+5)
I’ve probably missed some more.
I’m a [name]Brooklyn[/name], named when it was in the 900’s in popularity. I only know one other [name]Brooklyn[/name] near my age, but plenty of kids 10 and under with the name. It’s kind of fun being “ahead of the trend.”
In my area, [name]Haley[/name] and all of its spelling variants wins the teen girls. Also [name]Caitlin[/name], [name]Kaleigh[/name], and [name]Brittany[/name] with their endless variations.
As for boys, I would say I know more [name]Zack[/name]/hs and Matts than any other name.
[name]Riley[/name], [name]Jordan[/name], and [name]Taylor[/name] are both really popular in that age group. About 50/50 boys and girls though.
From the FB of a popular high school senior in Western WA:
Most popular boys names:
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Brandon[/name]/[name]Branden[/name]/[name]Brenden[/name]
[name]Chris[/name]
[name]Jake[/name]/[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Justin[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name] (by far the most popular name)
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Ryan[/name]
[name]Sam[/name]
[name]Tyler[/name]
[name]Zach[/name] (all 4 were [name]Zach[/name], not [name]Zachary[/name] or [name]Zack[/name])
Most popular girls names:
[name]Courtney[/name]
[name]Danielle[/name]/[name]Daniela[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]/[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]/[name]Haley[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]/Juliya/Giuliya (check out that spelling!)
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Mackenzie[/name] (and variants)
FASCINATING STUFF! Never would have guessed [name]Courtney[/name] was still relevant. I thought gals now in their 20s and 30 received that moniker. The non-traditional spellings were challenging to filter through too. Guess it really is an effective way to keep the child’s name unique!
Here In [name]Canada[/name] we’ve got some pretty normal names, the standard [name]Kyle[/name]'s, [name]Michael[/name]'s, [name]Ben[/name]'s and [name]Adam[/name]'s, and for girls the [name]Kayla[/name]'s, [name]Hannah[/name]'s and [name]Emily[/name]'s, but we do have some more intresting names to, I go to school with;
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Anahita[/name]
[name]Celena[/name]
[name]Isidora[/name]
[name]Mariah[/name]
[name]Radia[/name]
Jayva
[name]Tyrel[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
Gracin (pronounced [name]Greyson[/name])
[name]Tyson[/name]
& Alessandria
&& Amorina
What’s even more funny is that [name]Halley[/name]'s [name]Comet[/name] last appeared in 1986, not 1994. It won’t be back until 2061. Halley’s Comet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I’m 20, so a bit outside, but I went through my own list too. All of these names are for people aged 19-23 ish (so yes, it’s a little older than teen, but I figured I’d give my statistics too). In addition these are people I’ve met in high school and college, so all Northeastern, U.S. The top names for each gender were:
- [name]Sara[/name] (5) and [name]Sarah[/name] (6)
- [name]Jessica[/name] (8)
- [name]Megan[/name] (3), [name]Meghan[/name] (2), [name]Meagan[/name], [name]Meaghan[/name], [name]Maegan[/name]
- [name]Nicole[/name] (7)
- [name]Danielle[/name] (6)
- [name]Emily[/name] (6)
- [name]Samantha[/name] (6)
- [name]Brianna[/name] (4) and [name]Bryanna[/name]
- [name]Ashley[/name] (4)
- [name]Catherine[/name] (2), [name]Katherine[/name], [name]Kathryn[/name]
- [name]Kaitlyn[/name] x3/[name]Caitlyn[/name]
- [name]Kali[/name], [name]Kylie[/name], [name]Kylee[/name], [name]Callie[/name]
- [name]Kelly[/name] (3), [name]Kellie[/name]
- [name]Rachel[/name] (4)
[name]Allison[/name]/[name]Allyson[/name], [name]Cassandra[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Amy[/name], [name]Erin[/name], [name]Haley[/name]/[name]Halie[/name],[name]Hayley[/name], [name]Kelsey[/name], [name]Kristina[/name], [name]Lauren[/name]/[name]Laura[/name]/[name]Laurel[/name], [name]Lindsay[/name]/[name]Lyndsey[/name]/[name]Lyndsie[/name], [name]Mary[/name], [name]Rebecca[/name] and [name]Shannon[/name] all had three appearances.
[name]Elise[/name], [name]Heather[/name], [name]Jennifer[/name], [name]Kayla[/name], [name]Kate[/name], [name]Melissa[/name], [name]Molly[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Paige[/name], [name]Tara[/name], [name]Taylor[/name], [name]Brittney[/name], [name]Meredith[/name] and [name]Andrea[/name] all had two.
- [name]Matthew[/name] (6)
- [name]Connor[/name] (4)
- [name]Alexander[/name] (3)
- [name]Brian[/name] (3)
- [name]Joseph[/name] (3)
- [name]Michael[/name] (3)
- [name]Patrick[/name] (3)
- [name]Robert[/name] (3)
[name]Christopher[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], [name]David[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Jeremiah[/name], [name]Joshua[/name], [name]Kyle[/name], [name]Samuel[/name] and [name]Tyler[/name] all had two appearances.
Overall, I’m not surprised. The tops look pretty much how I would imagine them.
I’m a high school student and most of the student body is made up of:
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] (there are billions)
[name]Katelyn[/name]/[name]Kaitlyn[/name]/[name]Catelyn[/name]
[name]Zach[/name]
[name]Matt[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name]
[name]Michael[/name].
Some out-of-the-box-names:
[name]Claudie[/name]
Antwonetta
[name]Ghislaine[/name]
[name]Schuyler[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
Jamesyn (male)
As a teen [name]Kelsey[/name], I can tell you there are A LOT of teen [name]Kelsey[/name]/[name]Kelsea[/name]/[name]Kelsee[/name]/[name]Kelsy[/name]/etc
I was a the library yesterday and a woman came in with her three little girls, all under the age of five. Their names? [name]Megan[/name], [name]Kaitlyn[/name] and [name]Hailey[/name]. 90’s names are still wildly popular where I live. I kinda wish more people would start using the “trendy” names here because hearing all my 18 year old friends names on little girls and boys is getting old.
Last school year I was surprised to only teach 1 [name]Haley[/name], 1 [name]Joshua[/name], 1 [name]Jessica[/name] and 1 [name]Olivia[/name]. Our repeats were 2 of [name]Natalia[/name] and 3 of [name]Samantha[/name]. We also had a female [name]Jessi[/name] and a male [name]Jesse[/name]. no [name]Brandon[/name]/[name]Brendon[/name], [name]Michaela[/name] (or various spellings) or [name]Ashley[/name] though