[name_m]Just[/name_m] curious: what are your favorite names (for boys and/or girls) within the top 100 right now? I’m a sucker for common, traditional/classic names, and would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks!
I’ll go ahead and add mine:
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Layla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Issac[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
I like a lot of common, traditional names, too!
Here are all the names I love in the current top 100 (2018):
Girls* - [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Leah[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Samantha[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Gianna[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
Boys - [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Julian[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m], [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], [name_u]Miles[/name_u]
*There are a few others that I love, but with different spellings: [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Camilla[/name_f], & [name_u]Vivien[/name_u].
(I also love [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]-w/o-the-h from the boys.)
Looking forward to the new list next week! 
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@may.rose Whose Top 100 are you referring too? The US or Nameberry?? Australia doesn’t have a Top 100 list yet, so I can’t use ours.
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@_thelittlefairywren I was using the US list, but honestly, I’d be interested to see picks from any country’s. 
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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Camila[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Layla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_u]Skylar[/name_u]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Brielle[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Mateo[/name_m]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Christian[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
I’d still use a few of these though! I think my limit for future kids will be top 50 plus those chosen by family and friends.
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Using the US Top 100 so far, these are my favourites…
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
…I wouldn’t use most of these personally, but I can appreciate them. They’re very popular (obviously! lol), which puts me off them. I’d possibly use some as middles.
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I’m using [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_m]Wales[/name_m]’ list from 2018
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_u]Toby[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] ([name_m]Louie[/name_m] pronunciation)
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
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[name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Lola[/name_f]!
Using last year’s Australian top 100, my favourites are:
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
I wouldn’t use some of these due to their popularity but they’re great names.
Girls: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Abigail[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Leah[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
Boys: [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Axel[/name_m], [name_u]Miles[/name_u]
girls:
[name_f]Ella[/name_f] - so simple, sweet, pretty, and magical.
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] - rose-scented with a hint of sparkle! Floral and sweet. [name_u]Love[/name_u] her!
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] - perfect! magical, yet down to earth, spunky, yet subdued.
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - Purple and short, yet sweet.
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] - [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is so perfect. That short name encompasses the hard g and the soft c, and the mysterious, dark r. And God’s [name_f]Grace[/name_f]? What better thing to name a child after?
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] - Haha, my name! I actually really like this and think it’s pretty versatile for any personality, yet cheerful. I like how it doesn’t sound overly sweet or overly dark, just mixed.
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] - Oh [name_f]My[/name_f] Hecking Gosh I [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f](yesm pun intended). So light (yes again pun intended I am just a pun machine) and vintage. Charming!
[name_f]Claire[/name_f] - Oh [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. So moon-like and sunlit! Meadows and fields of flowers.
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f] - spunky and cute! Short but very energetic. Not many names like this start with s (imo)
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m] - Perfection! [name_u]Love[/name_u] the zh sound for J, like my middle name, and [name_f]El[/name_f] is one of the best sounds to me.
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m] - I love the th sound with E. [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] is so outdoorsy and spunky.
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] - [name_m]Say[/name_m] it aloud and you’ll probably hear why I love it so much. Handsome and majestic, magical.
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] - wait this is in the top 100? Well acutally it’s so cool I see why 
. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]- sounds. and this name is flowy and ethereal.
[name_m]Luke[/name_m] -the soft and moonlike lu gets me every time! ([name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_m]Luke[/name_m] [name_u]Luca[/name_u], [name_f]Lulu[/name_f])
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] - RHIAN RHIAN RHIAN and ad…perfect and auburn red.
[name_u]Kai[/name_u] - [name_u]Love[/name_u] the ocean(though I’ve only been once), and this name is so short.
[name_u]Jace[/name_u] -No idea why, this just pulls me in every time!
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] - that X…and St. [name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u] - PERFECT!
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] (been a long-time favorite)
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f] (another favorite, love the meaning, but too popular to use)
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u] (a family name)
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
I love a lot of the names in the US top 100 and popularity doesn’t bother me so I’d probably use any of them. [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ava[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Layla[/name_f]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Kinsley[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Wyatt[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_u]Grayson[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_u]Carson[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_u]Jace[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites from the 2019 top 100 are:
Girls: [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_u]Willow[/name_u], [name_u]Harper[/name_u], [name_f]Zara[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
Boys: [name_u]Asher[/name_u], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Archer[/name_m], [name_u]Miles[/name_u], [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
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Most of my own favorite names are actually in the top 100, my taste tends to be more mainstream than a lot of other nameberry users. In general, I like most of the top 100 for boys at least somewhat, and a solid chunk of the top 100 for girls.
Names from the top 100 that I like enough to at least consider potentially using:
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]Miles[/name_u]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f] (well, if it wasn’t my own name)
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
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I’ll use the [name_f]England[/name_f] & [name_m]Wales[/name_m] 2018 list: https://nameberry.com/popular_names/[name_f]England[/name_f]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]/[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_u]Sonny[/name_u]
Top 5:
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Willow[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
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Using the 2019 top 100 from [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_m]Wales[/name_m], the name that make me pause and have that feeling are:
Boys - [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_u]Rory[/name_u], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_u]Elliott[/name_u], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m].
Girls - [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f],
I don’t often look closely at the top 100 to be honest and I’m quite surprised at what’s there. There’s a lot more nickname-y boys names that I expected, and some names in the girl’s top 100 that I didn’t expect to see!
I do love some of the really classic boy names - like [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] - and would be so torn if I ever were to have a boy because while I love them, they are just so common, in every generation also. But my girl names do tend sway more to the uncommon.
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Girls: [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_u]Piper[/name_u]
Boys: [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
I missed [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]! 
oops.