Great names NOT in the US top 1000

General Name Discussion
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Seeing how popularity is such an important factor for many of us on this board I thought this would be a good topic to introduce.

I was thinking about how our top 4 names do not rank in the US top 1000, and I was wondering what other hidden gems were out there. What names do you like that do not rank in the US top 1000? Are there still any undiscovered vintage classics left?

[name]Feel[/name] free to add to this list and comment if you would like!

Names on my list that dont rank:
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]- I see this one ranking in the future because of Twilight
[name]Adela[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]

[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Andreas[/name]

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Good topic! Tons of names I love aren’t on the list. For instance, [name]Dashiell[/name] :slight_smile:

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Great names by the way! and Great idea.

The ones I have are
[name]Beatrix[/name]-probably because most people prefer [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Isobel[/name]-again spelling
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
[name]Eliot[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Catriona[/name]

Notable:
[name]Vera[/name] just made it into the top 1000 in 2009

[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Elihu[/name]

I like a lot more common boys’ names

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names that I love that aren’t in the top 1000:

boys:
[name]Chauncey[/name]
[name]Gray[/name]/[name]Grey[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]North[/name]
[name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Piers[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Ashley[/name]

Girls:
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Caia[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name]
[name]Roxana[/name]
[name]Crimson[/name]
[name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Abra[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]

These are all the names off my favorite lists that aren’t in the top 1000!

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[name]Della[/name]

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Here are some of my favorites:

[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Ginevra[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]

[name]Hadrian[/name]
[name]Leander[/name]
[name]Caspar[/name]

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[name]Elisheva[/name] (my fav :smiley: )
[name]Aurelia[/name]
Alais
Carelia
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Eleonore[/name]
[name]Catherina[/name]
[name]Emmalin[/name] (spelling?)
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Carlotta[/name]/[name]Carlota[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]

[name]Alaric[/name]
[name]Casimir[/name]
[name]Jethro[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Anatole[/name]
[name]Elan[/name]
[name]Casper[/name]

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Here is an amazing resource for names not in the top 1000.

Boys, not in top 1000:
http://www.bigbadbabynames.net/forum/showthread.php?p=839560#post839560

Girls, not in top 1000:
http://www.bigbadbabynames.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1087412#post1087412

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[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Delia[/name]
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]

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It is weird how names I hear so often aren’t in the top 1000. like [name]Susannah[/name]. You suggest [name]Susannah[/name], no one is going to be like “what an odd name!” but it isn’t that popular!
and [name]Poppy[/name], which seems so popular and loved on NB

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Sorry for any repeats. These are names from my favorites that aren’t in the top 1000 (there are a lot!).

[name]Adamina[/name], [name]Agnes[/name], [name]Althea[/name], [name]Araminta[/name], [name]Artemisia[/name], [name]Astrid[/name], [name]Augusta[/name], Ayodele (Eye-[name]YO[/name]-deh-lay), [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Calliope[/name], [name]Calista[/name], [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Delia[/name], [name]Dove[/name], [name]Drusilla[/name], [name]Edie[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Estella[/name]/[name]Estelle[/name], [name]Etta[/name], [name]Eugenia[/name]/[name]Eugenie[/name] (You-gen-NEE), [name]Eulalia[/name]/[name]Eulalie[/name] (You-lay-[name]LEE[/name]), [name]Fauna[/name], [name]Faye[/name], [name]Flora[/name], [name]Florence[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Hero[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Isidore[/name], [name]Jette[/name], [name]Joan[/name], [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Juno[/name], [name]Lark[/name], [name]Leonie[/name], [name]Lilac[/name], [name]Lilias[/name], [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Louisa[/name], [name]Lynette[/name], [name]Lyra[/name] ([name]LEE[/name]-rah), [name]Mabel[/name], [name]Marguerite[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], [name]Minerva[/name], [name]Nell[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Perdita[/name], [name]Philippa[/name], [name]Pippa[/name], [name]Primrose[/name], Rosabel, [name]Rosalba[/name], [name]Rosalyn[/name], [name]Rosamund[/name], [name]Roxana[/name], [name]Roxanne[/name], [name]Rue[/name], [name]Scout[/name], [name]Shea[/name], [name]Sheena[/name], [name]Sheridan[/name], [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Sybil[/name], [name]Temperance[/name], [name]Thelma[/name], [name]Thisbe[/name], [name]True[/name], [name]Valentine[/name], [name]Viola[/name], [name]Wilhelmina[/name], [name]Winifred[/name], [name]Winter[/name], [name]Wren[/name]

[name]Absalom[/name], [name]Anson[/name], [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Basil[/name], [name]Benedict[/name], [name]Bernard[/name], [name]Bertram[/name], [name]Booth[/name] (family surname), [name]Bram[/name], [name]Caspar[/name], [name]Chester[/name], [name]Claude[/name], [name]Clemente[/name] ([name]CLAY[/name]-mont), [name]Clyde[/name], [name]Dashiell[/name], [name]Dodge[/name], [name]Edmond[/name], [name]Ephraim[/name], [name]Evander[/name], [name]Everard[/name], [name]Ferdinand[/name], [name]Ford[/name], [name]Fritz[/name], [name]Godfrey[/name], Grayer, [name]Gunther[/name], [name]Harmon[/name], [name]Henrik[/name], [name]Hermes[/name], [name]Howell[/name], [name]Jericho[/name], [name]Jethro[/name], [name]Joachim[/name] (YAH-kim), [name]Kent[/name], Kipling, [name]Kit[/name], [name]Leander[/name], [name]Leif[/name], [name]Luther[/name], [name]Lyndon[/name] (this spelling), [name]Lysander[/name], [name]Marion[/name], [name]Mercer[/name], [name]Merle[/name], [name]Mordecai[/name], [name]Mortimer[/name], [name]Orson[/name], [name]Otis[/name], [name]Otto[/name], [name]Pascal[/name] (Pass-[name]CAL[/name]), [name]Patton[/name], [name]Peregrine[/name], [name]Prosper[/name], [name]Quinlan[/name], [name]Ramsay[/name], [name]Redford[/name], [name]Ripley[/name], [name]Robin[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Scout[/name], [name]Shepherd[/name], [name]Sinclair[/name], [name]Sylvain[/name] ([name]SILL[/name]-van), [name]Ulrich[/name], [name]West[/name], [name]Wilder[/name], [name]Windsor[/name], [name]Wolfgang[/name], [name]Wycliffe[/name]

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My list:
[name]Thomasina[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Pollyanna[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]

[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Mackenzie[/name] (boy)
[name]Meredith[/name] (boy)
[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]

I wish that my [name]SIL[/name] shared my taste and named her kids these names instead of these trendy made up names (I mean come on, Zackerian? Kaeylynn? And these are just two of her kids…)

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Here are my personal favorites.

Boys:
[name]Ashley[/name]
[name]Amias[/name]
[name]Barnabas[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Clyde[/name]
[name]Donahue[/name]
[name]Hamilton[/name]
[name]Hamish[/name]
[name]Humphrey[/name]
[name]Kelly[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Osborne[/name]
[name]Oswald[/name]
[name]Ozias[/name]
[name]Percival[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Walden[/name]

Girls:
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Ethel[/name] (yes, I know…)
[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]

I know most of these sound pretty stuffy to you guys, but I’ve noticed that the stuffy, moldy, British octogenarian names are the ones I go for. Who knows why.

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[name]Don[/name]'t apologize for [name]Ethel[/name]! I love it, and it is so underused!

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[name]Rufus[/name]! all the other ones i had in mind were already mentioned :]

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[name]Gwyneth[/name]
[name]Alethea[/name]
[name]Arabelle[/name]
Annabeth
[name]Polly[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Bernadette[/name]
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Betsy[/name]
[name]Bree[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Roseanne[/name]
[name]Thora[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Colleen[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Avis[/name]
[name]Bronte[/name]
[name]Clarice[/name]

Ezekial
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Conall[/name]
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Wendall[/name]
[name]Haskell[/name]
[name]Macaulay[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
Malachai
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Clifford[/name]
[name]Clancy[/name]
[name]Zebedee[/name]
[name]Obed[/name]
[name]Harlen[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]