So I thought this may be an interesting way to see what names really are that popular. I mean you can look at the popularity list but that doesn’t mean you are actually going to encounter those names. For instance I am a dance instructor and have been for several years, I work with around 75 new kids each season and have never once met a girl named [name]Isabella[/name] or [name]Sophia[/name] even though they are currently ranked #1 & #2.
So berries, think of all the people you know and share which names seem to be the most popular…
Mine–
[name]Ashley[/name]/[name]Ashlee[/name]/[name]Ashleigh[/name]- I personally know 12 girls with this name ages 1-18
[name]Shelby[/name]- Weird I know, but I know about 8 girls with this name
[name]Taylor[/name]- I know 6 girls and 4 boys with this name
[name]Katie[/name]- I know 8 girls under the age of 10 with this name
[name]Abby[/name]: 9 people
[name]Holly[/name] 7 people
[name]Jasmine[/name] (my name) : not including me, 6
[name]Joshua[/name]/[name]Josh[/name]: 12 people!!!
[name]Jessica[/name]/[name]Jessie[/name]/[name]Jess[/name]/[name]Jessee[/name]/[name]Jessy[/name] and all her myriad versions - 6
[name]Ashley[/name] - 8
[name]Caden[/name]/[name]Kaden[/name]/[name]Cayden[/name]/[name]Kaiden[/name]/etc - There are 8, both sexes enrolled in the elementary down the street from me and my stepdaughter’s cousin is also named this so 9 kids total.
[name]Aiden[/name]/[name]Ayden[/name] - 2
[name]Heather[/name] - 3
[name]Daniel[/name] - 3
[name]Zack[/name]/[name]Zach[/name]/[name]Zac[/name]/[name]Zak[/name] - 8
[name]Jayden[/name] - 2 both girls with this spelling
(As an aside, some of these names ([name]Zach[/name], [name]Heather[/name], [name]Jessica[/name], [name]Ashley[/name]) are around my age range, though I’ve met a few younger ones as well.)
I know a TON of people with Br- beginnings to their names, for some reason - [name]Brandi[/name], [name]Brittany[/name], [name]Brad[/name], [name]Brennan[/name], [name]Brandon[/name], [name]Bryan[/name]. I also know a lot of guys named [name]Chris[/name], [name]Matt[/name], [name]Mike[/name] and [name]Joe[/name] and a bunch of girls named [name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Angela[/name]. And a lot of people named [name]Sam[/name], of both sexes. All pretty common names for my age group, I guess!
Pretty much half the girls in my age group have [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Anne[/name], [name]Grace[/name], and [name]Nicole[/name] as their middle names and then there are 4 or 5 people (including one teacher) with [name]Elizabeth[/name] as a first name.
For the boys its [name]Gavin[/name], [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Allen[/name], [name]Jayden[/name]/[name]Jaylen[/name]/[name]Caden[/name]/[name]Hayden[/name]/Jayton (those are all kids at my daycare)…
Are we s’pose to be thinking of just kids or any age?
I know one [name]Isabelle[/name] & that’s my neice.
I know ALOT of [name]Mike[/name]/[name]Michael[/name]'s, [name]Jessica[/name]'s, [name]Sarah[/name]'s, & [name]Jennifer[/name]'s as I am an 80’s child.
[name]Amelia[/name]… 6 of them all born within the last 2 years.
[name]Olivia[/name]… 7 all under the age of 4 years old.
[name]Isabella[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]… 9 under the age of 5 years.
[name]Alfie[/name]… 5 all under the age of 4 years old.
[name]Oliver[/name]… 6 under the age of 2 years.
[name]Jayden[/name]… 4 under the age 2 years.
[name]Sarah[/name]/[name]Sara[/name] - my sister, my stepmother’s granddaughter, my cousin’s friend,
[name]Emily[/name] - my stepmother’s other granddaughter, my cousin’s wife, an elderly aunt,
[name]Emma[/name] - my son’s friend, a girl my cousin babysat for, my cousin’s granddaughter
Three most popular names at my son’s high school: [name]Katherine[/name] and variant spellings with the nn [name]Katie[/name], [name]Caitlin[/name] and variant spellings with the nn [name]Katie[/name], [name]Megan[/name] and variant spellings.
I went to school with numerous girls named [name]Donna[/name], [name]Deborah[/name]/[name]Debra[/name]/[name]Debbie[/name], [name]Lisa[/name], [name]Karen[/name], [name]Nancy[/name], [name]Susan[/name].
Most popular names in my family tree: [name]Lillian[/name] and [name]Emily[/name].
I live in Germany, so this may not apply to the states:
[name]Julia[/name] - I can think of 10 right now
[name]Hanna[/name] / [name]Hannah[/name] - 5, but I read it so often in the birth announcements, that I start yawning everytime I read it
[name]Carina[/name] / [name]Karina[/name] - 8
[name]Lena[/name] - 5
[name]Daniel[/name] - 7
[name]Alexander[/name] ([name]Alex[/name]) - can only think of 3 right now, but there are so much more…
[name]Luca[/name] - I only know one boy who goes by [name]Luca[/name], but there are sooo many [name]Finn[/name]-[name]Luca[/name]'s and [name]Jan[/name]-[name]Luca[/name]'s
[name]Finn[/name] / [name]Fynn[/name] - Can only think of 3 right now, but since in the birth announcements that is the name of about 20% of the boys, I’m sure in 20 years I’ll know 30.
People my age: [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name], [name]Amanda[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Jessica[/name]
People between 2-7 (age group I work with): [name]Mia[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Bella[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name]/[name]Isabel[/name], [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Leila[/name]/[name]Lilah[/name]/[name]Lila[/name]
I have 3 friends whose names are [name]Sarah[/name] and their last name start with a B, when together we call them by their last names. All the same age. I know 2 other [name]Sarah[/name]'s though as well, same age
I have 2 friends that are [name]Emily[/name]'s, same age, and I know 3 other [name]Emily[/name]'s, also same.
I know 2 [name]Elizabeth[/name]'s, same age
I have 2 friends named [name]Katie[/name]'s/[name]Katherine[/name], but I know 3 others - 2 spell their name as [name]Katy[/name], again all same age
I have a cousin [name]Samantha[/name] and soon to be sister-in-law named [name]Samantha[/name], different ages.
I think those are all the multiples I can think of right now…
Hmm, went through the kids I know and I was kind of surprised. There were VERY few repeats! I looked at kids names anywhere from newborn up to about 12 years old. Here are the repeats I found (they all had 2 each):
ETA:
People my age (FB friends, I probably know way more of each name):
Jennifer - 11
Heather - 9
Amy - 6
Amanda - 5
Sara/Sarah - 10
Kelsey - 6
Melissa - 6
Laura/Lauren - 6/3
Brittany (and variations) - 6
I can’t really think of any atm, but at the daycare I work at we have:
[name]Kayden[/name] - 2
[name]Lucas[/name] - 3, and all of their last names start with M.
[name]Olivia[/name] - 2 but one spells it [name]Olivea[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name] - 4
[name]Naomi[/name] - 2
[name]Michaela[/name]/[name]Mikayla[/name] - 2 or 3, and we have a Nikayla
[name]Joshua[/name] - we had 4 of them in one class at one point! We now have 3.
[name]Logan[/name] - 2
[name]Logan[/name] - 10 aged 5 and under (all boys) and 1 girl aged 20
[name]Jayden[/name] - 5 aged 6 and under (3 boys 2 girls)
[name]Ryan[/name] - 4 boys and 3 girls
[name]Madison[/name] - 5 under age 5
[name]Bethany[/name] - 5 all between 20-25
[name]Isabella[/name] - 12 under age 5
[name]Jackson[/name] - 7 - under age 5 but not a single [name]Jack[/name]!
[name]Christopher[/name] - 15 of all ages
[name]Emma[/name] - 12 under age 10
[name]Emily[/name] - 7
And at least 20 [name]Brittany[/name]/[name]Britney[/name]/[name]Britni[/name]…
Under the age of 8 I know:
4 or more of: [name]Caleb[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], [name]Jack[/name], [name]Nate[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Maddie[/name] (not sure if these are all [name]Madison[/name] or if some are [name]Madeline[/name]), [name]Eva[/name]/[name]Eve[/name], [name]Emily[/name]
3 of: [name]James[/name], [name]Joel[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Hannah[/name]
2 of: [name]Charlie[/name], [name]Wesley[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], [name]Keira[/name], [name]Miriam[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Eliza[/name]