How popular do these names feel to you?

Girl Names
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[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] - crazy popular, but most I know are already between 20 and 40. There are lots between 10-20 too, but I don’t know many younger ones. I do find it annoying, but I never liked it much, so that probably plays a part. I don’t mind [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] or [name_f]Lottie[/name_f].

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] - this one feels rather unpopular to me. I don’t know many, only a few. Always baffles me that this is a top 10 name.

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] - not so many. Lots of Ellies and don’t know how many are [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] on paper, though.

[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - same as [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] and [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]. I know a few, but not many.

[name_u]Hazel[/name_u] - same

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] - loads. Also [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]. They sound the same to me. I find this name annoying, sorry.

[name_f]My[/name_f] guess is that popularity is sometimes hidden behind spelling variants. [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and [name_f]Violet[/name_f] were never as common as [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (at least I don’t think so) and they don’t have popular spelling variants. There are [name_f]Elinor[/name_f] and [name_f]Violette[/name_f], but they are not common at all.

[name_f]My[/name_f] guess is that when you combine spellings for other names, [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] and [name_u]Hazel[/name_u] all fall in popularity, because names with several spellings surpass them. [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] would go down a bit too, I guess, but it is the only Top 5 name with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] so still very popular whereas I think none of the others would be in the top 10 if spellings were combined.

I can’t think of all of them right now, but it’s like when back in the 80s/90s/early 2000s names like [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] and [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] and [name_f]Hailey[/name_f] and [name_u]Lindsay[/name_u] never went that far up by themselves, but combined they would have been super popular.

[name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f] (the most popular spelling) never made the top 20, but combined with [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], [name_f]Kaitlin[/name_f] etc. it would have been #1 some years. [name_u]Lindsay[/name_u] and [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u] combined would have been close to the top 10, by themselves I think they never made the top 25. [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] would have been top 20 at least, [name_f]Hailey[/name_f] too, [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] (Madelyn, [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], Madilyn) too.

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I know a gajillion Charlottes (seriously, like 5 friends in the past year or two) so it’s ultra popular for me. I’ve had at least one friend go with [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] and [name_f]Emilia[/name_f].

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That’s so true, I hadn’t thought about different spellings making a big impact on actual popularity. I wonder what the top 10 would look like if things were calculated by combining all births with same name-alternate spellings?

Thanks for the opinions, everyone! Overall I think I’m only mildly bothered when it comes to popularity, like I wouldn’t let it stop me from choosing a name, but it’s something to factor in when narrowing down favorites. Mostly, I’m just curious how popular names come across to people!

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I’m in the Midwest US, and not around many children as of now. I know an adult [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] who is in her 20’s. I also went to college with a girl who named her three-year-old daughter that. I don’t know any Charlottes but I’m pretty sure my mom has a cousin [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]. It’s a gorgeous name and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nn. [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] is :heart_eyes::face_holding_back_tears:!! I also don’t know any Violets, but I LOVE the name, or any Amelias, Amelias, or Evelyns.

This was fun, thank you!

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No idea if this is relevant as I am not from the U.S. but [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is the only one that is popular for me here

I’ve only met 1 adult who was [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] (spelt like Eveline) and 1 adult [name_f]Emilia[/name_f]. 1 kid named [name_f]Violette[/name_f] and 1 teen named [name_f]Eleonore[/name_f]. (So no Violets or Eleanors but only variants of them)
(Also, I’ve worked with kids so I did have a big exposure to names)

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I mostly know people with these names that are around my age. I don’t work with kids a lot but I’ve never seen most of these names on a little kid before. The only ones are [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], the daughter of my mom’s friend, and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (nn Charlie) daughter of my mom’s coworker.

For example, in my grade (I’m a high school sophomore) I know an [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] and an [name_f]Emilia[/name_f]. There is also a [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] in the grade above me.

I only know of Violets, Eleanors, and Hazels in books and movies.

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Here in the [name_m]Pacific[/name_m] Northwest USA…

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]- does not feel overly popular. I know one through social media

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]- I only know one.

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]- feels medium popular. There are 2 Nora’s in my son’s preschool class

[name_f]Violet[/name_f]- does not feel popular

[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]- feels very popular. I know two in my community and another couple from social media, and I hear it on the playground a LOT

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]- I don’t know any, but I know two little Amelia’s and I hear it on the playground a lot

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in Australia I hear [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and Amelia/Emilia a lot