I live in a rural area in southern [name_u]West[/name_u] [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], where most mothers give their daughters names that start with either a C or a K and the name usually ends with the E sound. Example: [name_f]Kylie[/name_f] [name_f]Kristy[/name_f] & [name_f]Carlee[/name_f]. And often the same name will be used by multiple mothers but with different spelling, for example instead of a Y they will use an IE. These types of names are constantly over used in my area and I was wondering if any Berries have certain “types” of names that are overly used in their area?
I live in [name_f]Austria[/name_f] and people are so uncreative here. [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] has been #1 here for about 10 years and every week I read at least 1 birth announcement (from our local hospital) where a boy was named [name_m]Lukas[/name_m].
It’s the same with girls - [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] is #2, [name_f]Lena[/name_f] #3 here and still they all name their kids [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] or [name_f]Lena[/name_f].
When I was in school there was another girl that had my name so I was always [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] B. and she was always [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] S. - I hated that.
[name_f]Imagine[/name_f], when these kids go to school they will probably be numbered to make it easier for the teachers 
I’m in Northern [name_f]England[/name_f]… there’s lots dull/dated names or classics like [name_f]Jessica[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Kate[/name_f] that people are still using for babies.
And then there are the cutesy names - [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]. I know 3+ of each, all under 6. Boys are worst hit I think though with [name_m]Harry[/name_m], [name_u]Alfie[/name_u], [name_m]Archie[/name_m], [name_u]Ollie[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] used on at least half of all babies, I’m sure.
And there are ‘‘chav names’’. So many of them. Usually double-barrelled ([name_f]Lacie[/name_f]-[name_f]Mai[/name_f], Yvie-[name_f]Marie[/name_f]), follow American trends ([name_f]Kaylee[/name_f], [name_u]Rylie[/name_u]) or are spelt badly ([name_f]Alyvia[/name_f], [name_f]Katelin[/name_f]).
I’m in the midwest, USA, and my particular area seems to love super trendy/popular names and are fans of creative spellings.
I see a steady stream of names for boys like [name_u]Jace[/name_u], [name_u]Cade[/name_u], [name_u]Brayden[/name_u], and [name_m]Jaxon[/name_m] (there is a [name_u]Jace[/name_u]/[name_m]Jase[/name_m]/[name_m]Jayce[/name_m] every week I swear.)
Overused girl names are in the cute or creative spelling vein: [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f], [name_u]Addyson[/name_u], [name_u]Brinley[/name_u]. Or they are names like [name_u]Madison[/name_u], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f], [name_u]Skylar[/name_u]–perfectly nice names, but not much outside of the box.
These are the overused names. I see classic names or nameberry-type names sometimes too, but they aren’t as prominent.
In the northeastern US
For girls my most overused are [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] (which surprised me), [name_f]Ella[/name_f], and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
For boys [name_u]Aiden[/name_u] (my daughter has 2 in her daycare class of around 8)
[name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] is disgustingly overused here. I’ve lost count of how many, but another former classmate just used it. Interestingly enough…every [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] I know is bi-racial (black & white).
Nicknames as given names is big, too. Mostly among the teen moms. [name_u]Ali[/name_u], [name_u]Abbie[/name_u], [name_f]Cassie[/name_f], Shy, [name_m]Ty[/name_m], [name_u]Joey[/name_u] and [name_m]Gabe[/name_m].
And freaking [name_u]Peyton[/name_u]/[name_u]Payton[/name_u]/[name_f]Payten[/name_f]/[name_f]Paityn[/name_f]/etc. Ugh. It’s so overused that there are THREE in my friend’s family and they’re all under a year old.
I’m in [name_f]Alabama[/name_f]. In my corner of the state, the overused names are [name_m]Jackson[/name_m], anything that rhymes with [name_u]Aidan[/name_u], [name_m]Liam[/name_m], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], all of the “J” Biblical names ([name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]), [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_u]Madison[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], and [name_f]Lily[/name_f].
I live in the west of [name_f]Ireland[/name_f]. In the early teens demographic, there a lot of girls named [name_f]Amy[/name_f], [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] and [name_f]Aoife[/name_f], and boys named [name_m]Jack[/name_m] and [name_m]Ciaran[/name_m]. For babies, [name_f]Ciara[/name_f] is ridiculously overused. Three (out of eight or so) of the teachers in my old primary school have daughters named [name_f]Ciara[/name_f].
I’m in the San [name_m]Francisco[/name_m] [name_u]Bay[/name_u] Area of [name_u]California[/name_u]. The #1 overused boy name by FAR is: [name_m]Jackson[/name_m]/[name_m]Jack[/name_m]/[name_m]Jaxon[/name_m]/[name_m]Jax[/name_m]. It seems like 2/3s of little boys are named one of those names. For girls there’s a wide variety, so while there are popular names, I can’t think of any that jump out as overused. The top popular ones are probably [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabella[/name_f].
Where I live it’s exactly the same. I am so fed up of double barrelled something-[name_f]May[/name_f]/[name_f]Mai[/name_f]!
Everywhere I go I hear [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_u]Jamie[/name_u], [name_u]Alfie[/name_u], [name_m]Archie[/name_m], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Katie[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] etc
In the [name_m]Pacific[/name_m] NW of the US, and the “Js” for boys: [name_m]Jackson[/name_m]/[name_m]Jack[/name_m]/[name_m]Jaxon[/name_m]?[name_m]Jacob[/name_m] group, and for girls, [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and nickname names like [name_u]Abby[/name_u]/[name_f]Addy[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Gracie[/name_f].
I know a million:
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_u]Rylie[/name_u]/[name_u]Rylee[/name_u]/[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]/[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Laure[/name_f]/[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]/[name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Izabelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]/[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
I live on the [name_u]North[/name_u] Coast of [name_u]California[/name_u] (hi, @katiespills! I’m about six hours from you!), and the ones I seem to hear often for girls are [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]. For boys, I most commonly hear [name_m]Jack[/name_m]/[name_m]Jackson[/name_m]/[name_m]Jax[/name_m], as well as [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]. There are also a lot of [name_u]Payton[/name_u]/Peytons of both genders, which interests me since the name seems to be fading for boys in most places.
In western [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m], the most overused names are;
[name_u]Mason[/name_u], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], and [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] (a), [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], and the [name_f]Em[/name_f] names [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], etc.
I’m from [name_u]Indiana[/name_u], USA and I can’t tell you how many [name_u]Jayden[/name_u]/[name_u]Jadon[/name_u]/[name_u]Jaidyn[/name_u]'s I have come across. I have worked in multiple daycare centers and have heard lots of names, but [name_u]Jayden[/name_u] seems to take the cake in my area, for both genders. We also have a ton of [name_f]Bella[/name_f]'s, all names ending in -aiden, [name_u]Madison[/name_u]'s, [name_u]Emery[/name_u]/[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]'s, [name_f]Ava[/name_f]'s, [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]'s, and [name_f]Kylie[/name_f]/[name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]/[name_f]Carlie[/name_f]/[name_f]Katie[/name_f]'s.
Lol I know austrians and they are all named [name_m]Lukas[/name_m]! oddly enough before I met them or even knew this [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] was/is my top boy name , it has been since I was about 6
I’m from [name_u]Texas[/name_u] (but did my undergrad at a small, conservative [name_m]Christian[/name_m] university in [name_u]Tennessee[/name_u]). Because a lot of the people I know that are having babies are conservative evangelicals, I come across lots of “unusual” biblical names that aren’t actually so unusual, because they’ve suddenly become trendy among our friend group. So names like [name_m]Asher[/name_m], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_m]Gideon[/name_m], etc. For girls it’s all the top ten names - every other baby is [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], or [name_f]Emma[/name_f].
Old Testament names! I mean, I get that they are great people to have for namesakes, but I can’t understand why people still continue to name their daughters [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] here when there are like 200 in a small town. Not to mention [name_f]Leah[/name_f], [name_f]Rachel[/name_f], and [name_f]Rebekah[/name_f]/[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]. As for boys, [name_m]Jackson[/name_m], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], and [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] are really getting to be too much.
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f], [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u], [name_f]Makayla[/name_f], [name_u]Madison[/name_u], [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f], [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f], [name_f]Kylie[/name_f] - and every spelling variation they can think of for each.
There are lots of yooneek namers around here. As I was waiting at the hospital for my niece to be born (for 13 hours!) I amused myself by reading all the names on the wall by the nursery.
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]/Khloee ect. dominated the board. The one that gave me the biggest sigh was Blahkleighe.
Then we had the odd word names like Riot and Ryot (huge eye roll). There was also [name_m]Rowdy[/name_m] and [name_m]Rune[/name_m] and even Romper. R’s are trendy I guess.
Then there were the 35 [name_m]Cooper[/name_m]'s and then the new [name_m]Cooper[/name_m] that was born that day. Why?
And how could I forget Egypxt. Not [name_u]Egypt[/name_u]. Egypxt. What is that?