My husband and I are trying to decide on a girl name and while we do (almost surprisingly at this point,haha) agree on two names, we can’t agree on which of those two names it will be, if it is a girl.
My first choice is [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] ([name]Aileen[/name] is after my Mother and pronounced “[name]Ilene[/name]”). I love the name and the fact that it isn’t very popular in our area.
My husband’s first choice is [name]Ella[/name]. We would probably go with [name]Ella[/name] [name]Rae[/name] ([name]Rae[/name] is after my Grandfather). While I have always loved the name [name]Ella[/name], I just feel that it has become so popular over the last several years.
I don’t know if I should cave and go with [name]Ella[/name] if it’s a girl, being that I would be picking the middle name regardless and I do like [name]Ella[/name] as well, or if I should hold out and see if he may just possibly change his mind in the end? I should add that he originally agreed to [name]Reese[/name] and really liked the name until I brought up [name]Ella[/name] 5 minutes later and is now adamant about that being the name if it is a girl. Opinions please. Thanks so much!
[name]Ella[/name] is a beautiful name, but its become so popular and common I’d personally avoid using it. I mean, she definitely wouldn’t be the only [name]Ella[/name] in her class, but if thats okay with you, maybe you should go for it.
[name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] is very pretty and unusual so I’d be more inclined to go for that option.
A nice compromise for [name]Ella[/name] could be [name]Elle[/name] though, which is just as beautiful but nowhere near as popular. 
[name]Hope[/name] that helped!
I prefer [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] as well. While [name]Ella[/name] is pretty, she is extremely popular right now. My six-year-old cousin had three girls named [name]Ella[/name] in his kindergarten class this year. The other three kindergarten classes in his school had at least one [name]Ella[/name] in each class. [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] is much more unique and has a distinguished feel. She has a lot more substance than [name]Ella[/name] [name]Rae[/name] and I love that [name]Aileen[/name] honors your mother. I’m usually not a fan of [name]Reese[/name] on a girl but I really like it for you.
Thanks for the feedack ladies! I really appreciate it. I’ve had my heart set on [name]Reese[/name] for a long time now, so we’ll see. Hopefully I can convince him about how popular [name]Ella[/name] is, etc. and perhaps he’ll change his mind. 
Yes, take him strolling through some playgrounds and hope that there’s an [name]Ella[/name] behaving badly to taint his vision of the name! (or at least that there are 1 or 2, to illustrate your point)