Nameberry is addicting for a pregnant woman with some serious jet lag!
Anyway, was wondering people’s views on naming a child keeping in mind wanting to be unique. I was talking to my 6 year old niece the other day and she said she has 3 girls in her grade (of 30 something kids) named [name]Charlotte[/name]! I found this funny because growing up in the 80s I was pretty much the only [name]Charlotte[/name] I knew till college.
So I guess my point is, it seems pretty hard to avoid the possibility of a nice-sounding name becoming very trendy. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I think all of the trendy/popular names today would’ve been so unique & rare when I was in school. I think gen (80s 90s kids) were raised being told how special they are & with actors/musicians that show uniqueness & quirkiness as cool in a way that other generations maybe didn’t hear…so we all want to be different & unique & find something special that no one else has…and yet [name]Chloe[/name] & [name]Charlotte[/name] sound good to all of us! Oops!
There are some beautiful names not ranked in the top 1000, and I really don’t think anything ranked less than 500 is much of a risk. There certainly are names that are a bit less likely to become more popular- generally names that have been consistent with popularity won’t have much of a rise. [name]Nina[/name] and [name]Cecilia[/name] are good examples of that kind of name- consistently sort of popular.
Name popularity really is unpredictable. I have an aunt [name]Emily[/name], who for almost her whole life never met another [name]Emily[/name], until a ton of babies in the 90s.
Also, I would have never thought that names like [name]Chloe[/name] or [name]Addison[/name] would ever be in the top 10! Those really had meteoric rises.
I think just about any attempts to stay out of name popularity could be thwarted at any time. You never know when a celebrity will pick that name, or it will suddenly pop up in a TV show.