Unusual with a "top ten" feel?

Boy Names
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Hubby likes common names. Top 10 stuff. [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Michael[/name], Alexnder, [name]Lucas[/name]. I don’t. My favorite boys name is [name]Declan[/name], currently.

Can anyone recommend an unusual name with a top-ten feel? I’ve listed the top-100 in our area. Out of these, I like [name]Carter[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Evan[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name] - but I wouldn’t be likely to use them due to popularity. For a girl’s name, we like [name]Molly[/name]. It isn’t top 100 in our area.

1 [name]Jacob[/name]
2 [name]Jayden[/name]
3 [name]Daniel[/name]
4 [name]Jose[/name]
5 [name]David[/name]
6 [name]Ethan[/name]
7 [name]Noah[/name]
8 [name]Aiden[/name]
9 [name]Angel[/name]
10 [name]Christopher[/name]
11 [name]Matthew[/name]
12 [name]Anthony[/name]
13 [name]Mason[/name]
14 [name]Michael[/name]
15 [name]Joshua[/name]
16 [name]Alexander[/name]
17 [name]William[/name]
18 [name]Juan[/name]
19 [name]Elijah[/name]
20 [name]Jonathan[/name]
21 [name]Christian[/name]
22 [name]Gabriel[/name]
23 [name]Adrian[/name]
24 [name]Andrew[/name]
25 [name]Sebastian[/name]
26 [name]Nathan[/name]
27 [name]Isaac[/name]
28 [name]Julian[/name]
29 [name]Joseph[/name]
30 [name]Jesus[/name]
31 [name]Aaron[/name]
32 [name]Samuel[/name]
33 [name]Benjamin[/name]
34 [name]John[/name]
35 [name]Luis[/name]
36 [name]James[/name]
37 [name]Caleb[/name]
38 [name]Isaiah[/name]
39 [name]Brandon[/name]
40 [name]Ryan[/name]
41 [name]Diego[/name]
42 [name]Dylan[/name]
43 [name]Luke[/name]
44 [name]Liam[/name]
45 [name]Jordan[/name]
46 [name]Carlos[/name]
47 [name]Jackson[/name]
48 [name]Jeremiah[/name]
49 [name]Logan[/name]
50 [name]Kevin[/name]
51 [name]Santiago[/name]
52 [name]Landon[/name]
53 [name]Eli[/name]
54 [name]Ayden[/name]
55 [name]Miguel[/name]
56 [name]Brayden[/name]
57 [name]Ian[/name]
58 [name]Justin[/name]
59 [name]Alejandro[/name]
60 [name]Nicholas[/name]
61 [name]Robert[/name]
62 [name]Austin[/name]
63 [name]Evan[/name]
64 [name]Gavin[/name]
65 [name]Axel[/name]
66 [name]Josiah[/name]
67 [name]Jason[/name]
68 [name]Levi[/name]
69 [name]Wyatt[/name]
70 [name]Ivan[/name]
71 [name]Bryan[/name]
72 [name]Lucas[/name]
73 [name]Tyler[/name]
74 [name]Hunter[/name]
75 [name]Xavier[/name]
76 [name]Leonardo[/name]
77 [name]Jorge[/name]
78 [name]Zachary[/name]
79 [name]Damian[/name]
80 [name]Jaxon[/name]
81 [name]Nathaniel[/name]
82 [name]Carter[/name]
83 [name]Eduardo[/name]
84 [name]Victor[/name]
85 [name]Tristan[/name]
86 [name]Henry[/name]
87 [name]Jack[/name]
88 [name]Adam[/name]
89 [name]Andres[/name]
90 [name]Connor[/name]
91 [name]Thomas[/name]
92 [name]Cooper[/name]
93 [name]Cameron[/name]
94 [name]Colton[/name]
95 [name]Dominic[/name]
96 [name]Joel[/name]
97 [name]Charles[/name]
98 [name]Oscar[/name]
99 [name]Emmanuel[/name]
100 [name]Giovanni[/name]

2

What about ?
[name]Devon[/name]
[name]Darren[/name]
[name]Dane[/name]
[name]Dean[/name]

3

What about
[name]Hudson[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]

I don’t see any of these on your top 100 but I scanned quickly.

4

[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Mitchell[/name]
[name]Weston[/name]
[name]Stanton[/name]
[name]Zachary[/name]
[name]Holden[/name]

5

If he likes [name]Michael[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Lucas[/name], and [name]Daniel[/name]-and you prefer something a bit more unique, what about:
[name]Malachi[/name]
[name]Micah[/name]
[name]Zander[/name]
[name]Zavier[/name]
[name]Zachariah[/name]
[name]Luka[/name]
[name]Kade[/name]
[name]Paxton[/name]

6

[name]How[/name] about [name]Peter[/name]? It’s very familiar but not actually common.
Could you compromise with a nickname? Official name is [name]Ian[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] nn [name]Indy[/name]? Or [name]William[/name] nn [name]Liam[/name]?

7

[name]How[/name] about [name]Evander[/name] (has a somewhat similar feel to [name]Alexander[/name], and is just an awesome name).
Or [name]Luca[/name], [name]Lucius[/name], [name]Lucan[/name], [name]Lucian[/name] instead of [name]Lucas[/name]

8

[name]How[/name] about

Jexton/[name]Jex[/name]
[name]Micah[/name]/[name]Mike[/name]/[name]Mick[/name]
[name]Jozef[/name]/Zef
[name]Willoughby[/name]/[name]Will[/name]
[name]Benny[/name]
Donoto
[name]Manny[/name]
[name]Tomas[/name]’
[name]Colt[/name]
[name]Drew[/name]
[name]Nico[/name]
[name]Tyson[/name]
[name]Gio[/name]
[name]Joel[/name]
[name]Alec[/name] /[name]Alex[/name]
[name]Mathias[/name]/[name]Matt[/name]
[name]Davis[/name]
[name]Anton[/name]
[name]Rylan[/name]

[name]Ryder[/name]

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[name]How[/name] about:
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Beau[/name]
[name]Lyle[/name]
[name]Easton[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Damon[/name]
[name]Bryce[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Mack[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Campbell[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Lennon[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Collin[/name]
[name]Neil[/name]
[name]Stefan[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]

10

I think your best bet is to look through the top names from say 1880 - 1940 or so. The US makes this data available, other places not so much but from the look of your list I bet the naming trends are reasonably similar. Anyway, this makes it really easy to find good classic names that aren’t currently in vogue but are nevertheless very familiar.