Was your first name Common or Uncommon where you were growing up?

for me yes

Pleasantly neither. There were two more Leslies at my school, but it was far less common than [name_f]Debbie[/name_f], [name_f]Missy[/name_f], or [name_f]Susan[/name_f].

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Yeah, mine was somewhere in the middle! I’ve only met a handful of other girls name [name_f]Megan[/name_f].

Birth name? Common

[name_u]Chosen[/name_u] name? Nope! Not even the longer versions of it

Overly common! Has too many ways to spell it and to many similar/ variations.

Really uncommon, which made me feel very special and proud to wear my name. :relaxed:

I’ve met a few when I was a kid, but now practically every little girl has it

Uncommon, which made me feel like a princess! :crown:

Common
Very, very common
:angry:

half joking here lol

Yes - not so popular as it is now, but still popular :confused:

It was uncommon, I only met one other person with it when I was younger

Exceedingly common. It’s probably the most popular name worldwide, and there were once three of us in a class of 12! (And three Julia’s, haha)

Very common

Uncommon just because it is now classified as “dated”

[name_f]My[/name_f] name has been in the top 1000 since forever. It was number 4 the year I was born. There was always a few in my grade. I hated it. I go by my middle name now [name_f]Regina[/name_f] which is less popular but more recognizable. It’s pronounced with a hard g because it was my great grandmother’s middle name and that’s how she pronounced it.

All of my kids have unusual names for this reason and they all like their names so far.

my name isn’t exactly super common in my area i’ve only met a couple other kids with my name. however it has ranked in the top 200 ever since i was born so i guess you could say it’s common.

but i will say, i have met a ton of dogs (and one hamster) with my name :joy:

Very common!

Uncommon. I got a lot of “That’s my grandma’s name” or “That’s my dog’s name” but I didn’t meet another [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] until college

Quite common :sob:

Uncommon, as in it had recently had a burst of use but when I was named other families in my area were finding it really dated! I was the only one in both primary schools I attended and secondary (elementary, middle and high school). [name_f]My[/name_f] name is also a common nickname for a popular name of the time, so all in all not common but very familiar.

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