What names were you surprised to see in the top 1000?

Girl Names
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[name_u]Cataleya[/name_u] and [name_f]Catalina[/name_f] took me off guard in the top 1000 in 2016. What names were you surprised to see on there?

2

[name_f]Charlize[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Dixie[/name_f], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_u]Dana[/name_u], [name_f]Patricia[/name_f], [name_f]Deborah[/name_f], [name_f]Brenda[/name_f], and [name_f]Martha[/name_f].

I expect [name_f]Charlize[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], and [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] only to be popular on here. The others seem very dated to me.

I thought [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] would be much higher.

3

Let’s see:
[name_u]Whitney[/name_u], [name_u]Courtney[/name_u], [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f] (persistently popular for decades)
[name_u]Royal[/name_u] (popular in the 1800s, making a comeback)

4

Royalty was pretty shocking. It made its debut on the list at #532!

5

Old names I didn’t think were “vintage” but rather frumpy
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]

Mid century stay at home mothers names
[name_u]June[/name_u] - I actually really like this one!
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Linda[/name_f] - my own mothers name…
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]

Word names
[name_f]Miracle[/name_f]
[name_f]Malaysia[/name_f]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_f]Princess[/name_f] - Seriously?!
[name_f]Cherish[/name_f]

Interesting
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_u]Henley[/name_u]
[name_m]Kensington[/name_m]
[name_f]Emely[/name_f]

Umm…What?
[name_f]Daleyza[/name_f]
[name_f]Jayleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Maliyah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_f]Jimena[/name_f]
[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Guadalupe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Montserrat[/name_f]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f]
[name_f]Yamileth[/name_f]
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f]
[name_f]Belen[/name_f]
[name_f]Noor[/name_f]
[name_f]Tinley[/name_f]
[name_f]Kimora[/name_f]
[name_f]Zainab[/name_f]
[name_u]Neriah[/name_u]

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[name_f]Jayleen[/name_f] and [name_f]Princess[/name_f]. Thats crazy. @aliciadawn
@astaire Royalty. :o

@mimiottawa [name_u]Royal[/name_u]… man…

@tamparays8 They do seem dated.

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@aliciadawn - most of your “um what” section is just Spanish or Arabic names. Those are actually pretty common in my town and NYC because a lot of immigrants live here!

For me, I was surprised to see [name_u]Wren[/name_u]. I didn’t think that trend spread that far outside of Nameberry.