[name]CHarlotte[/name] is obviously a classic but do you think it runs the risk of becoming trendy as it becomes more popular and also since it is becoming popular in part due to sex and the city? i don’t want it to go the way of aides… what do you think- wil charlotte become unappealingly trendy like aiden or remain/beocme a popular classic?
I think it already has and is going to be the next [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Sophia[/name]. Sorry. I like the name too but is and will be way too popular.
It already is.
Used to be a favorite of mine
I think Sex and the City was largely to “blame” for its overpopularity. [name]Charlotte[/name]'s ranking over the past decade is as follows:
2011: 27
2010: 46
2009: 68
2008: 87
2007: 101
2006: 125
2005: 135
2004: 170
2003: 182
2002: 204
2001: 230
2000: 289
I think a steep incline always denotes trendiness, especially if it gets to the top 50. It may well be headed for top 10 soon, at the rate it’s going. I know a number of little Charlottes, all under 5.
i know its become more popular but does that ruin it? i like sophia but don’t find its popularity to have runed it. but aiden and its variations has gotten a bad rap i think. just wondering how charlotte will be impacted…popular for sure but trendy? to me ava is trendy and sophia is popular. is that just me? aiden is trendy and michael is just popular?
[name]Charlotte[/name] has stood the test of time. It isn’t trendy and I doubt it ever will be – but it’s popular for sure, and I predict Top 10 within the next ten years.
It is a trendy name in NZ and [name]OZ[/name]…
I was under the impression that it already was pretty trendy.
The debate between trendy vs. popular is ongoing, and largely subjective. I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive, either.
It only ruins it if it ruins it for you. A name for me IS “ruined” when it becomes very heavily used, but if you’re thinking about public opinion, no, it won’t be ruined. I tend to think it’s popular more the way Jennifer, Angela and Kristen were in the 80s… there are a lot of 80s babies with those names, and they were on-trend, but not like Crystal, Brittany, Tiffany, Ashley, Courtney which IMO were trend-Y (those last two are probably very debatable).
I think Charlotte of the 10s will likely pan out like Michelle from the 70s, Sarah from the 80s, Megan from the 90s, and Hannah from the 00s. There will be lots of them, but they won’t be obnoxiously identifiable as having been born in the 10s if for no other reason than they are returning classics, perennially rising and falling, rather than names that came out of nowhere and jumped from below the top 1000 to top-20 within a couple of years. That’s where names like Jaden, Addison, Kaylee come from, the ones that really stick out as “trendy” do so because they are comparative anomalies. Just like extreme bell bottoms, crazy perms, bustles, flapper fringe, baggy grunge… they harken back to a very specific point in time because they sharply rose then fell off in popularity.
I hope my ramblings make sense!
Its pretty, but its too popular at the moment
~[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Love[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name], but it is upwardly trending and popular yet also classic. IMHO it won’t fall victim to being a [name]Taylor[/name] or [name]Shannon[/name] type name but will likely slowly fade off within the next 10 years then remain in the top 100 for even longer. It will fall because people get sick of hearing it the same way people got sick of hearing the name [name]Jessica[/name]. Sure [name]Jessica[/name] still appears, but has lost it’s appeal to many now.
I suspect I am destined to have [name]Charlotte[/name] as a MN for a girl, for me it is too popular as a FN.
It’s popular, but it will always be a gorgeous name - I don’t think this one could ever be “ruined”. In my opinion, it’s the same with names like [name]Lily[/name], [name]Sophie[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Ruby[/name] and [name]Amelia[/name]. All are popular where I live but they are still so beautiful and I love hearing them.
I agree. I don’t equate popularity with trendiness. [name]Charlotte[/name] is certainly on trend, but it has a long, illustrious history as a name and even if its popularity peaks to the top ten and then eventually falls (as is the way with names), it will still endure as a sturdy classic. I think of trendy names as those that rise out of nowhere (e.g., [name]Miley[/name]) and then vanish altogether.
[name]Charlotte[/name], I think, is a great name and is lovely with [name]Sofia[/name].
[name]One[/name] measure of trendiness (for me, anyhow) is if the name has been butchered into many different spellings. [name]Kaylee[/name], [name]Kayleigh[/name], [name]Cayleigh[/name], etc. – that screams trendy to me. [name]Charlotte[/name] has a few misspellings, but otherwise it’s mostly known as [name]Charlotte[/name].
That said, there are increasingly more Charlottes out there. So either go with [name]Charlotte[/name] because you love it and don’t care about all the other Charlottes, or go with another name that you love equally as much (if there is one) and try to beat the trends, which could be a losing battle anyway.
It’s definitely a popular name, where I live there’s plenty of [name]Charlotte[/name]'s of all ages, from newborns to elderly grandmothers. It’s a timeless name, but it will gain popularity in certain decades due to popular celebrities, TV shows, films etc. but that will happen to many names, for all we know [name]Orange[/name] or Peppermint could be the next name trend.
But I wouldn’t worry, it’s not a tacky name and I can for-see it being used aplenty in the future. It’s a classic name that I will forever love, and I doubt it will ever lose it’s appeal.
Im in the popular not trendy camp. I think there is a huuuuge difference between a classic name thats been around forever thats expiriencing a popularity spike and a trendy name that pops out of no where, hasn’t been around for a long time and generally follows some sort of specific trend - masculine name for a girl, lyn or ley on the end, a surname…THOSE I define as trendy.
I mean, you wouldnt call [name]Elizabeth[/name] trendy, would you? No and shes very very popular and has spent the past 100 years basically in the top 20. [name]Charlotte[/name] has been around for a very long time and will continue to be aeound long after this populaeity spike goes away.
I agree. There is a difference between popular and trendy. A name that suddenly becomes popular and may or may not have a history behind it (and it in danger of fading as quickly as it became popular) is trendy. I think of a name like [name]Nevaeh[/name] as a trendy name. [name]Charlotte[/name], on the other hand, is popular. It falls into the category with names like [name]Emma[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name] that are popular but have been around for years and years.
I also don’t think that a name gaining in popularity ruins it. I don’t know any little Sophias, Emmas, or Charlottes. I have only met one little [name]Olivia[/name]. Instead, we come across kids who have a variety of names. Names like [name]Hazel[/name], Jadie, [name]Paisley[/name], and [name]Ashlyn[/name].
[name]Charlotte[/name] is a classic and therefore cannot be trendy. I predict [name]Charlotte[/name] will enter the top 20 in 2012 or 2013, and I might even put money on [name]Charlotte[/name] entering the top 10. [name]Charlotte[/name] is a rising star but certainly not trendy.
Depends where you live I think. I don’t know many Olivias or Emmas yet those are popular. [name]Charlotte[/name] will be my first daughters name and it wouldn’t stop me from using it.
I know [name]Charlotte[/name] is a classic, a lovely one at that, but it is a trendy name. If it hadn’t risen so quickly I think it may have been different.
I totally agree with augusta_lee