[name_f]Imagine[/name_f] your most favorite name became #1 in popularity overnight! (Some sort of conspiracy/collusion of parents all naming their children at the same time I guessā¦) Would you still want to use it if you were having a baby soon ?
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Probably not, but really canāt imagine it for [name_f]Ermentrude[/name_f] haha
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No, Iām not nearly as bothered about popularity as I used to be but a name (probably fairly unusual, like most of my favourites) that rockets to #1 overnight seems like a red flag to me.
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I canāt even imagine the heartbreak that would cause me 
Iām already majorly struggling with the popularity of [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] & [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]. I donāt know if Iād still use my favourite. I think my pettiness wouldnāt let me, but Iād probably regret it lol
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If [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or [name_m]William[/name_m] somehow skyrocketed all the way to number 1 I would be surprised. It wouldnāt really bother me since if I picked different names I would probably regret it later on. However, I could let them go by their middle names or use [name_f]Ella[/name_f] and [name_m]Will[/name_m] as nicknames
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Haha good point
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I wouldnāt. I would be more likely to pick a name that has been popular for a while than one that is trending. Fast rising names fall and become dated just as quickly.
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As a [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] born in the early 90s ā I would have to give up the name. Expecting now and searching for baby girl names ā so many of my long time favorites are popular now! I knew long ago I would have to give up [name_f]Emily[/name_f]! And now even [name_f]Violet[/name_f] is soaring up the charts.
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Iād give up the name. I have a favorite boy name ([name_m]Simon[/name_m]) and a favorite girl name ([name_f]Athena[/name_f]), but I also have āsecond placeā names (rotates between a few based on the day, but right now those are [name_u]Julian[/name_u] and [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]/Cassia) that are so close Iād basically be equally content to use them. If I did have a favorite name by more than a slim margin? Honestly Iād still probably give it up. I know enough people who donāt especially like having a mega-popular name that I wouldnāt want to do that to my child personally (even though obviously there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a popular nameā I mean, I named myself [name_m]Jack[/name_m]).
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This^! I would be completely heartbroken, but having a top 10-50 name isnāt something I want either 
Though I could maybee do a top 100 if itās THE NAME
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Is [name_f]Emily[/name_f] still super popular? I know a five year old [name_f]Emily[/name_f] but Iāve not met another [name_f]Emily[/name_f] younger than college aged in years. Like I know itās still high on the charts but I thought it was dropping? Genuinely curious and unsure.
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I think itās dropping now, but it was so popular for so long that I think it will still feel overused for a long while yet (at least for me!). If had a more uncommon first name I donāt think it would bother me so much. But Iāve always hated that at school, college classes, even workplaces, thereās always been at least one other [name_f]Lauren[/name_f].
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I hear you. [name_f]My[/name_f] extended family has three [name_f]Lauren[/name_f]ās and a [name_f]Laura[/name_f], this includes two brothers who both married [name_f]Lauren[/name_f]ās with the same middle name AND maiden initial who BOTH took their husbandās last nameā¦ [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] names, but I canāt even get myself behind [name_u]Laurel[/name_u] or [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] because āLaurā names feel just soā¦ done even though I love them all.
I have a similar struggle with all the [name_u]Alex[/name_u]- names.
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It is dropping some but itās still #12 in the US
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Would I still use it? I donāt know. I generally donāt care about popularity outside of the Top 10 (because those are the only ones consistently common regardless of location). But No. 1 would be a tough blow! I would probably have to scrap it, though, honestly. [name_f]My[/name_f] top name is special to me, but I think it would lose its specialness if that many children shared it. So I would probably try to honor the same person with a different name, one I would hopefully fall just as in love with and that would feel just as special.
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No, Iād probably put it aside
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Yup! I would still use it! [name_f]Emma[/name_f] is in my top 3, and it was number one up until this year! It doesnāt bother me at all
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I think it depends as to how popular my name became if it entered the top 100 I wouldnāt be concerned but the top 10 I would be concerned as to why the name has become suddenly so popular I would be worried that the name would then date and be considered trendy which is something I dislike. So personally if [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] suddenly skyrocketed to number 1 I would be concerned and probably put off using the name. I think itās only because [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] could look trendy whereas I feel if you went with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] and that was number 1 they are solid classics therefore donāt look trendy.
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Thatās a really good point!
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I would still want to use it.
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