UGH, my name choice is becoming trendy...

Galena99

I *always* liked Sophia for a girl but that became too trendy and I nixed it.

I *always* liked Evan for a boy, named DS Evan and now it is pretty popular. 

I *always* liked Finley for a boy, but now that is making it's way up the charts as well (and as a GIRLS name?!). 

 

I have a name that everyone else has and I would have liked my kid to be the only one in his/her class with that particular name.  I know I can't control that, but if a name is moving up on the charts it makes me want to avoid it.  I just want something cute, but not too out there and am really having trouble.  We may just end up going with what we like and dealing with it, but it still makes me a little frustrated.

Anyone else avoiding trendy names and not having any luck? 

 

itsmevkb

I've considered naming a girl Adelaide after my grandmother but there are a million and one Addy/Addisons out there and that makes me not want to name her that as much.

Zed58

I hear ya!  I'm a Jen/Jennifer.  Isn't everyone from the 70's, 80's & 90's a Jen/Jennifer...or Sara?

I didn't want our kids to have popular names either, but at the same time, didn't want them to have crazy, off the wall names.  DD#1 is still unique without being crazy (I never post it cause I'm that afraid of it catching on...is that weird!?!?) Seems like every time we meet someone new they compliment her name and ask if they can pass it on to someone they know who is expecting a girl. NO! YOU CAN'T!!

DD#2 is named Alayna.  Didn't even know Alayna was a popular name when we chose it.  Hadn't ever actually heard it before.  We wanted to use Layne as a boy name and couldn't come up with a girl name. We swapped the 'e' for an 'a' to make Layna for a girl.  Then decided we need a nn that would work with it so we threw an 'A' on the front of it so we could call her Al (that's a small L, not a large i).  We totally thought we made it up.  Apparently we were very, very wrong as Alayna's are EVERYWHERE these days. Ugh!

Needless to say we have NO idea where we are going with names this time around. 

Galena99

I know, I didn't know Evan was trendy when I picked it.  That's the same excuse my mom uses on me.  I was one of FOUR people with the same name in my dorm (out of 20 girls)

caitlin*marie

I've always loved Lillian (from the rugrats - Phil and Lil!) but now everyone is naming their daughter Lillian or Liliana or whatever else. So it's a no go for me. I'm the very same way. I don't want my kid to have a last initial attached to their first name so the teacher knows which one they are talking about. Boo.

3ltlones

what about Finnigan?  It's similar to Finley but probably not as popular.  

kathymarie

I don't think Finley is popular at all. Finn is becoming more recognizable to me, but not Finley. 

DowagerCountessofNJ

I'm a Jennifer.  I actually spell Jenn with 2 "n's" because I needed some way of differentiating between all the Jen's in my classes.

I like Sophia and I'm ticked off it's becoming popular, as is Jack which I also really like.  I don't think I'll be changing our choices though...it took me forever to get DH to agree to Sophia because all he thought about was the damn Golden Girls.

spincat9

3ltlones:

what about Finnigan?  It's similar to Finley but probably not as popular.  

Interesting - last year I had 5 friends who had babies:

2 had boys and both named them Finnegan

2 had girls and both named them Emily

1 more had a girl and named her Sophia

The irony is that like PP says back in the 70's we were all named Jennifer, Sarah or Heather (like me) - nowadays if you choose THOSE names there probably will not be another Jennifer, Sarah or Heather in your class - go figure...

Mrs.EmmaLouise

I loved Sophia, but nixed it due to popularity.  My name was uncommon growing up in the states, no one had heard of it and I was constantly asked if it was short for Emily- or teachers just flat out called me Emily.  Now every other kid under 5 is named Emma.  And I can't walk down the grocery aisle without hearing some mother yelling "EMMA!  STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!".   Because of that, I want a non-popular name that is common enough that people at least recognize it and can spell/pronounce it.  It was really hard to pick out a name that wasn't too trendy, good luck!

bbhalphen

Yeah, I see a lot of 'trendy' names as a teacher.  I loved the name Emily but now it's too popular.  It's going to be very hard for me to choose a name if I get to that point!

eminbmore

My name is Emily, so I've grown up with the popular name (I sympathize with Emma about constantly being yelled at at the grocery store :-P).  I never thought I'd name my child a popular name, but now that I'm a little older the popularity of my name honestly doesn't bother me.

We named DS Christopher, after FIL - so there wasn't really any discussion about it's popularity or not.  It seems like it'd be a really popular name (and according to the SSA charts, it is) but I've never met another baby or young child named Christopher.

Our name choices for #2 are all gaining in popularity, and that bothers me - although I'm not sure if in the end it will make us not use them or not.  We'll have to see when we get to that point, I guess.  It makes me sad every time I hear another person using my favorite girl name though (Claire). 

kbel424

I love the name Sophia (especially with our last name) so I just don't care if it's trendy now. We had a hard time agreeing on names and we both love this one, so we're going for it!!

ksulli

I have an odd name and love it (Kyla) so I really want to do something different but not crazy for my kids. I'm fighting with DH about naming a boy Sullivan and gaining traction. Not sure about a girl yet.

vflipo

It kind of bothers me that Abigail is so popular, but it is the only girl name I like and won't cringe saying every day. So, I just have to live with it being popular and hope there aren't too many of them running around here