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February 2012 Moms
(Repost from name board) - Jacob ... Please Help Me
I know Jacob is super popular, and my family is discouraging me from
using the name because of that, but it's the only name I love and both
me and my fiance agree. Should the popularity deter me? My other names
are also pretty popular (Matthew, Nicholas, Ryan) so I feel like I might
as well use what I love if that is the case. I really wish it was not
so popular, but I do love the name so I am torn. I don't know any other
Jacobs but I know they're out there. I searched by state and it's top 5
for the past 5 years (at least it's not 1 in my state like the overall
list?) The only "unpopular" name I like is Austin, but I don't love it. I
gave up on the name Aidan when I realized how popular that has become
(but I didn't love it) .... So, do I use the name?
HELP!!!! I posted something similar a while back but now I am VERY seriously close to calling this his name, so I want to get opinions.
Thanks in advance ladies!
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Re: (Repost from name board) - Jacob ... Please Help Me
When it comes down to it, what is the worst that could happen? So your kid has another kid or two in his class with the same name. So what? It's not like it changes his identity. He'll still be him whether he is Spaceman Jones or Jacob Jones. I don't think popularity should prevent you from using a name you love. There is a reason names are popular!
When DH and I started considering Benjamin as a name, we thought about the popularity thing for about a minute and then decided it really didn't matter in the big picture of things and if we loved a name, we would use it.
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i'm a jennifer....i HATE how popular my name is. there were 3 OTHER jennifers in my kindergarten class and i hated it. even one with the same last initial, so there was always confusion.
also, h's sister and i have the same firstname lastname. it sucks. and several of h's friends are dating/married to jennifers...and it's always "my jenn" "your jenn".... super irritating.
yes, jacob is a classic name, but it's also currently a twilight name.....i'd avoid it for the next 10 years or so!
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It depends on how much you love it. We actually loved Jacob and I decided against it due to the popularity. My name was fairly popular and I had 2 other girls in my HS class with the same name and I hated having to share.
However, finding a good boy's name is difficult. I really never found anything I liked as much as I liked Jacob and the whole thing turned into a non-issue for us, since I am having a girl.
It sounds like you really love them name and, for you, that outweighs the popularity issue. If that's the case, then go for it!
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The name we ended up choosing is also very popular (Chloe ranks #9 on the SSA chart). At first, I kept trying to come up with other choices because of the popularity factor, but I just kept coming back to Chloe. It's the one name that my dh and I both loved the moment we heard it. We had NO idea it was popular til I looked it up. Because of that, we've decided that having a name we love is more important than being original. So, we're embracing Chloe.
My advice would be, if you love it, go for it!