Name question for those who work w/kids under 5

Re: Name question for those who work w/kids under 5

• jessawakawaii

  January 2009

  Not a teacher, but also a Jessica of the 80s and I feel the exact same way about naming my future children.
  

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• liv.n.dan

  January 2009

  I don't work with kids under five, but It's my name, so I notice.  I only knew one other Olivia growing up and I think it was a freak thing.  Now, every time I go to an event where there are younger kids there, there is always an Olivia.  I hear it all over the place.  I go to the grocery store and there is a mother yelling at her Olivia.  (of course because I grew up the only one, my stomach always drops and I think - what did I do??).  I LOVE the name, and grew up wishing women did the junior thing too, because it WAS unique, but not weird with a really cute nickname - Liv.  But, I think it is going to soon be akin to Jennifer (or Jessica).  Normal and common.  Which is fine, but not what you are going for I think.
  

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• JoyGotDots

  January 2009

  I work at a preschool with 430 kids and I think maybe 2 of them are named Olivia.  I know more Olivias in the 5-10 range.
  

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• jaredswife

  January 2009

  Coming from another Jessica, I wouldnt take the risk.  I dont know any little girls names Olivia, but wouldnt name my child any name that I knew was that popular.

  It has been hard for me because I love the names Sophia, Abigail, Ava, and Olivia, but I gave them all up because I refuse to name my kids anything that is top, or even top 100.

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• musicmama09

  January 2009

  thanks girls! ?maybe i'll just name her jennifer. lol

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• AmF818

  January 2009

  4 years of teaching K and I havent had an Olivia yet.

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• nire99 member

  January 2009

  I don't teach, but there are three Olivia/Livi's in my daughter's Pre-K class.  It is a pretty name though.

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• cheapbeachbride

  January 2009

  It really depends on where you live, find your state's SS website and look up the baby names for 2008 for a better idea.  At my preschool, a few years ago we had 3 Olivias in one class.

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• KMR816

  January 2009

  I've worked at a K-3 school with about 600 kids for four years. ?I remember 2 Olivia's. ?I also work with preschoolers at church (around 1500 members), and we have one Olivia.

  I love the name!?

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• Kelly Madonna

  January 2009

  I have an Abigail, which was #4 on the list for 2007, and, sure enough, she goes to daycare with 2 others (both a yr older than her). I couldn't worry about that though, I liked the name & not many others. Plus NOTHING goes with our last name, I was 2wks away from my due date so I went with it. I'd say if you love it THAT much, use it.

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• liv.n.dan

  January 2009

  I just happened upon this board by a link on the nest.  And this ironically was the only post I opened other than the one linked.  So, I don't know if this site has been discussed here.  But, this is a cool site that shows names popularity and does surveys of what people think of certain names. 

  https://www.babynamewizard.com/namemapper/

   It is kind of neat to play on.  On the namemapper, Olivia is much more popular in northern states.  
  

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• pghctwife member

  January 2009

  One thing to remember too is that there are more names in circulation now than there were even in the 80s. So (pulling numbers from my head but I knwo there are articles on this) lets say Jennifer was #1 in 1982 with 20% of baby girls born. Now, Emma might be number one but only has 11% of baby girls born. (numbers and names are wrong but that is the jist).

  So, the chances of another Jessica/Jennifer crazy happening with the popular names now is slim. Even a popular name for today wont be nearly what those of us with common names from the 70s/80s experienced.

   

  IMO Olivia is a beautiful name, and I doubt it is/will be as common as Jessica - not even close. I think you are safe!

  
  

  
  

  
  
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• MrsJLK

  January 2009

  I'm not a teacher either but love the name Olivia Kate if Dh and I have another DD.  I'm also a Jessica of the 80's, and although it didn't bother me too much, there were too many of us...lol .

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• MrsJJC

  January 2009

  I teach (older kids though) and have only taught one Olivia in 5 years. ?I know of one Olivia in K and 1 infant, but they spelled it Alyvia or something weird like that. ?

  As a Jennifer, I relate to your concern. ?Definitely play with the name mapper on the babynamewizard.com site - but I'd say that there is no way Olivia will be the next Jessica or Jennifer :-) It's one of my favorite names, too!?

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