And you ruined my tomorrow.
My wife is 8.5 months pregnant and we just settled on our names (plural because we don’t know what we’re having):
Delton Vincent and Julia Mackenzie
Delton was my wife’s grandfather’s name, but I’ve never seen it anywhere else. Anyone here?
I’d only heard of the name “Mackenzie” as a surname untill I read this thread. Guess I’ve learned my new fact for the day.
Erm… just pretend you can’t see a typo…
I think my girl’s name is just prime for becoming trendy and yet I don’t see it happening. Since I have no plans for another child, I don’t care if it becomes trendy so I’ll put it out there for you all to enjoy: Claudia.
My son is Matthew and it was the most popular name in our state the year he was born. I just racked my brains for something unpopular that I liked and I couldn’t think of a thing. Well, I was a very poor sport about my c-section and they had to sedate me heavily. I guess I forgot to mention my misgivings about Matthew because when I woke up, my husband was calling him that. Eh! His middle name is Wilson and it’s not a family name so that 's cool.
More names that will never be spelled right on a airline ticket … 
And on the Simpsons (gee,I love these cites) whilst Cletus’ children are named Zoë and Chloë, they’re pronounced Zo and Clo.
Mubbe thats just dem Mussussuppians foor ya.
ah yes, but we know they are there…
as for ruining your tomorrow, I used to love the names Olivia and Sophia. They are 4 and 6 on the list, IIRC.
It’s not too bad as a middle name, though. My middle name does double-duty because it can be both a first name and a last name (in my case, it remembers a last name.)
Now as a first name, ACK!
OK, so I looked up “Charlotte,” which is my first-choice baby-girl name, and in the last five years it’s jumped up in the rankings from 306 to 183. Eee. :: crosses fingers that it won’t be in the top fifty by the time I get around to breeding ::
“Eliza,” my second choice, is still comfortably far down at 334, but it’s shot up in the last ten years – all the pre-1994 rankings are in the 500s and 600s, and it’s been getting steadily more popular since.
And “Helena,” choice #3, started off in the 900s fifteen years ago and has risen to 519. Still not too bad, but I’m thinkin’ I really need to start having babies before everybody jumps on my bandwagon.
I’m a Charlotte. I hate that name, and trust me, it’s far from popular. The only people I’ve ever met with that name are in my grandmother’s generation.
I must admit I like the classic names. I’m lucky in that I have one, but if I ever have a son, aaah think aaah’m gonna name him BILL or GEORGE anything but SUE!!!
ahem
William, James, David, Andrew, Phillip, John, etc. Never No.1 most popular name, but always make a showing, and you won’t subject your poor child to a lifetime of having to spell it out to clerks.
I haven’t thought so much about girls’ names, but the same applies. I do like “Susan”.
One other thing: if you want the short form of “Bob” or “Bill” or “Jack”, name your child with the full one. It’s nice for the child to have both to choose from as an adult, and it looks better when you really need to be taken seriously.
Charlotte’s making a comeback. I teach preschool, and the “older” names are on the rise. I’ve had two Charlottes in the last couple of years. I love it, personally.
It seems like the Camerons and McKennas are on the way out and Olivia and Rose and William and David and Daniel are back in.
For example, this year I have Joe and Charlie and Will and Tommy, and the girls are Annie and Maggie (short for Margaret) and Sophia and Lily and Elizabeth.
All very normal names. Not a trendy one in the bunch.
I’m guessing the jump coincides with Sex and the City…
I have a 17 month old niece named Charlotte. No connections, they just liked the traditional sound of the name.
I see the oldfashioneds are coming back-Lily,Molly,Harry,Florence etc etc…
So, if Zoe never goes higher than it is now (I think it’s somewhere around 50), even though it’s climbed the ranks, that’s not trendy right? How high does it have to go before I say, “Screw it. Can’t go with that name?”
Well, of course that’s a personal choice. But I’d look up some others which strike you as obviously overused and annoying, and see how Zoe compares. Does it seem to you that there’s too many Mackenzies running around? Would you give your daughter a name as popular as Mackenzie? 'Cause that only made it into the 40s.
For me, it’s a balance between how much I love the name and how it ranks. I’ve chosen Caileigh for WhyBaby (oh yeah, we found out she’s a girl! Yay!), and although that spelling doesn’t break the top 1000, “Kaylee”, the more popular spelling, is at #54. I’m hearing it quite a bit, but I simply don’t care this time. It’s a name I really like, and it “feels” right for my baby. For me, choosing to not use a name simply because it’s popular is just as silly as choosing one because it’s popular. Either way, I’m letting other people influence what I name my child. And that just isn’t my style.
I adore this name, but my husband isn’t so sure. It sounds good with our last name, though.
My very favorite name has flown up the charts in the last few years, and both of us are incredibly disappointed. It was in the 200s four years ago, then it was 51 in 2003, and now it’s number 12 or something (scratch that, just checked for 2004 and it’s number TEN! DAMMIT!). NO one liked this name when we first talked about having kids! It’s a beautiful, older name - Ava. Now it’s off our list because I refuse to name any child a name that’s above 50.
Now we’ve got Miranda as our #1 name, but I keep worrying that it’s going to head further up the list, too - it’s 200 or something now. It seems like every name I like does that. Aside from Miranda, I like older names like Adele, Eliza, Ruth (my grandmother’s name), Anastasia, and Faith (which is 52, so it’s a little too close for comfort). My husband’s a little more on the trendy side, unfortunately.
Luckily, our boys’ names are either over 100 or just below it - Malcolm, Henry and Frederick.
We’re hoping to get pregnant by the end of the year, so I’m hoping these names won’t change too much in the next year and a half.
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