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in reply to a message by Domestic Engineer
Personally, anything in the Top 30 (maybe 50) I would shy away from, the reason being that the child would inevitably be known throughout schooling as "Noah G," "Olivia B," "Jacob M," or "Emma D."
Kids like meeting one or two people who share their name (with me being an Erica born in the early 90s, that happened a couple times growing up), but not being one of four people with the same name in their class (like the Christophers and Ashleys of my generation). It sort of takes away a child's sense of individuality. So if this is a real concern for you, then it would be prudent to pay attention as much to local trends as national (e.g. there aren't that many little Noahs running around in your area); I know in many places if you name your son John he might be the only one.
That said, please keep in mind that there's a greater naming pool now than ever before. Looking back when John and Mary were the #1 names (which they were for a looooonnng time), their popularity graphs show their #1 positions to be much higher than, say, Noah's #1 position today. http://www.behindthename.com/name/noah/top/united-states?compare=John&type=percent
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/tra
Kids like meeting one or two people who share their name (with me being an Erica born in the early 90s, that happened a couple times growing up), but not being one of four people with the same name in their class (like the Christophers and Ashleys of my generation). It sort of takes away a child's sense of individuality. So if this is a real concern for you, then it would be prudent to pay attention as much to local trends as national (e.g. there aren't that many little Noahs running around in your area); I know in many places if you name your son John he might be the only one.
That said, please keep in mind that there's a greater naming pool now than ever before. Looking back when John and Mary were the #1 names (which they were for a looooonnng time), their popularity graphs show their #1 positions to be much higher than, say, Noah's #1 position today. http://www.behindthename.com/name/noah/top/united-states?compare=John&type=percent
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/tra
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