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[Opinions] What name is becoming popular that you don’t care for?

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Wren, Lark in fact pretty much all 'word' names.
I thought I was the only one that doesn’t like Jack and Owen!!
I don't like Owen either.
Especially bad on a girl.
I agree about Oakley / lyn, Everly, and Banks.
Not into Hadley or Bodhi either, but they don't bother me as much.Mine would be -- if I restrict it to names that are actually pretty popular, and at least somewhat rising, that I dislike more than just "nms":Luna
Nova
SadieTheodore
Luca
Levi
More that seem to be rising (?) that I dislike:
Eloise
Aurora
Juniper
Lorelei / Lorelai etc
Esther
Saylor
Sutton
Sawyer
Lennon
Collins
LyricFelix
Hudson
Cooper
Brooks
Walker
Milo
Tate
Onyx
Old Names Make a Comeback (These aren't just things I don't like because they're "old", it's more like I don't like the way they sound) - Ada, Alice, Amelia, August, Aurelia, Beatrice, Cecilia, Clara, Cora, Dorothy, Ella, Eloise, Esther, Flora, Florence, Genevieve, Henry, Iris, Isabella, Jack, Josephine, Margaret, Octavia, Oscar, Olivia, Ophelia, Otto, Ruby, Ruth, Sebastian, Sophia, Stella, Vera, Vincent, Theodore Modern Names- Arlo, Aurora, Beau, Bowie, Brinley, Cash, Collins, Cooper, Emerson, Everly, Frankie, Finley, Greer, Hunter, Isla, Jackson, Juniper, Kinsley,

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Jream. I literally don’t get it.
Ha, I've never seen this one. Not that I'm defending it, but interestingly when we say "dream" or anything starting with dr-, we are mostly saying a soft j, like jream. Same with words that start with tr-, we really end up saying a chr- (tree becomes chree, sort of). I had never really thought about this until I took a phonetics class.In some accents it's probably more pronounced than others, which is why it probably makes some sense to whoever invented this name.
Aside from the usual trendy surname-y names that usually don't do it for me, here are some that I just have always disliked that have gained steam:Lucas / Luke / Luca
Owen
Asher
Hudson
Ezekiel - actually shocked this is in the top 50
Cooper
Kai - very surprised this one has stuck around for as long as it has, it was considered celeb-trendy back in like 2005
Camila
Naomi
FreyaGenerally I personally think the boys have been faring worse than the girls in recent years.
All of those you named and some that others have said:
Rory
Sloane
Aurora
Rory
Blakely
Stevie
Delaney
Emery
Emerson
Maxton
Kashton
Kash or Cash
Bexley
Brixley
Zade
Bailey
AlyssaI do care for some trendy names, though. For instance I like Riley, Harley, Miley, Max, King, River, Stone, Shiloh, Milo, Kylie, Cadence, Melody, Jasper, Casey, Talia, Charlie, etc.
Maverick. How this gimmicky name continues to climb, I don't understand. In 40 years people will assume the name Rick is short for Maverick, not Richard.
Literally anything that ends with -ley or -lyn.
Ryleigh. I think the "leigh" spelling is a touch obnoxious.
Stetson is #238 in the US, having risen 133 spots from last year. That's more popular than Simon! I think it's really ugly, and I have no clue why it rose so dramatically.
Stetson combines two currently popular trends in the States - ending in -on (compare Kashton, Colton...) and surname name (compare Banks, Baylor...). I think the type of hat also played a role regarding the popularity...Either way, there are much better options out there.
Becoming popular, so not popular yet? Out of the top 50?M: Frederick Rowan Felix Sonny Blake Otis Ralph Tobias Ruben Marley Enzo Kai Angel Adrian Waylon Axel Micah Thiago Austin Luca Bryson F: Margot Mabel Lola Zara Robyn Lyla Nevaeh Indie River Beatrice Lyra Maya Paisley Natalie Genesis Natalia Emery Anna Iris Eloise Maeve Julia Remi Valeria

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Violet
Ivy
Margo
Edith

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