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Yes- conservative names are definitely coming back. As a gen-z girl with an unfortunately "kreatyv " name, myself and many many others are very tired of names trying to be so special. I think this is going to be magnified for Gen Alpha. The Emmas and Samanthas are more likely be naming their children Mountain or Eleven or Arizona or Emerald etc. while the people who had a different name growing up are more likely to name our children Elizabeth, Amelia, etc- the beautifully normal names we wanted. But I just don't see Mary coming back quite yet- it's the name of a lot of our grandmothers. Similarly, every other mom of a GenZ that I know is named either Jennifer, so I don't see that (or Brenda) coming back quite yet. But it's very strange, because looking at the top 1910-29s names it is very easy to see all of those returning (Dorothy, Margaret, Helen, Ruth)- except for #1, Mary. I think she has just been used so much that it is going to take her a bit longer to recover. But don't worry, we will have plenty of Mariella, Mariam, Mariannes to help us wait for her :) .