popularity question

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

All of the online lists and books about the most popular names for babies lead me to wonder...
Do you think most people look at those lists to figure out what to name their babies or what NOT to name their babies?

For me, it would be a list of names to avoid!

Comments

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I like to have a grasp of names popularities. It probably is lame to care so much, but I just can't help it. Also as a sheer morbid curiosity thing.

It kinda helps narrow down my list, popularity isn't the biggest deal for me, but when having to choose between to names then I generally go with the least common.

I wouldn't use unusual names just for the sake of it, that's a bit pretentious, but having grown up with such a common given name I can see the benefits of unusual names and would like my children to have that.