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

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

For me, it's definitely a list of names to avoid. A lot of people really don't seem to care though. And a lot of people just don't seem to have that much foresight, and only realize they are hearing Mackenzie/Ethan/Emma everywhere AFTER the baby is born. Too late.

It's nice to have such resources available these days -- more people should take advantage. My mom has told me she NEVER would've named me Jennifer in the 70s if she'd had such a list available to her. Amongst her group of friends and neighbors, nobody had a Jennifer, but five years later I entered kindergarten with 5 other girls by the same name. Sometimes you really just need to look a little deeper and what might matter down the road. If the stats say a name is being used a lot, it is!

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

*nod* i'm not suggesting freakish names or spellings, but there are less common names.

i have five katies in my classes this year and they all spell it differently. *grumble*