Popularity and likes

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I've noticed it seems to be a trend here to really dislike popular names and it's not the typical 'well, I like it but since it's so popular I would avoid using it at this time' but, with the exception of made up/misspelled names I just don't get it when people go 'Madison/Sarah/Emma sucks! It's in the top 10 HELLO! I'd pick any name but that' or something along those lines but more sugar coated or something. So what say you, do you honestly rule out a name on the hate list because it's popular or simply sigh and hope by the time you have a child the trend dies down?

I for example will admit I love Aidan as a name, the meaning is really sweet and I just like it. Not to mention that spelling it Aidán it is perfectly easy for my hispanic family to pronounce. And whenever I mention my like of the name it's like OMG EW -AYDEN TREND FOLLOWER!! When really... it's a name that's been around for centuries!

Another name I really like is Madison... this one I wouldn't use so much and it's not as high up as Aidan but it's nice enough but OMG EW MAD- TREND FOLLOWER gets so tiring to hear...

Comments

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

My biggest reason for avoiding really popular names (i.e, the top ten) is because as a teacher, it makes things really difficult in the classroom.

The year before last, I had four Jacks in one class. FOUR. Out of twenty-five kids. I'd see one mucking around with a Bunsen burner and yell "Jack! Stop that!", and the other three would turn around and want to know why I was yelling at them!

I'm currently a day shy of 13 weeks pregnant with my first child, and my husband and I have chosen names already. Our boy name flirts with top 30 names (but no higher), and our girl name (the first one, the middle one matters less in this regard) doesn't even make the top 100. I'm glad of it, and pray that a celebrity doesn't use it anytime soon and starts a trend!