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I like Esther and Martha.

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Josephine, Audrey, and Lillian are already making a comeback here in the USA.

I'm all about Beryl! Most of the others either have been revitalized or are on the verge of being revitalized.

I could see Josephine, Audrey, Sylvia, Martha, Nora, Clara, Lillian, Mabel and Esther increasing in popularity. Beryl not so much. Audrey, Lillian and Esther are already gaining popularity here in Australia and Mabel is starting to increase here too.

I think Lillian and Audrey have already made comebacks. I like Lillian, and loathe Audrey.

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I'd like to see Sylvia, Martha, and Mabel make a comeback. Nora and Clara I'm rather neutral about. Beryl, Josephine, and Esther should stay where they are, in my opinion.

Obviously things are likely to be a bit different in the UK, I'm only going by what I see/feel as an American.
Beryl: This doesn't seem to have ever gained a foothold here and I don't see it ever doing so. It sounds just like barrel here.
Josephine: Yeah, I think it's already come back modestly. I don't care for it, the feen sound makes it sound like some chemical spray.
Audrey: Been going more or less strong for a while now. Never really went totally out of fashion. I don't like it, it's heavy and clunky and grim.
Sylvia: Maybe will pop back up on occasion. It's pleasant sounding.
Martha: This isn't likely to come back. It doesn't deserve too anyway, it's frumpy and annoying.
Nora: This is already getting to be quite the hipster/yuppie name. It sounds like somebody's Irish maid to me.
Clara: About the same as Nora. Not quite as Irish.
Lillian: This is already quite popular now. I like it somewhat more than Lily, at least Lillian has some backbone to it.
Mabel: Hipster chic, maybe, or at least Hollywood chic. Also sounds like a maid: Mabel Mabel, set the table.
Esther: This is fairly attractive. I'm not sure I ever met anybody of any age named it but I wouldn't be surprised to.

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Beryl: All I hear is "barrel". I don't like the sound of it at all, or the look of it, really. I don't like a lot of B names.
Josephine: This one is nice and soft and pretty, but I feel like it's already making a comeback. I work with a 25 year old Josephine, but everyone calls her Sammy Jo.
Audrey: Lovely.
Sylvia: Eh, it's okay. It's nice and silver, but it's not a fancy name. Respectable, I guess.
Martha: I don't see the pretty in this one. It's fat and clunky and gray and it has hairy moles. I just don't get it.
Nora: I prefer Norah. Went to school with one. Yup.
Clara: Very nice.
Lillian: So I guess all those Lilys aren't Lilian/Lillian? Okay.
Mabel: LOVE IT.
Esther: Also love. It isn't the prettiest name, but it has a certain something.

Josephine is the only one I really like, but Audrey, Nora (strongly prefer Norah), and Clara are okay.

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I'm so bored of Lillian though. It's ranked 26 here in the US, and that doesn't include the variants (Lilian, Liliana, Lilianna, Lilliana, Lilliana, Lilyana, Lillyana), all of which are in the top 1000. And let's face it, most of these Lillians will go by Lilly / Lily. Lily is ranked 27, but there's also Lilly and Lillie.

Sylvia and Esther are my favorites.

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Beryl, though? I can't see that.

I can see all of these on the rise already.

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Beryl maybe the least... which is probably why it is my fav from the list.

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Lillian is already running up the charts, Nora has been in vogue for years and Audrey is timeless.

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I like most of the names on the list, though I prefer Sylvie to Sylvia.

I like Martha, Clara, Mabel and Esther, and I prefer Sylvie to Sylvia.