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in reply to a message by Rosalia_Paw
There are some names that I used to like when they were unusual (out of the top 300 at least, or not on the chart at all) that I stopped liking the more I heard them used. I wouldn't use those, but I don't think that's about popularity, exclusively.
There are some names I like, regardless of popularity. I wouldn't use those, if they were in the Top 10 (Benjamin is one of those)...maybe not even if they'd been in the Top 10 in the last 40 years...unless the commonness of it actually appealed to me; I think in that case, it'd have to have been around the Top 10 or 20 mark for at least a century (I'm thinking of Joseph, which I wouldn't mind using, and Daniel, which I like but wouldn't use because it sounds dated to me, even though it's current: it hasn't been super popular for as long).
About trends vs local, and names in the top 50 - My name was #44 (and rising) the year I was born, and I was the only one in my school until I transferred in the middle of high school...although there was one boy with the same NN, his full name was Salvatore...I've met lots of people who share my name now, but most of them are younger, and it's never been a problem...it never quite got into the Top 10, though it's been in the Top 30 my entire life.
I'd maybe hesitate to use a name in the Top 11-30 range, but I wouldn't dismiss it completely because of popularity.
There are some names I like, regardless of popularity. I wouldn't use those, if they were in the Top 10 (Benjamin is one of those)...maybe not even if they'd been in the Top 10 in the last 40 years...unless the commonness of it actually appealed to me; I think in that case, it'd have to have been around the Top 10 or 20 mark for at least a century (I'm thinking of Joseph, which I wouldn't mind using, and Daniel, which I like but wouldn't use because it sounds dated to me, even though it's current: it hasn't been super popular for as long).
About trends vs local, and names in the top 50 - My name was #44 (and rising) the year I was born, and I was the only one in my school until I transferred in the middle of high school...although there was one boy with the same NN, his full name was Salvatore...I've met lots of people who share my name now, but most of them are younger, and it's never been a problem...it never quite got into the Top 10, though it's been in the Top 30 my entire life.
I'd maybe hesitate to use a name in the Top 11-30 range, but I wouldn't dismiss it completely because of popularity.
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