Names you really like that are *not* in the Top 1000
What names do you really like, that didn't make it into the SSA's Top 1000 for 2015 (which truly encompasses a *lot* of births)? If you're not American, the BtN site does have lists from other countries, tough they don't go as high as 1000 - but if you have access to a longer list, feel free to use it!
Mine:
Alistair
Edmund
Harris
Ross
&
Aline
Aphra
Callista
Cecily
Constance
Deirdre
Delia
Eloisa
Evanna
Florence
Hera
Justine
Katarina
Linnéa
Marguerite
Maude
Marian
Morgana
Morwenna
Nadine
Philippa
Phyllida
Rhiannon
Sheridan
Tess
Ursula
Valentine
Viola
Yvette
Please rate my personal name list:
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
http://greens-end.myminicity.com
Mine:
Alistair
Edmund
Harris
Ross
&
Aline
Aphra
Callista
Cecily
Constance
Deirdre
Delia
Eloisa
Evanna
Florence
Hera
Justine
Katarina
Linnéa
Marguerite
Maude
Marian
Morgana
Morwenna
Nadine
Philippa
Phyllida
Rhiannon
Sheridan
Tess
Ursula
Valentine
Viola
Yvette
Please rate my personal name list:
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
http://greens-end.myminicity.com
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Amaryllis
Apollonia
Artemisia
Beatrix
Cicely
Clemency
Fern
Flora
Jessamine
Linnea
May
Mirabelle
Nyssa
Opal
Ravenna
Sophronia
Susannah - surprised this doesn't rank
Verity
Xanthe
Zipporah
Arden
Carmine
Draco
Evander - surprised this doesnt rank
Galen
Isidore
Jethro
Ocean
Peregrine
Raven
Sky
Stellan
Sylvan
Sylvester
Tycho
Valerian
Zeno
Zephyr
Apollonia
Artemisia
Beatrix
Cicely
Clemency
Fern
Flora
Jessamine
Linnea
May
Mirabelle
Nyssa
Opal
Ravenna
Sophronia
Susannah - surprised this doesn't rank
Verity
Xanthe
Zipporah
Arden
Carmine
Draco
Evander - surprised this doesnt rank
Galen
Isidore
Jethro
Ocean
Peregrine
Raven
Sky
Stellan
Sylvan
Sylvester
Tycho
Valerian
Zeno
Zephyr
This message was edited 6/24/2016, 11:42 AM
Yes, someone else who likes Amaryllis! :D
Guilty pleasures
Loooove your list. I haven't checked their rankings, but I'd be blown away if any of the following were in the top 1000 here in the U.S:
Ursula, Gobnait, Frederica, Madelief, Clothilde, Anouk, Leda, Dulcie / Dulcinea, Mairéad, Silvestra, Prudence, Afton, Consuelo, Murgheal / Muriel, Isibéal / Ishbel, Horatia, Myfanwy, Eugénie, Mor, Iphigenia, Nolwenn, Scholastica, Desideria, Egidia (see: Aegidius), Léonie / Léontine, Effie, Isabeau, Johari, Casimira, Edelweiss, Annetilde, Pierangela, Praskovia (see; Praskoviya), Gervaise, Eirwen, Carmela, Francoise, Nefertiti, Jacomina, Benedicta, Sibyl, Igraine, Callisto, Blaithin, Imelda, Glynis, Una / Oona / Oonagh, Anselma, Laurette, Elva / Elvy, Berangère, Simonetta, Angharad, Perpetua, Eimear, Ludivine, etc.
Loooove your list. I haven't checked their rankings, but I'd be blown away if any of the following were in the top 1000 here in the U.S:
Ursula, Gobnait, Frederica, Madelief, Clothilde, Anouk, Leda, Dulcie / Dulcinea, Mairéad, Silvestra, Prudence, Afton, Consuelo, Murgheal / Muriel, Isibéal / Ishbel, Horatia, Myfanwy, Eugénie, Mor, Iphigenia, Nolwenn, Scholastica, Desideria, Egidia (see: Aegidius), Léonie / Léontine, Effie, Isabeau, Johari, Casimira, Edelweiss, Annetilde, Pierangela, Praskovia (see; Praskoviya), Gervaise, Eirwen, Carmela, Francoise, Nefertiti, Jacomina, Benedicta, Sibyl, Igraine, Callisto, Blaithin, Imelda, Glynis, Una / Oona / Oonagh, Anselma, Laurette, Elva / Elvy, Berangère, Simonetta, Angharad, Perpetua, Eimear, Ludivine, etc.
This message was edited 6/24/2016, 11:05 AM
This was really hard for me. Guess all my favorites are popular. But here are a few I came up with.
Amberly
Betsy (MN only)
Corina
Dorothea(MN only)
Easter (MN and if born close to the holiday)
Gillian
Hillary
Isobel
Justine
Kristine (not my favorite spelling but I still like it)
Lucinda
Marcella
Nadine
Opal
Rosina and Rosetta (both are family names)
Susanna
Tess (MN only)
Unity (MN only)
Aksel
Bartholomew
Elton
Isiah
Leopold and Lenard
Montgomery
Norris
Amberly
Betsy (MN only)
Corina
Dorothea(MN only)
Easter (MN and if born close to the holiday)
Gillian
Hillary
Isobel
Justine
Kristine (not my favorite spelling but I still like it)
Lucinda
Marcella
Nadine
Opal
Rosina and Rosetta (both are family names)
Susanna
Tess (MN only)
Unity (MN only)
Aksel
Bartholomew
Elton
Isiah
Leopold and Lenard
Montgomery
Norris
Agatha
Agnes
Alida
Amethyst
Angus (I'm surprised it's not top 1000 tbh, it's top 100 everywhere else)
Benedict
Carole
Chrysanthe
Claude
Darlene
Delyth
Demetrius
Domenica
Eugenia
Eulalia
Euphemia
Florence
Harriet (ditto above)
Harris
Hermione
Ida
Indigo
Jessamyn
Joachim
Josepha
Lavender (can't believe Juniper and Meadow are in there but not Lavender)
Leopold
Lorena (this legit confuses me that it's not top 1000)
Malachy
Marcella (this too)
Maude
Melisande
Mneme
Octavian
Opal
Ophelia
Pascal
Pleasance
Prudence
Ramona
Rosalba
Rosamund
Rosmerta
Shoshana
Thisbe
Tuesday
Tulip
Ulyssa
Winona
Agnes
Alida
Amethyst
Angus (I'm surprised it's not top 1000 tbh, it's top 100 everywhere else)
Benedict
Carole
Chrysanthe
Claude
Darlene
Delyth
Demetrius
Domenica
Eugenia
Eulalia
Euphemia
Florence
Harriet (ditto above)
Harris
Hermione
Ida
Indigo
Jessamyn
Joachim
Josepha
Lavender (can't believe Juniper and Meadow are in there but not Lavender)
Leopold
Lorena (this legit confuses me that it's not top 1000)
Malachy
Marcella (this too)
Maude
Melisande
Mneme
Octavian
Opal
Ophelia
Pascal
Pleasance
Prudence
Ramona
Rosalba
Rosamund
Rosmerta
Shoshana
Thisbe
Tuesday
Tulip
Ulyssa
Winona
Anica (Annika is 571; Anika is 580 in the US and 60 in Slovenia)
Araceli (fell off the US top 1000 in 2014)
Calixta / Calista (Calista fell off the US top 1000 in 2004)
Catriona (hasn't even been in the top 100 in Scotland since 2002)
Eloree (family name)
Graciela (really??)
Gwendolen (Gwendolyn is 404)
Harriet (surprising to me - it's popular in England and Wales, Australia, and New Zealand, though)
Imogen (very popular in several other English-speaking countries)
Linnea (popular in Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Noelia (popular in Spanish-speaking countries and... Switzerland?)
Octavia (fell off US top 1000 in 1998)
Persephone
Robin (971 for boys, unranked for girls)
Salem
Ajax
Alastair (not even popular in England and Wales anymore)
Benedict
Edmund
Evren
Moroni (okay, not surprised by this one, haha - I bet it ranks in Utah, though)
Mosiah (same)
Phineas
Salem
Araceli (fell off the US top 1000 in 2014)
Calixta / Calista (Calista fell off the US top 1000 in 2004)
Catriona (hasn't even been in the top 100 in Scotland since 2002)
Eloree (family name)
Graciela (really??)
Gwendolen (Gwendolyn is 404)
Harriet (surprising to me - it's popular in England and Wales, Australia, and New Zealand, though)
Imogen (very popular in several other English-speaking countries)
Linnea (popular in Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Noelia (popular in Spanish-speaking countries and... Switzerland?)
Octavia (fell off US top 1000 in 1998)
Persephone
Robin (971 for boys, unranked for girls)
Salem
Ajax
Alastair (not even popular in England and Wales anymore)
Benedict
Edmund
Evren
Moroni (okay, not surprised by this one, haha - I bet it ranks in Utah, though)
Mosiah (same)
Phineas
Salem
Moroni doesn't rank in Utah either. I'm surprised-- last time it was used enough to appear in the background data was 2009-- 6 boys.
The best it ever ranked was in 2000-- 10 boys were given the name that year.
Mosiah only ever appeared in 2001-- 5 boys.
The best it ever ranked was in 2000-- 10 boys were given the name that year.
Mosiah only ever appeared in 2001-- 5 boys.
Huh. I know a ton of boys and men named Moroni, but I guess there's not quite enough of a concentration of them actually being born in Utah each year to make the ranking.
Thanks for looking that up!
Thanks for looking that up!
I keep a file with rankings for my favourite names, but apparently I haven't updated it since December though, So thanks for the reminder!
I’m sure there are plenty of other names I like, but I’m not going to bother searching though lists. It’s like 4 am.
Not ranked in the US top 1000:
Ansel
Aurelian
Benedict
Bernard
Caspar
Casper
Cillian
Domhnall / Donal
Eamonn
Edmund
Giles
Horatio
Inigo
Ivo
Japheth
Josias
Jolyon
Laurence – Strangely Lawrence is quite high
Lucien – Lucian does rank but I prefer the French form.
Rufus
Rupert
Sylvain
Sylvan
Wilfred
Allegra
Artemisia
Beatrix
Cornelia
Dorothea
Flora
Florence
Georgiana
Isadora
Juno
Leticia
Maude
Octavia
Olympia
Ottilie
Petra
Philomena
Silvia
Sylvia
Theodosia
Thora
Violetta
Zenobia
I’m sure there are plenty of other names I like, but I’m not going to bother searching though lists. It’s like 4 am.
Not ranked in the US top 1000:
Ansel
Aurelian
Benedict
Bernard
Caspar
Casper
Cillian
Domhnall / Donal
Eamonn
Edmund
Giles
Horatio
Inigo
Ivo
Japheth
Josias
Jolyon
Laurence – Strangely Lawrence is quite high
Lucien – Lucian does rank but I prefer the French form.
Rufus
Rupert
Sylvain
Sylvan
Wilfred
Allegra
Artemisia
Beatrix
Cornelia
Dorothea
Flora
Florence
Georgiana
Isadora
Juno
Leticia
Maude
Octavia
Olympia
Ottilie
Petra
Philomena
Silvia
Sylvia
Theodosia
Thora
Violetta
Zenobia
Only mentioning usable as otherwise it would be absurdly long.
Adara
Agnes
Alanis
Audra
Blythe
Bryony
Carol
Charis
Dolores
Elanor
Elspeth
Fleur
Gladys
Kay
Kirsi
Lark
Lourdes
Magdalene
Mattea
Maude
Melantha
Mercy
Petra
Praise
Saskia
Sian
Sigrid
Sonia
Suzette
Sylvie
Talitha
Tamsin
Temperance
Verity
Viola
Zinnia
Zoey
Alaric
Alister
Ansel
Aram
Bede
Benaiah
Benedict
Bram
Brand
Cyprian
Cyril
Eamon
Elam
Emrys
Graeme
Hadrian
Henrik
Laurence
Leander
Lewin
Llyr
Matthan
Orrin
Pace
Pascal
Patton
Peredur
Rembrandt
Roald
Sander
Somerled
Tadgh
Tobin
Tristram
Willem
Adara
Agnes
Alanis
Audra
Blythe
Bryony
Carol
Charis
Dolores
Elanor
Elspeth
Fleur
Gladys
Kay
Kirsi
Lark
Lourdes
Magdalene
Mattea
Maude
Melantha
Mercy
Petra
Praise
Saskia
Sian
Sigrid
Sonia
Suzette
Sylvie
Talitha
Tamsin
Temperance
Verity
Viola
Zinnia
Zoey
Alaric
Alister
Ansel
Aram
Bede
Benaiah
Benedict
Bram
Brand
Cyprian
Cyril
Eamon
Elam
Emrys
Graeme
Hadrian
Henrik
Laurence
Leander
Lewin
Llyr
Matthan
Orrin
Pace
Pascal
Patton
Peredur
Rembrandt
Roald
Sander
Somerled
Tadgh
Tobin
Tristram
Willem
Ooooooooooh, I love Temperance!
Right off the top of my head, I can think of Aikaterine and Marielle. I understand that Aikaterine may seem too foreign or confusing to some, however, I'm completely at a loss for why Marielle (and Mariella) aren't more popular.
These are only a few, since I have a lot on my list. According to the England/Wales data (up to 500 but I've excluded the ones I can vaguely remember being in the top 1000):
Adira
Amadea
Annabeth
Antoinette
Arietta
Artemis
Evanthe
Fae (but I don't really count it since Faye is in; same with Freyja vs. Freya)
Liza
Marigold
Marilyn
Merida
Morgana
Olympia
Pandora (my favourite name)
Phaedra
Sybil
Thessaly
Valencia
Viola
Zenobia/Zenovia
Artemus
August
Bartholomew
Bennett/Bennet
Bravery
Emrys
Ephraim
Evander
Francesco
Indigo
Leopold
Marlowe
Nikolai
Perseus
Prosper
Skandar
Tennyson
Wolfgang
Adira
Amadea
Annabeth
Antoinette
Arietta
Artemis
Evanthe
Fae (but I don't really count it since Faye is in; same with Freyja vs. Freya)
Liza
Marigold
Marilyn
Merida
Morgana
Olympia
Pandora (my favourite name)
Phaedra
Sybil
Thessaly
Valencia
Viola
Zenobia/Zenovia
Artemus
August
Bartholomew
Bennett/Bennet
Bravery
Emrys
Ephraim
Evander
Francesco
Indigo
Leopold
Marlowe
Nikolai
Perseus
Prosper
Skandar
Tennyson
Wolfgang
I am so glad to see Sheridan on your girl's list!! I am in love with that name.
Usually I'm hoping my favourites will drop off the top 1000 (albeit the England/Wales/UK list) haha.
I feel the opposite way. If there's a name I like, I love to see it increase in popularity. Or, I don't mind if it increases in popularity. (Even if I feel neutral towards that name) It's the names I hate and detest I prefer to decrease on the charts. Quite a few top favorite names of mine increased (even by a smidge) and I couldn't help but to feel giddy at that (:
Elowen is a really pretty name, but I doubt it'll catch on with any significance in the U.S. But I can see it catching in the U.K.
Perhaps so. And it doesn't matter to me if it doesn't catch on significantly in the U.S. Elowen could be stationed at the very bottom and I'd be pleased as punch (:
I believe the top 1000 is 74-76% of births?
But many many many of my favorites are not on the top 1000-- only 10 of the 44 names on my PNL are in the top 1000. These are not:
Ashley (m)
Eris
Esmee
Eulalie
Evander
Fable
Fae
Fay
Haven
Hero (e)
Hollis
Jorah
Keturah
Larkin (e)
Lenore
Maude
Mavis
Micaiah (m)
Mordecai
Nekoda
Nocturne
Parisa
Pax
Persephone
Seraphina
Seraphine
Silver
Sky
Sparrow
Storm
Tirzah
Zephyra
Zia (m)
Ziya (m)
But many many many of my favorites are not on the top 1000-- only 10 of the 44 names on my PNL are in the top 1000. These are not:
Ashley (m)
Eris
Esmee
Eulalie
Evander
Fable
Fae
Fay
Haven
Hero (e)
Hollis
Jorah
Keturah
Larkin (e)
Lenore
Maude
Mavis
Micaiah (m)
Mordecai
Nekoda
Nocturne
Parisa
Pax
Persephone
Seraphina
Seraphine
Silver
Sky
Sparrow
Storm
Tirzah
Zephyra
Zia (m)
Ziya (m)
delancy i really really love this name so much but every where i ask i get negative feedback for it. everything from it looks like delaney misspelled and that it looks made up to its too chavy. its a real name that was a surname now used as a first name. no different from the other surnames that are now first names. by the way i hate delaney but everyone has said i prefer delaney. i seem to love names everyone hates and hate names everyone else loves lol.
I like:
Eris
Esmee
Fae
Keturah
Lenore
Maude
Mavis
Parisa
Seraphine
Tirzah
&
Jorah
Eris
Esmee
Fae
Keturah
Lenore
Maude
Mavis
Parisa
Seraphine
Tirzah
&
Jorah