How Popular Is Too Popular?

Sep 20, 2024 3:16 AM

　　We spied this question in the forums and thought it was so good we’d ask the Nameberry community at large:

　　How popular is a name before it gets too popular for you?

　　Would you avoid the Top 10? The Top 100? The Top 1000?

　　Or maybe you’d happily choose the Number 1 name if you loved it enough. Or only want names that nobody else, literally, is using.

　　When it comes to baby names, how popular is too popular for you?

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