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<blockquote data-quote="Hardhead" data-source="post: 1486840" data-attributes="member: 2844">This is becoming less and less true.&nbsp; As of this year, for the first time in history, the top 50 names account for less than 50 percent of boys born each year, and for less than 40 percent of girls.&nbsp; Novel names are becoming more popular.Names also go in cycles.&nbsp; My grandparents were stongly against my parents naming my Zachary, because it was &quot;such an old name.&quot;&nbsp; No one was named &quot;Zachary&quot; anymore!&nbsp; But then, in the late seventies, all of the sudden the name exploded in popularity, and has increased every since.&nbsp; In the 1990s, it was the 16th most popular name.&nbsp; It actually annoys me, to tell the truth.&nbsp; When I was grade school, it was an odd name, and I really enjoyed having an odd name.&nbsp; Now, no one blinks twice at it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I met an Arwen once (before the movies came out).&nbsp; She liked her name, but wasn't a big Tolkien fan.&nbsp; I don't believe she even finished Lord of the Rings.My opinion is: if you give your kid a weird name, then the least you can do is give them a normal middle name to fall back on, should they decide they don't like it later in life.&nbsp; Not that my friends have followed this practice.&nbsp; One named their kid &quot;December Storm&quot; and another friend (who's only met the first friend a couple times) named their kid &quot;Raven Sky.&quot;&nbsp; I must have weird friends.I met a guy last month who was about 18.&nbsp; His name was Paladin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hardhead, post: 1486840, member: 2844"] This is becoming less and less true. As of this year, for the first time in history, the top 50 names account for less than 50 percent of boys born each year, and for less than 40 percent of girls. Novel names are becoming more popular. Names also go in cycles. My grandparents were stongly against my parents naming my Zachary, because it was "such an old name." [i]No one[/i] was named "Zachary" anymore! But then, in the late seventies, all of the sudden the name exploded in popularity, and has increased every since. In the 1990s, it was the 16th most popular name. It actually annoys me, to tell the truth. When I was grade school, it was an odd name, and I really enjoyed having an odd name. Now, no one blinks twice at it. :( I met an Arwen once (before the movies came out). She liked her name, but wasn't a big Tolkien fan. I don't believe she even finished Lord of the Rings. My opinion is: if you give your kid a weird name, then the least you can do is give them a normal middle name to fall back on, should they decide they don't like it later in life. Not that my friends have followed this practice. One named their kid "December Storm" and another friend (who's only met the first friend a couple times) named their kid "Raven Sky." I must have weird friends. I met a guy last month who was about 18. His name was Paladin. [/QUOTE]

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