Would you name your children an extremely popular name that tons of childre have if you liked it?

Question

I love the name Ava but everyone has it so I can't decide.

Also Grace and Cayden

Other names Katie, Elisabeth, Belle, Bella.

also what do you think of the name anne?

lady- haha my name is shiloh!

Answer 1

I've never heard the name "Ava", but anyway we named our daughter a popular name. We're happy with the name, so the popularity or lack of it isn't an issue, nor should it be.

Answer 2

Ava is a very poplar name that is creeping up the top ten list, but if you like go for it. Grace and Cayden are also very pretty. There is always going to be more than one person with the name you choose, so really it's up to you. If you want her to not be in a class with five other girls with the same name, I'd try something a little different, however it won't be hard to find personalized items for her either with a poplar name.

Answer 3

I love Ava. I think it's beautiful. I think it's more important that you love the name, then how popular it is. You can go to the social security website, and see how popular the name is in your state.
I love Ava Grace, I can not think of two names that sound so good together.
Grace is beautiful.
Annelise, Annette, Hannah and Charissa all mean Grace
I love Elizabeth, I think it's pretty
Katie, is okay, I would go with Kathleen, Katherine, Katelyn, and call her Katie
Bell and Bella is cute. I like Belladonna, Isabella, Rosabella, Isabelle, and Annabelle, and call the belle or Bella

Cayden is okay, I like Hayden much better

I would go with a name you love.

Answer 4

I personally dont know anyone named Ava. Ive heard of Asher but not ava. I dont think its that popular of a name. And i think you should follow your heart, if you think Ava is the perfect name go for it, the name you think will be best, may not seem like the best choice now, but in the long run, it will pay off. I say name your child whatever feels right to you =D. Congrats!

Answer 5

You should name a child what you like!
I have a common name, one of the most popular for the year I was born, and always had at least one other girl in my class with my name. That's where nicknames are handy. My best friend also shares my same name, neither of us likes our name, but we like that we share it.
My point is, my name wasn't really common until the year I was born. My parents had heard it, but it caught on quickly. I know lots of other names that have been that way, you just don't know until later how popular a name will be anyway.
Popular names aren't always bad, I found you get teased less since there is more than one, and don't have to constantly tell people how to pronounce it.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say Ava is extremely popular as I don't know anyone who has actually used it. Lots of people have it in their 'top 5' list though.
Don't worry about a name being popular. If you like it, it fits with your family and middle/surname names then go for it.

Somewhere down the track everybody is going to know a person/people with the same name.

Answer 7

I don't like 'made up' names, but I also wouldn't use a name that was really common either.
But, if you like it, who cares? I think you don't need to worry about if it is used a lot in general, just think if anyone else in your family or friends circle has used it. Then I think it makes it a no-go. Depends where you come from. So far no one here thinks it's common, I am from Australia, and Ava was number one on my baby names list 3 years ago, but now every second little girl here is called either Ava, Eva or Ella.

Answer 8

Hello everyone.... Ava is #5 on the Social Security list of top names in 2006.... Everybody is using it! Personally, when I think of a name I like I look at the top 1000 names on the Social Security register - if it's on there at all, I remove it from my name list. I'm not even crazy about using a common name as a middle name.

Answer 9

I definitely would NOT give my child a name like that because I have a name like that and hate it. It's completely useless as a name. When I would sit in a classroom and hear the teacher call my name, I wouldn't even bother responding because I knew that one of the other 2-4 girls in the class with the same name would answer. When I was in the hallway and heard someone calling my name, I'd never even bother to turn my head because I knew that there was only a 1 in 20 chance that the person was referring to me and not one of the other 19 girls with my name. If I heard someone call me by the short version of my name, that made the odds more like 1 in 35. In my circle of friends, 3 of us have the same name. Ridiculous. It's a pretty name, but I might as well have been called "Hey, you!"

Answer 10

Well, I purposely didn't name my kids anything that would be considered strange, but I did try to choose names that would be somewhat unique. I wouldn't want them to be one of 6 kids in their class with the same name, but I am also a teacher and have run across some WEIRD names.

On the other hand, my friend had a baby a month after I did and chose a VERY similar first name and the same middle name for her child. I felt kind of protective, but I guess two people could think of the same name on their own.

Answer 11

If I was in love with an extremely popular name I think I would just find a different way to spell it. Like Katie for example. I would change the spelling to
Kaytee
Katey
Cadey
Something unique.

I don't think Ava can be changed.. I could only think of
Avah
Ayvah
or
Aiva.

Have fun with it!

Good luck! =]