Narrowed list we both agree on. Which...

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Narrowed list we both agree on. Which...
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Sun, 06-05-2005 - 1:16pm

Narrowed list we both agree on. Which gets your vote? Don't want too popular!



  • Christian
  • Asher
  • Drake
  • Gavin
  • Ethan


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 11-04-2003
Sun, 06-05-2005 - 7:09pm

I can't honestly vote. Although I did vote for my favorite, Asher. You don't want a name that's too popular yet Ethan's on your list! None of the names are bad, they're just all either popular or popular-for-the-moment sort of trendy. I like Asher the best but that's the one moving up the charts the fastest. I went to http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ and looked up the current ranking of each name:

Christian - #24
Asher - #337
Drake - #262
Gavin - # 51
Ethan -#5

You might want to go there and look at the bottom half of the top 1000 list fornames that aren't quite so popular if you're truly worried about it.

Some off the top of my head alternatives for each that're less popular:
Christian (24)- Raphael (676)
Asher (337) - Reuben (865), Jasper (581), Simon (256), Ezra (382)
Drake (262)- Garnet (not on the charts), Reed/Reid (485/441)Royal (not on the charts)
Gavin (51)- Ronan(642), Rhys (934), Alastair (not on the charts), Malcolm (537)
Ethan (5)- Dermot (not on the charts), Warren (532), Declan (433), Elias (207), Finian (not on the charts) (you could call him Finn, at (571) too!)

No offense meant, hope I helped some!

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Sun, 06-05-2005 - 8:10pm
Thanks for the help. Those names are popular in my area with the exception of Ethan which I just really like. I'll check out the website :)


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Registered: 07-17-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 7:39am
I voted for Gavin, you may also want to consider Griffin.