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Wed, 04-25-2007 - 10:19pm

We think that we are pregnant with our fourth child and it would be number five counting my 11 year old DSD.
I'm just curious how popular are the names Wyatt and Evelyn and does everyone think they would fit well with the other four kids names.
We have Jessiann, Robert Walter Allan T*****, Caroline Amethyst Leanne T***** and Charles Aaron Eric T*****.

debbie
jessi 04/10/96
robert 05/10/01
caroline 02/21/03
charlie 01/13/05

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In reply to: aussiemum2005
Wed, 04-25-2007 - 10:49pm

Ooh, congratulations! I'm sure I've told you before, but I love the names you've chosen for your children.

I adore Evelyn. I think it's a perfect with your other children -- a low-running classic that fits in nicely with all the popular resurfacing names but stands out by virtue of being not just another Emma/Isabelle/etc. I do think it's rising in popularity (along with similar sounding names like Eve, Eva, Genevieve, Ivy and Vivian, which are being sought out by parents who love Emma and Ava but don't like thier popularity). It's headed for top 50 in the next couple of years, but I doubt it will hit top 10. I think it's popularity fits perfectly with your other children -- well known and common, but not painfully popular.

Wyatt on the other hand, has a very different feel to me. It feels trendy because it sort of came out of nowhere relatively recently and because it fits with the "wild west" names, which feel like a passe trend to me. It's certianly better than Dakota or Dallas, and I do like it. I just don't love it the way I love Evelyn (or any of your other children's names).

Number-wise nationally, Wyatt is no more popular than Evelyn. But it feels a lot more popular to me because I know quite a few. I've only met one Evelyn under the age of 18, but I know maybe half a dozen Wyatts. Certainly this could be a regional thing, so you should check your state SSA rankings and maybe look at the online nurseries for local hospitals.




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In reply to: aussiemum2005
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 3:31am

I think they're both great names.

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Thu, 04-26-2007 - 8:18am

I think they both go very well and have a similar "classy/country" feel as the others. Wyatt is pretty popular, but I wouldn't call Evelyn popular.

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Registered: 08-26-2006
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Thu, 04-26-2007 - 10:44am

Wyatt is about as popular as Brent was in the mid 70s to early 80s. I really like Wyatt. I grew-up with a few so I think it is a nice, strudy name. I have heard that Evelyn is gaining in popularity, but I have yet to meet any in Texas.

Good luck,
Brooke

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Registered: 04-24-2007
In reply to: aussiemum2005
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 3:44pm

Evelyn was ranked 71 in 2005. It's increasing in popularity, but not at the same rate as Wyatt, which jumped from a rank of 529 in the 1980's to 81 in 2005. You can see graphs of their ranks and the number of children given each name through the Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager program: http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

I do think they go nicely with each other and your other children's names. They all have a kind of classic charm.




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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: aussiemum2005
Thu, 04-26-2007 - 5:20pm
I dont think they are popular at all and they go nicely with your other kids.
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Registered: 03-17-2007
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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 12:13am
not too popular. i like wyatt a lot.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 9:24am
I think that Evelyn fits wonderfully and while I think it is gaining in popularity I would bet a lot of those are just people trying to get Eve and that Evelyn is rarely used in real life for these kids. Wyatt to me is very popular and doesn't seem to fit with your other children's names I would expect the third brother of Charles and Robert to be Edwin or Joseph or something along those lines.
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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 5:18pm
I love Evelyn! Evelyn is a good classic name but not overly used. I also really like Wyatt a lot. I don't think it fits the classic trend from you other kids but definitely a good strong name. =)