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We're not even TTC yet, but we plan to TTC next year. My husband and I are both so excited for babies and have already decided that our favorite-by-far girl's name is Avery. My only fear is how popular it is and I wanted to ask you Bees - do you know a lot of babies being named Avery? Do you feel like it's on the rise and going to become another Ava/Madison/Isabella?
Any advice welcome and I would love any suggestions you have for similar (but not as popular) alternatives! Thank you so much!
I love the name Avery. To me, it's a family name and if I wanted to use it I would (dad and brother's middle name and my sister is a 7 year old Ava). I kind of lean towards "go with the name you love" but I understand the concern with popularity.
Here's how I judge though: If you don't KNOW that many Avery's, chances are there may not be that many in your area. I would check your LOCAL name ratings. They are harder to find, but they're there after some digging. Sometimes it just means that the name is popular in some areas. I'm sort of hearbroken at how many of my friends are naming their daughter's Audrey because FI and I have loved (and agreed on) that name for years. *sigh* So I feel your pain and am giving you the same advice I give to myself. ;) ha.
I feel like it's on the rise, but not to the level of Emma/Isabella, etc. If it's your "favorite-by-far," then go for it! (And thank you for not spelling it Ayveree, or something ridiculous.)
I know a two Averys. Three if you include a 16 year old boy who it was a family name.
I have only heard that name a few times. I think it is beautiful! If you love it, go for it!
Avery is a BEAUTIFUL name. Don't worry about the popularity of it. Maybe you could switch up the spelling so it's more unique? Avarie, Avaree, Averi, Aevry. There's so many ways to switch it up :)
@AmeliaBedelia: Oh, we LOVE the name Audrey also. Thanks for the advice and hopefully both of our names will suddenly fall out of favor tomorrow ;)!
If you love the name, who cares if it's popular or not? I say go for what you love!
@peachesandtulips: Here's hoping. :) We aren't TTC yet either so I'm just not going to freak out about it....yet. haha. But yeah, check those locals. It's a different ballgame there. :)
I love it! It depends on your region, b/c I've never heard of an Avery. Honestly, who cares if it's popular? As long as you love it. it doesn't matter.
Thanks for the advice everybody! We don't care so much if it's moderately popular when our daughter is born, we just don't want her to be in a class full of girls with her name and have to go by her last initial to differentiate her (I'm a teacher and feel so bad for the three Mayas in my class)!
I love the name Avery, but I totally understand your concern. I've like Jacob and Madeline since I was a teenager, and yeah, now they're freakishly common. Just be aware that just because you don't personally know an Avery doesn't mean they're not out there. I mean, how many under-5-yr-olds do you hang out with? It's tough to gauge popularity until the kids get older, unless you work in a day care or something.
@peachesandtulips: Ah well, it's the luck of the draw. My name (Amelia) was NOT super popular growing up and I still managed to be in class with the ONE other Amelia in the school. :)
Amelia J. D. and Amelia J. E. No joke. :p
I have two boys name Avery that I teach (different grades.) I have never met a girl Avery.
I think Avery is a very pretty name. I know one 16 year old girl named Avery :) I don't think it's too overly popular.
Oooh! My name's Avery--it's a fabulous name! I get compliments on it all the time and people ALWAYS say, "That's a very rare name," or, "I've never heard that before." So the answer is no--it's not too common.
And Avery's are always beautiful. :o)
I LOOOOOOOVE the name, but my hubs does not. :( You're so lucky you and your husband agree on it-I'm jealous!
I creepily love to look up name popularity on the Social Security website. You can look per year and also by state! So you can see what your kid's future classmates names might be :)
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/
Anyway, I love the name Avery. If you know in your gut that that's your future baby's name, don't let anything stop you!
I love the name Avery. It's on my short list, but only if we manage to have two girls--our first girl's name will be a family name. I don't personally know any Averys. Alec Baldwin's wife on 30 Rock is named Avery, that's the only place I've heard it.
According to the social security website the name Avery has gone from #176 in 2000 to #32 in popularity in 2009!
Here's the link to the social security baby names website in case you are curious:
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/
That name is too popular for me (I want something that is #100 or higher and not falling quickly), but maybe not for you?
I don't think it's too popular! I also am a firm believer in going with the name you want, regardless of popularity. As someone who grew up with one of the most popular names for people my age (there were 6 other Amanda's in my graduating class...which only had 79 people!) it really isn't that huge of a deal. I really don't ever remember a time that I wished my parents would have named me something less popular - it's just not a huge deal!
@jaylii9: That is funny you mention the 100 list. We also aren't TTC yet but I had to tell my hubby NO to three baby names because I don't really want to pick a top 100 name either. He was all about Aiden for a year now. Sorry dude, WAY too common for me!
I love that my first name isn't strange but certainly isn't/wasn't super common. I've known very few Christa's in real life.
I LOVE the name Avery but tossed it out because it was too popular for us. We're still deciding on names.
There's more than one Avery in my son's preschool class, so I'm going to say that it's probably pretty popular. I think you should pick a unique name, I love it when people say, oh Boston, I've never heard that name before!! Really makes all the agonizing over names totally worth it.
I think it's a pretty name and I've never met anyone named Avery. I think Neveah is becoming the most popular girls name so avoid that at all costs (how the hell do you even pronounce that one?)
If you like the name Avery, stick with it. Who cares if it is popular? I know of one Avery. She is quite cute.
I think it is a great name. I usually check www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ to see a name's popularity. You can check a name's ranking over several years. Avery is on the rise and reached a peak last year at #32.
@Meealissa: That names drives me batty. Just name your kid Heaven and be done with it. ;)
There is a 2 1/2 year old in the class I teach named Avery :) Could be on the rise...it's a very cute name though!
Meet my Avery. She's almost 11. :) The name has definitely gained popularity in the last 10 years, but I still love it! 
I don't know too many Averys. I really don't think kids care if their names are common either.
I'm an Alicia, which hasn't cracked the top 100 in the last 10 years. I spent my childhood correcting spelling and pronunciation.
I think if you love a name, you should go with it. I met the sweetest little Ava that was the daughter of one of my teachers in highschool back in 1999, and have loved the name ever since. Still might go with it if my husband's on board when the time comes, even though I just checked and it says it's #5 for popularity.
The name we're pretty much decided on for our boy has gotten pretty popular lately, which is frustrating since it wasn't so popular when I first started liking it. But, at the end of the day our kid will have a name we love and that's all that matters. So, if you love a name, I say use it!
i have two cousins with the name avery, and a best friend who plans on naming her daughter that when she is born in 3 months.
I'm a supply teacher so I see a lot of kid names. Only met a couple of Avery kids.
So, funny story. My name is Megan and my mother told me that she named me that because she felt like it wasnt super popular and she didnt know many. It was a top 15 name the year I was born. Yeah.... it SUCKS to have a common name.
Im with the bees who are staying away from that top 100.
Very pretty. I'd just check the top 100 names or something like that, like the other posters have suggested.
Another good rule of thumb: never take a name from a popular TV show or movie (Avery is from 30 Rock.) Those are the names you typically see blowing up about 5 years later.
@heathaah: How is Averil pronounced? I read it as Avril (like Lavigne) first, is that right or wrong?
I graduated high school with 7 girls with the same name as me (a couple had the same middle name too!!), and now that I have been in the work force for a while I don't know anyone else with my name. Popular names definetly go in cycles.
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