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Was looking at recent births in my area (Austin, Texas) on growingfamily.com
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These were (to me) surprisingly as frequent as any top ten names, at the hospital where I'm supposed to give birth:

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Mia
Ella
Hunter
James
Julia / Juliana
Caroline / a
Alec
Viviana
Vincent
Jaylen & variants

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Ones I saw and thought were remarkable for some reason:
Demostenes
Desmond
Attoria
Azalia
Lucian
Theo
Gia
Martha
Valencia
Bianca
Mariel
Olive
Mercy
Lilith
Ixiamarie
Mecka
Gentry
Om
Marquis
Da'Courtland

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I'm posting this mostly because it's a speck of information about usage, but also because I wonder if anyone else is surprised at the popularity of the names on my first list? I was not expecting to see five Mias in 3 months at 2 hospitals, nor Hunters, for example... yet not a single Hannah, Jessica, Chloe, or Andrew.

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Has anyone else seen names that aren't in top 20 showing up really frequently where they live?

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- chazda

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