Well where I live (
Kent England )
Sophia isnt that common, its
Sophie that I hear all the time
If you like a name and your husband likes it ( A rare event :0 ) dont put it to one side just because it seems popular
Two things to think on,
1)I called my children
Catherine and
James two supposedly very common names however I know of no other children in their age group ( under 7 ) with these names.
2)My freind
Julie grew up as
Julie G and she swore she would find a unusual pretty name if ever she had a daughter, this was about seventeen years ago and she chose the name
Chloe, a name which half her family didnt even know how to spell and which her mother in law said was old fashioned, that year shortly after little
Chloe was born the name seemed to explode in popularity
I personally know of fourteen
Chloe's aged between one year and sixteen years
Julie's daughter ended up as
Chloe D with
Chloe B in her year and Three Chloes in the year below her in primary school :)
What I am trying to say in a rather long winded way is that you can never tell which names are going to be popular in the area you live in so just use the names you truely love be they
Sophia,
Freya,
Sammie Jo or Phred :)