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I'm guessing that you're just around people who prefer to diverge from the norm or perhaps the names that they like are relatively newly trendy, so they still seem unconventional.

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Most of the most popular names in the U.S. have been in regular use for quite some time, so I don't think that the majority of them are weird at all. Jacob, Michael, William, Alexander, Daniel, Joshua, Emma, Emily, Abigail, Isabella, and Sophia are hardly weird, and those are among the most popular names chosen by parents in the U.S. these days.

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The names that were unusual before that are now popular are no longer weird because they're in regular use now. It's not an unusual occurrence for names to replace other names over time. Trends happen. You may just be witnessing trendy names replacing formerly trendy names. When names become trendy, they may seem fresh at first, but eventually, they will seem commonplace, and people will move onto other trends. A large majority of people will stick with names that have been in regular use for years, such as Elizabeth and James, though.