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No, it's not easy to stay completely off the top 1000, but especially for boys I love so many names it helps narrow it down a little. My brother and I were just one of many in school, and with the various spellings and endings, I was always competing for nicknames in classes. I had one class in junior high with 28 kids total and there was a Krista, Kristen "Kris", Kristina "Kristi", Kristina Rock (everyone always called her by her fn and ln) and then myself, and I just let the teacher call me by my surname since he had my older brother and that's what teacher called him (due to the same problem).

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I may over-think the popularity at times, and sometimes I question if I could use a name from (whatever number)-1000 and still not have to put my kid through that.