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If anything, I'd prefer to name my child a name that's relatively popular. (I don't mean trendy, however!) I read a study saying that people with names that are more popular are much more likely to fit in with their peer groups than people with very unusual names, which is something to consider. Plus, there's a reason why certain names are popular -- because they're usually great, classic, time-tested names that many people happen to like (with a few exceptions though, for trendy names like Madison and Nevaeh!) For example, names like Elizabeth and Sarah are classics, and they've always been popular. So popularity doesn't deter me at all, but overly trendy names sometimes do.