Poll: How common is your name?

[Hamish Durie]

well i thought hamish was a pretty uncommon name(in Australia atleast) but that was crushed when i went to primary school and met 3 other hamish's

 

[Twilight_guy]

Matthew. It's one of the name of the one of the Gospels, so yeah, its pretty common. If I even have the chance to change my name I'm going to make it something mysterious and uncommon like Xavier or Balthazar... or Gary. (Wait, everyone in Vault 108 is named Gary).

 

[badgersprite]

Christina. Pretty darn common. 133rd most popular name in the U.S., and that doesn't even count the people who spell it wrong with a K.

 

[Jedoro]

There are 39 people with my first and last name, over 84,000 with just my first. Of course, I'm Mexican, so I bet there's a shitload more who have it.

 

[burhanr]

I will have to say, rare. I only befriend one 'Randy' my whole life, and know less than ten.

I mean, who would name their kid 'horny'. My parents! Woo!

 

[General_Potatoes]

Aaron. It's really damn common. I know so many people who have the same name as me.

 

[The_Evermind]

My first name (Alex) is so common that I've been going by my last name since I was 10 or so, it just made everything easier.

 

[siddif]

I knew my name was popular but according to the How Many of Me website its the 3rd most popular US name, its Robert.

Theres 2 exact matches of 1st and last name in the US but only one here in the UK (myself)

 

[Bigsmith]

Well my full name is Thomas Smith.

..What do you think.

So getting it changed...

 

[A Free Man]

My name is Alex, to put things in perspective there are actually 3 Alex's in my Maths class, 2 in my IT class, 2 in my Chem class, and 2 in my homeroom. I am the only one of them that is constant.

My first name (Alex) is so common that I've been going by my last name since I was 10 or so, it just made everything easier.

I actually laughed at this. As I said above my name is also Alex but the funny thing is I am also called by my last name, by pretty much everyone except for family, for the same reason haha.

 

[Sgt. Dante]

http://www.babycenter.com/popularBabyNames.htm?year=1987

Second most popular of my year.

Damnit, I never win anything...

 

[Shuswah_Noir]

My name is Kalila. I've heard of maybe 2 or 3 others.

 

[Vault101]

dont know if anyones read the book "freakonomics" but acording to some statistics in there "Amy" is the 2nd most whitest name ever....interesting

also its sort of common

 

[Bobbovski]

In my country: Fairly common

Outside of scandinavia: Most likely rare.

 

[StormShaun]

Shaun, somewhat rare-ish.

 

[Smertnik]

My forename is highly common, but my surname seems to be quite rare. Google tells me only of 2 or 3 guys with that name.

 

[Vykrel]

fairly common... my name is Michael, and i have had several instances throughout my school life in which i had two other Michael's in my class.

but its not as popular anymore. mainly the years around when i was born was when a lot of people were given the same name as me.

nowadays, people are giving their boys crappy names like Aiden or Jayden or anything that sounds similar.

 

[ryo02]

Hi Im John ... thats right if you lose your memory or are an unidentified corpse you have the same name as me well done.

Name: John. yup, really goddamn common.

oh hello John my name is John nice to meet you John.

 

[Sammaul]

Samuel, I cclicked Very rare, as I have yet to meet someone with the same name.
I know, this name is much more common in NY, for example, but where I live it's very rare.
Actually, my first name officially is Immanuël (very religious family, my grandparents picked both names), but somehow I got people to call me Sam

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I have the 1143rd most popular first name in the US, so I'd say it's still fairly rare. Then again, my brothers and I all have fairly uncommon first names. Summer, Brendan, and Jonas...what my mother was thinking, I'll never know.