Do you have a popular name?

Not unless you are a blue raider.

My name was 75th on the list of top 100 names for the year. There was a girl in my elementary school class with the same name but we were the only 2 in our school. There was no one in high school with my name- 1400 students.

Yep. There were five with my first name in my class at primary school. My siblings and I all have pretty bog standard first names as we had an unusual surname, and our parents felt that it would make life easier, and make us stand out less.

My parents had pretty much the same thought process about our names, though they got a bit more creative by the time they got to babies 6 and 7!

My name was very common when I was born, but it was on the tail end of popularity by then. My mum had intended since she was a young girl to name her first daughter Susan, after her dad's little sister who died aged 3. It just so happened that it was having a surge of popularity in the late 50s/early 60s. I hated my name as a child, partly because there were always 3 or 4 others with my name in my class. Now, I like that I carry a little bit of my family history with me, especially as that generation is gone.
My older DS has a classic name, which again had a bit of a popularity surge just after he was born.As a result of that, I changed my ideas on potential names for DS2 - there was that mother's group while I was pregnant where someone called out 'Nicky and Nick, leave Nicholas alone' which took Nicholas completely off the table.

I had a common surname so my parents named me something unusual. There was only one other girl who shared my name all through my childhood, and hers was spelled differently. Once I grew up I rarely met another person with my name. Now for some reason, there are 5 of us in my church (all older than I am) and it's a popular name for youngsters. I often hear my name yelled by exasperated mothers in supermarkets, and I freeze and panic at the tone every time, even though it isn't me who is misbehaving!

There were 5 Lisa's in one of my high school classes - 20% of the class.

I never liked having a popular name. I also don't like that there is no nickname. I couldn't go by my middle name because I was named after a close relative.

Erin and Emma were my one and two girl name choices...

My name is Tracy. Now you know how old I am.
When my students learn my first name there are always kids in the class who say "that's my mom's name".
There were 5 of us in my high school class, 4 girls and a boy. No one except the boy spelled it my way. There was a Traci, Tracey, and Tracee.
And then in the mid 70s the name disappeared.

I've taught literally thousands of kids in 26 years. I've taught only 2 Tracy's.

I love my name.

My name is not popular and even when it was, it was not spelled the way mine is. I did graduate with somone with the same name and spelling, but I didnt know her (class of 600 people).
Dh's name also wasnt popular when he was born and he also has an unusual spelling of it.
DS' name became popular within a year or two of his birth. He has the traditional spelling of his name, but people still misspell it.

Most people outside of Germany and Sweden have never even heard my first name before.
Astrid.
Enough said.

I’m a Linda so yes, a very common name. However, I never had another Linda in my class or in my circle of friends so I’ve always been the only one.

I like my name. I travel a lot and it’s nice to have an international name. Many Norwegian names are difficult to pronounce i English

I heard there was also a character named Astrid in a TV series, maybe "Fringe"?
And I must admit I never watched The Office 

My given name is a nickname form of a name that was very popular at the time I was born, but has since fallen out of favor. There were always a few of us in every classroom. Everyone assumes that my real name is the full version and it's very annoying when people call me the full version.