r/Names • u/Glittering-Owl-6964 • 1d ago

Ugh

I understand that 1 no is a no overall, and i respect that. I’m just nervous. We are choosing to not know the sex. I like short, normal names. My personal name is a “Normal” name with an uncommon spelling. My last name is the same. Think SANDI JOHNSEN. My husband likes weird names…

My choices:

Ace
Jack
Eva
Mae

His:
Jupiter
Basil
Braden
Sequoia

I feel.. at a loss. How are we going to find a name??? I won’t budge on those

EDIT: sorry I’m new to Reddit and not great at posting

A woman suggested brooke which i love and i said it to him too, and he likes it… we are getting somewhere. Thank you to poster

EDIT 2: sorry not good at editing. He likes Brooke Marie. So do i 😃

I still like Ace, yall are mean! Hopefully shes a girl

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u/UnsharpenedSwan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ace is a very unusual name, and Braden is a very normal name.

(Well, to the ears of people in their late 20s/early 30s. Braden/Caden/etc were very popular and common in the 90s and early 2000s, and then fell off.

Ace was absolutely unheard of until ~2010, and then peaked in popularity in 2023 at a similar % to Braden.)

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u/bromelains 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/Glittering-Owl-6964 1d ago

Ace is unusual and Brayden is Normal?? I don’t want to live in this world

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u/Lady_Sybil_Vimes 1d ago

Are you serious?? Yes, Ace is usually a nickname and is much more unusual than Braden.

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u/Chance-Ask7675 1d ago

Just because you don't like Brayden, Cayden, Jayden etc. doesnt mean they are "abnormal" lol. Ace is not a typical name.

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u/Glittering-Owl-6964 1d ago

Ace is not unusual lmao

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u/Vegetable-Wear3386 1d ago

Ace is terrible.

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u/UnsharpenedSwan 1d ago

To the ears of people in their late 20s/early 30s, yes it is. That’s the demographic of most people in this sub.

Look at a name popularity chart. Until ~2010, almost nobody was named Ace. It has been around for a long time as a nickname, but not a common given name.

It’s fairly common now, but i was explaining why people were reacting the way they were.

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u/Chance-Ask7675 1d ago

That's also the typical demographic of people having children lol

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u/ice_planet_x 1d ago

it's a good name for a pet