I also am not a fan of the hard to spell names - the unusual spelling of a particular name that you have to always look up to make sure you are spelling it right.
In a smallish kindergarten class my younger daughter (Katie/nick name) was with three other Katie’s and two of them had the same initial (M) of our last name. So there was a Katie S, Katie, Katie M, and Katie Ma on their folder/papers. Mine was Katie Ma.
I am --think Michelle Obama with one l. When I am asked my name I say “Michelle with one L” every day of my life…
Recently someone asked why I did not just change my name! Well, I wish I had thought to do that. Spelling your name constantly is exhausting and then half the time the listener still doesn’t get it. But the best was when my mother would send my birthday cards with two l’s and finally asked ME! WHY my named was spelled with only one l. Hmmm…
Before I married, my last name was uncommon and I had to spell it every time. My first name has many variations (first and last letters can be interchanged about 6 ways.) The street I lived on and the city I lived in had to be spelled to everyone who doesn’t live here. At least my new last name is simple.
My full birth name was a disaster for Americans to pronounce and spell. By the time I was 8, I was using a nickname. I couldn’t wait to change my name when I got married (super easy, common, english). Between nickname and married last name, it’s much better!
We agonized choosing our daughter’s name - wanted something not trendy, but that people would be able to pronounce and spell. We thought we came up with a winner but apparently it was not as easy as we thought!
DH has what was considered an old man’s name when he was a child (he was named after a GF) and always disliked it. These days lots of boys have that name and he cringes every time he hears it for a young child.
I like this chart from the Social Security Administration which lists the 5 most popular names for girls and boys for the last 100 years. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html
I find it funny that Liam has become so popular!
DD’s test came back looking good and it’s a baby boy! tapping my fingers and thinking that 6 months to wait is a really long time!
^^^ @anxiousmom my D and SIL are having a boy, too! Due in mid-June.
@jonri Three of my Ds grew up with a Liam in their school cohort. It’s been popular here for a while. 
That chart is really interesting!
congrats, Massmomm! May the days fly by.
That name list was interesting. Jennifer was #1 from 1970 to 1984. I guess I noticed that because my cousin’s name if Jennifer and she was born in the 1940s when no one was named that.
I went to school with at least a dozen girls named Jennifer. No exaggeration!
I went to school with several ‘vacuum cleaners with a K’ and even with a Kermit (no Miss Piggy). A lot depends on the ethnicity of the area and even the religion. My town was heavily German and Polish we had kids named after their parents and grandparents so we had Jeromes and Garys and Eugenes.
Congratulations @Massmomm and @anxiousmom! Little boys are just delicious…says the grandmother of a 3 1/2 month old little man…
I am sure that I am very dense - vacuum cleaners with a K? Rombi would be Kombi. Kenmore would be Kenmore, Dyson would be Kyson, Bissell would be Kissel, Hoover would be Koover. What the heck are you guys talking about?
Kirby.
@anxiousmom, my S and DIL are having a baby boy in six weeks and naming it Kirby. I was lamenting upthread about not liking the name. It is growing on me a little bit. I can just hear the kids teasing him saying, “Kirby sucks.” You know. Because it’s a vacuum cleaner.
Nah @musicmom1215 I think little kids will think of this rather than the vacuum cleaner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(character) That link doesn’t seem to work, so adding this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(series)
^ Kirby was quite popular, positive name
when Goskid 1 was born in early '90’s…because it was in Minnesota and Kirby Puckett was a phenomenal player with the Twins!
Our “adopted” youngsters had a reveal party today! It is a boy. They popped a giant balloon filled with blue confetti! We saw photos online. The funniest part of the reveal was the big brother (their three yr old) crying hysterically when the confetti flew out. He was expecting to see his baby brother to get out of the balloon. ?