PSA: Please check the actual popularity of names before making claims about their popularity

I constantly see comments here making un-fact-checked claims about the supposed popularity or uniqueness of a name. Like people will say "Serena has gotten crazy popular!" when it's #375 in the US, where the OP lives. Or they'll be like "I love Luna – it's so unique!" when Luna is top 10. This is really unhelpful if the OP is looking for solid advice on name popularity, not random guesses.

You can easily avoid this by looking up name popularity here: https://www.behindthename.com/name/ put-the-name-you're-searching-for-here There are stats for multiple countries in the graphs at the bottom. Some countries offer much more detailed stats than others, but it's a great starting place!

Edit: You can find top-100 data by US State here: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/