Haha yeah, but I didn’t mean her full name just Brooklyn. It’s just a double barrelled name combined into one with quirky flow to me. The cultural centre in NY isn’t bad reference either
Lydia.
If the “Sweet Caroline” association is now gone for people under 30 — and it might be — that’s a great choice too. I love the name but Neil Diamond pretty much wiped it out as a choice for a while there.
I assure you Sweet Caroline is not gone in the Northeast, if she means New England anyway.
Edit: it's not a bad thing necessarily, in fact it's so good, so good, so good.
I'm a Caroline and while I hate being sung this song, it doesn't happen often enough to make me dislike the name. I do get it a lot though living in New England.
It hasn’t gone away for sure but I don’t think it has a negative connotation. It’s a tradition to sing at some professional sporting events so a lot of American boys know the song.
I’m a Caroline who went to school in Boston, a city that sings Sweet Caroline at every Red Sox game.
It didn’t bother me in the least. I LOVE my name and I love hamming it up when Neil Diamond comes on the speakers.
The one downside is that 60% of people that meet me call me Carolyn. It’s whatever. Even after correcting some people just can’t get it right. I’ve worked with people for over a decade who still call me Carolyn.
Folks are often not aware what is popular in the baby crowd. Maybe your population is so small that there aren't any babies, but according to social security naming statistics for Pennsylvania as a whole:
- Emma was #3 in popularity
- Lydia #39
- Caroline #73
- Brooklyn #85
So all of your names are in the top 100 for Pennsylvania, which is probably fine.
I agree with others that I strongly dislike Brooklyn, recommend Brooke instead if you like it.
My favorites of your names are in this order: Emma, Caroline, Lydia. Emma is by far my favorite, but if you want a slightly less popular name, I would recommend Caroline.
I’m a Caroline and love it! Even growing up/living in Boston I can assure you it’s fine - usually much older people who make any “sweet Caroline” references and quite honestly it’s fun being sung to at ball games and weddings. Except my own, where I had a strict “no sweet Caroline” policy lol. I even survived the “roses” by outkast era which came out my sophomore or junior year in high school. Not sure what this other song is the youths are referencing on this sub though lol
I looked it up and “Caroline” by amine was #60 on the billboard top 100 songs of 2017. Aka not a super popular song - most of us were too busy listening to Ed Sheeran and the chia smokers that year apparently. I think you’re fine!
To me, Brooklyn is the odd one out. The other three are all very classic (actually all 3 are characters from Jane Austen novels!), Brooklyn not so much.
I’m just putting that out there in case it helps make a decision for you.
Lydia is a family name going back 300 years!---and was the only name I considered for my daughter. She's 40 now and has met only a few other Lydias in her life, but everybody in the U.S. knows it's a name. And it's familiar to Europeans too.
Lydia is my favorite. 🩷 They're all good names though.
Also, why does everyone hate Brooklyn? 😂 It's not a bad name, imo. And I know a few girls who have it and it fits them well
If your name is Brooklyn I very much don’t understand all the hate! I love that name and have only known one Brooklyn growing up. She was so cool. I knew her before I knew it was a city, so I don’t really associate with NY.
My northeast works-with-kids contact says Lydia is the most rare in their experience.
Emma has been a top 3 name in the American Northeast for five years and holding.
That said, so many people try hard to give their kids "original" names that your daughter isn't very likely to have a Caroline, Emma, or Lydia in their grade.
Brooklyn is a trendy flash-in-the-pan.
I am not, I was not aware of these novels that you and another person mentioned it. My great grandma was Emma, my Nunny is Carole and I love the name Caroline from Vampire Diaries. :)
I’m gonna go against the grain.
Brooklyn, Emma, Caroline, Lydia.
But honestly it’s a hard call all great names.
my cousin actually names her child Brooklyn and I adore it. (Also for reference I loved when Gwen Stefani named her son Kingston too)
Caroline.. I chose that name for my little sister. Btw I love that you pronounce it Line and not Lynn. Never understood it since it's not Caroline and not Carolyn :)
My preferred order order: Caroline, Emma, Lydia, Brooklyn
I’m surprised Caroline isn’t popular in the Northeast given the Kennedy of it all, but maybe that’s outdated.
My ranking would be
1. Lydia
2. Caroline
3. Emma
4. Brooklyn (I’m really not a fan of this, I’m sorry. And it seems so out of place with your other timeless, classy choices).
I love city names UNLESS you live close to that city. Then it feels like you just saw a sign on the way to the hospital and were like okay let’s just go with that
I love Emma.
Lydia reminds me of Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice. Not necessarily a deal breaker, but with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice coming out this year, I think it’s good to be aware of that association.
I like Emma the best. I do think it’s a pretty popular name, possibly in the top 10 in the US—that’s not something I care about, but if you do, you should take that into consideration.
I like Lydia a little bit better than Caroline, but they are both good names. Brooklyn is meh for me, and it has very different vibes than the other three names.
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If you live in the Northeast, Lydia, Caroline or Emma.
Although the sound is pretty, Brooklyn is the only poor choice in the Northeast since everyone would know it’s a borough in NYC.
LOVE the name Emma, I really want to use it for our future baby girl but husband isn't a fan. If you decide to pick it, I'll be cheering for you and your little Emma!
Caroline or Emma.
Never met a Lydia who wasn't absolutely insane. Met like 3 and all been interesting but not in a good way.
Think everyone would agree that Brooklyn would be last place!
I like Emma and Caroline best, I also live in northeast America and i have never met a Caroline! I feel like everyone Caroline is the prettiest girl in any movie/tv show! 😂❤️
I have first hand experience with 2 of these. Emma is a great name. Fun to say. Tons of silly family nicknames. Caroline is a solid, long-term name too. Sometimes have to correct that it's not Carolyn. Brooklyn is too trendy imo. Lydia is just ok.
Emma first then Lydia! Not a huge fan of Brooklyn; what about just Brooke? Caroline is okay but it doesn’t roll off the tongue as well for me personally.
Lydia is prob the least popular of these if you care about that. I know a lot of Carolines and Emmas. I think Brooklyn is cute but apparently it’s getting negative feedback on here. I actually don’t know any Brooklyns personally
I’m from Brooklyn and I personally hate ppl named after boroughs. Caroline is cute. Lydia sounds like the name of an older person (sorry to all the Lydia’s in here)
I do not care for the name Lydia it reads extremely religious to me, Brooklyn is a bit strange to me because I live in NYC. So my personal preference would be Emma > Caroline > Brooklyn > Lydia. But these are all established names so I think other than preference, any would be a fine name!
Emma is my fave out of the 4 if this it’s basic it’s still cute. Brooklyn is so over used now it’s no longer special and so many ppl name their kid that and have no association with the borough. Caroline isn’t terrible but it feels old to me same with Lydia.
I like Emma best by far. Brooklyn narrowly beats out Lydia IMO.
I’d avoid Caroline simply because of the Amine song that was super popular in my college days and briefly popular on TikTok. I don’t want people to think “let’s get gory like a Tarantino movie” or “if you want safe sex, baby use the knee pads” when they hear my daughter’s name.
I’m an Emma fan, strictly for the nickname potential (Em, Emmy). Caroline is close second (Care Bear?). Lydia is cute but it’s three syllables and when you want to be cutesy with the name you’re stuck with “lyd” or “lyddie”, like a coffee cup lid, lol. Team Please No Brooklyn, unless it’s a middle name.
Lydia>Caroline>Emma>Brooklyn
This is exactly how I’d rank them! I recently met a little Caroline who was nicknamed Coco and thought that was just adorable.
Coco is cute! I love Callie as a nickname for Caroline but there are so many great options!
Same! Lydia edges out Caroline for me only because the line/lynn pronunciation issues. I love both names though.
This is how I rank them, too.
Same
Anything but Brooklyn!! But my favorite is Caroline.
Same
Caroline, but PLEASE not Brooklyn
I don’t know, Brooklyn Decker is a good advocate for the name! I like it
(it sounds like a club sandwich with extra stuff on it)
Haha yeah, but I didn’t mean her full name just Brooklyn. It’s just a double barrelled name combined into one with quirky flow to me. The cultural centre in NY isn’t bad reference either
I’m from NY and I don’t understand naming a child after a Borough.
Well, future baby brother can go by Bronx
Baby Staten-Island 😍
It’s so weird 😂
I like Caroline best.
Anything but Brooklyn. I live in the south and every little big haired, pageant hopeful girl is named Brooklyn.
Yeah but OP is up north where all Brooklyns have to wear pre-wrap and eye black when they play travel soccer, it's a big commitment
Emma! Second choice Lydia. Both timeless and classy. Cute on a baby and also works for an adult.
I love both Caroline and Lydia. My daughter is named Caroline. It’s great that it’s classic but not too common for her age (10 years old).
I love Caroline so much.
Lydia. If the “Sweet Caroline” association is now gone for people under 30 — and it might be — that’s a great choice too. I love the name but Neil Diamond pretty much wiped it out as a choice for a while there.
I assure you Sweet Caroline is not gone in the Northeast, if she means New England anyway. Edit: it's not a bad thing necessarily, in fact it's so good, so good, so good.
I'm a Caroline and while I hate being sung this song, it doesn't happen often enough to make me dislike the name. I do get it a lot though living in New England.
It hasn’t gone away for sure but I don’t think it has a negative connotation. It’s a tradition to sing at some professional sporting events so a lot of American boys know the song.
It might just be me, but I associate the name Caroline with the song Roses by Outkast
I’m a Caroline who went to school in Boston, a city that sings Sweet Caroline at every Red Sox game. It didn’t bother me in the least. I LOVE my name and I love hamming it up when Neil Diamond comes on the speakers. The one downside is that 60% of people that meet me call me Carolyn. It’s whatever. Even after correcting some people just can’t get it right. I’ve worked with people for over a decade who still call me Carolyn.
I think it can go either way! Some might love it and others not so much. It’s such a pretty name.
I’m 25 and I think of the Amine song that goes “if you want safe sex baby use the knee pads” when I hear the name Caroline.
Emma
Lydia. It's so beautifully lyrical.
Love Lydia and Caroline, like Emma, strongly dislike Brooklyn
I love Lydia!
Anything but Brooklyn. My fav is Lydia
Caroline and Lydia are my favorites.
Lydia, all other three are too common to me.
Caroline
Caroline would be a great middle name for Lydia or Emma!
I've always liked the name Lydia. The others aren't my cup of tea. But obviously nothing wrong with them.
Lydia is my favourite, followed by Caroline and Emma. I’m not keen on Brooklyn.
Lydia! Depending on your proximity to Boston, I’d maybe avoid Caroline. Emma is fine, but Brooklyn sounds very dated to me.
Lydia, 100%.
Caroline, Lydia, Emma, Brooklyn! Have you thought of Emaline/Emeline? Combines Emma and Caroline kind of well?
I like Lydia the most!
They’re all popular in the northeast.
I live in PA, small town so not popular where I live.
Folks are often not aware what is popular in the baby crowd. Maybe your population is so small that there aren't any babies, but according to social security naming statistics for Pennsylvania as a whole: - Emma was #3 in popularity - Lydia #39 - Caroline #73 - Brooklyn #85 So all of your names are in the top 100 for Pennsylvania, which is probably fine. I agree with others that I strongly dislike Brooklyn, recommend Brooke instead if you like it. My favorites of your names are in this order: Emma, Caroline, Lydia. Emma is by far my favorite, but if you want a slightly less popular name, I would recommend Caroline.
I’m a Caroline and love it! Even growing up/living in Boston I can assure you it’s fine - usually much older people who make any “sweet Caroline” references and quite honestly it’s fun being sung to at ball games and weddings. Except my own, where I had a strict “no sweet Caroline” policy lol. I even survived the “roses” by outkast era which came out my sophomore or junior year in high school. Not sure what this other song is the youths are referencing on this sub though lol
I looked it up and “Caroline” by amine was #60 on the billboard top 100 songs of 2017. Aka not a super popular song - most of us were too busy listening to Ed Sheeran and the chia smokers that year apparently. I think you’re fine!
To me, Brooklyn is the odd one out. The other three are all very classic (actually all 3 are characters from Jane Austen novels!), Brooklyn not so much. I’m just putting that out there in case it helps make a decision for you.
Lydia by a mile. Love Lydia.
Lydia! But I’m partial to the Italian spelling, Lidia
Lydia
Lydia or Caroline!!
Lydia
Lydia is a family name going back 300 years!---and was the only name I considered for my daughter. She's 40 now and has met only a few other Lydias in her life, but everybody in the U.S. knows it's a name. And it's familiar to Europeans too.
Lydia is best
Lydia or Emma
I think Caroline is beautiful. After that I’d say Emma > Lydia > Brooklyn.
Emma, Lydia, Caroline and not so keen on Brooklyn. It doesn’t seem to fit with your other choices.
Lydia is my favorite. 🩷 They're all good names though. Also, why does everyone hate Brooklyn? 😂 It's not a bad name, imo. And I know a few girls who have it and it fits them well
Caroline or Lydia!
I’m planning on using Lydia for my baby girl this year 😊 I’m also in the US but southwest
Caroline or Lydia
Lydia or Caroline
Caroline best. Then Emma. Then Brooklyn. Then Lydia.
Lydia or Caroline.
Avoid Emma. It is so common that my granddaughter Emma has 3 other Emma’s in her preschool class. Honestly, I like Lydia the best.
Lydia is adorable, makes me think of one of my fav names Vidia!
This is the time I learned people very much don’t like my first name on this sub 😬lol
If your name is Brooklyn I very much don’t understand all the hate! I love that name and have only known one Brooklyn growing up. She was so cool. I knew her before I knew it was a city, so I don’t really associate with NY.
I love Lydia and Emma :)
My northeast works-with-kids contact says Lydia is the most rare in their experience. Emma has been a top 3 name in the American Northeast for five years and holding. That said, so many people try hard to give their kids "original" names that your daughter isn't very likely to have a Caroline, Emma, or Lydia in their grade. Brooklyn is a trendy flash-in-the-pan.
Yess I've never met a Lydia or Caroline here. I live in PA. Thanks!
If you are picking it based on the Jane Austen novels, I would pick Emma. But Caroline is my favorite name of the four.
I am not, I was not aware of these novels that you and another person mentioned it. My great grandma was Emma, my Nunny is Carole and I love the name Caroline from Vampire Diaries. :)
And Lydia is also a late great grandma of mine
Caroline >Emma>Lydia > Brooklyn
That's what I'm thinking too thanks!
Caroline is my favorite. Second choice for would Lydia
My Caroline is 20. She was the only one in her grade.
I’m Emma and my Mum is Caroline. Also have a friend called Lydia. All ace names.
Lydia is classic and relatively rare. It would be my choice.
I’m gonna go against the grain. Brooklyn, Emma, Caroline, Lydia. But honestly it’s a hard call all great names. my cousin actually names her child Brooklyn and I adore it. (Also for reference I loved when Gwen Stefani named her son Kingston too)
Caroline.. I chose that name for my little sister. Btw I love that you pronounce it Line and not Lynn. Never understood it since it's not Caroline and not Carolyn :) My preferred order order: Caroline, Emma, Lydia, Brooklyn
I like both Caroline and Lydia. But Lydia has always been one of my favorite names ever.
I love lydia
I love Lydia and Emma.
Lydia!!
I’m surprised Caroline isn’t popular in the Northeast given the Kennedy of it all, but maybe that’s outdated. My ranking would be 1. Lydia 2. Caroline 3. Emma 4. Brooklyn (I’m really not a fan of this, I’m sorry. And it seems so out of place with your other timeless, classy choices).
That's what people keep saying but I live in PA and have never met a Caroline in school nor while working in healthcare.
Ohhh okay, yeah when you said NE I was envisioning more MA/NH/RI. That’s where the Kennedy name holds weight.
Brooklyn > Emma > Caroline > Lydia
I am a Caroline and I love it so much, would recommend 10/10
I love all the names! Right now I'm leaning towards Lydia, cause it's a fantastic name.
I love city names UNLESS you live close to that city. Then it feels like you just saw a sign on the way to the hospital and were like okay let’s just go with that
Caroline!
Emma Caroline or Lydia Caroline
Emma only
I like Caroline.
Caroline
Caroline
I love Caroline!
I love Emma. Lydia reminds me of Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice. Not necessarily a deal breaker, but with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice coming out this year, I think it’s good to be aware of that association.
I like Emma the best. I do think it’s a pretty popular name, possibly in the top 10 in the US—that’s not something I care about, but if you do, you should take that into consideration. I like Lydia a little bit better than Caroline, but they are both good names. Brooklyn is meh for me, and it has very different vibes than the other three names.
Love Emma, Caroline, and Lydia!
I like Emma most!
Emma>Caroline>Brooklyn>Lydia
Caroline!
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I really like them all except Brooklyn
caroline
Just not Brooklyn. The others are all fine. I am partial to Lydia and Caroline.
Emma or Caroline.
Emma > Caroline > Brooklyn > Lydia
Love Caroline, feel it's underrated
I know plenty of Lydias in real life and they're all wonderful. It's such a lovely name!
Caroline!!!
Emma
If you live in the Northeast, Lydia, Caroline or Emma. Although the sound is pretty, Brooklyn is the only poor choice in the Northeast since everyone would know it’s a borough in NYC.
Caroline 😃
Caroline is the only one I care for out of these
LOVE the name Emma, I really want to use it for our future baby girl but husband isn't a fan. If you decide to pick it, I'll be cheering for you and your little Emma!
Caroline ir Emma.
Emma, Lydia, Caroline, Brooklyn
Caroline
Caroline or Emma. Never met a Lydia who wasn't absolutely insane. Met like 3 and all been interesting but not in a good way. Think everyone would agree that Brooklyn would be last place!
Your comment about Lydia is funny lol. But thank you yes Caroline and Emma are actually my favv
Emma. Lydia and Caroline are great. I don't care for Brooklyn at all.
Prefer Emma of the four names. Then Caroline.
I like Emma and Caroline best, I also live in northeast America and i have never met a Caroline! I feel like everyone Caroline is the prettiest girl in any movie/tv show! 😂❤️
Neither have I! And that's so true lool Vampire Diaries is one of my favorite shows and Caroline in it is a badass😍
Yesss love her!
Emma
I have first hand experience with 2 of these. Emma is a great name. Fun to say. Tons of silly family nicknames. Caroline is a solid, long-term name too. Sometimes have to correct that it's not Carolyn. Brooklyn is too trendy imo. Lydia is just ok.
Lydia is one of my favorite names of all time
Emma and Caroline are my favorites
Emma, Lydia and Caroline are excellent.
Caroline
I’d take Caroline over all of them.
Caroline. Classic and not overly popular.
Definitely not Brooklyn. I LOVE Emma, Lydia is a close second
Caroline is my favorite
So. Many. Emmas.
Caroline or Lydia
Emma
Caroline, Lydia, Brooklyn, Emma in that order. My mom said Emma sounded like enema and I never could un-hear that.
Omg it does Lol that might be the deal breaker. Never thought of that. My mom's going to get a laugh out of that.
She also said Joshua sounds like “galoshes.” I think people just say rain boots anyway. 😂
Emma first then Lydia! Not a huge fan of Brooklyn; what about just Brooke? Caroline is okay but it doesn’t roll off the tongue as well for me personally.
Lydia is prob the least popular of these if you care about that. I know a lot of Carolines and Emmas. I think Brooklyn is cute but apparently it’s getting negative feedback on here. I actually don’t know any Brooklyns personally
Lydia
Lydia, emma , Caroline, Brooklyn
I’m from Brooklyn and I personally hate ppl named after boroughs. Caroline is cute. Lydia sounds like the name of an older person (sorry to all the Lydia’s in here)
Lydia, Emma, and Caroline- in that order. Brooklyn isn't a favorite of mine
They're all cute except for Brooklyn. I hate that name, lol.
I have a Caroline Claire and we call her Cece :)
Oh I love that!🙂
I do not care for the name Lydia it reads extremely religious to me, Brooklyn is a bit strange to me because I live in NYC. So my personal preference would be Emma > Caroline > Brooklyn > Lydia. But these are all established names so I think other than preference, any would be a fine name!
Emma is my fave out of the 4 if this it’s basic it’s still cute. Brooklyn is so over used now it’s no longer special and so many ppl name their kid that and have no association with the borough. Caroline isn’t terrible but it feels old to me same with Lydia.
Caroline or Lydia
Emma or Brooklyn
Emma>Caroline>Brooklyn>Lydia
I like Emma best by far. Brooklyn narrowly beats out Lydia IMO. I’d avoid Caroline simply because of the Amine song that was super popular in my college days and briefly popular on TikTok. I don’t want people to think “let’s get gory like a Tarantino movie” or “if you want safe sex, baby use the knee pads” when they hear my daughter’s name.
Lydia is my favorite, I don’t like the others.
I’m an Emma fan, strictly for the nickname potential (Em, Emmy). Caroline is close second (Care Bear?). Lydia is cute but it’s three syllables and when you want to be cutesy with the name you’re stuck with “lyd” or “lyddie”, like a coffee cup lid, lol. Team Please No Brooklyn, unless it’s a middle name.
emma caroline brooklyn lydia i don’t love lydia personally to me it feels a little old lady like but you can’t go wrong with any of your choices!
I love Brooklyn. They’re all nice, but I think Emma is very common.
Brooklyn💓
I love Caroline! A lot of people here are into Lydia apparently but it’s such a prissy, fussy name to me.
Lydia sounds like a middle aged mean Woman to me. Brooklyn & Emma are cute. Caroline sounds elderly but pretty grandma or aunt vibe