Joshua

• Same eraSarahLike Joshua, it was given most in the 1980s.#90 · steady
• Same rhythmEmerySame beat as Joshua: three syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#74 · steady
• ShorterPaisleyTwo syllables to Joshua's three, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#67 · falling
• LongerLilianaFour syllables to Joshua's three: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#78 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.