How old ae you and what's the most popular/common name amongst your friends?

[EuphemiaLennox]

I'm in my 40s , so a 70s baby.

Most common name amongst female friends:

Jo - by far. I know loads, all short for Joanne.

Amongst male friends:

Mark.

[candycrushhater]

I'm in my late 30's - just!

The most common name amongst female friends is Lynn - 3 in my immediate circle of friends.

The most common male name - Colin.

[hellokitty123]

Probably easiest to look at the top 20 baby names per year or decade.

I too am a 70s baby and therefore know lots of Sarahs, Jos, Steves, Andys.

[TheBookofRuth]

I'm in my mid-30s and know an embarrassment of Sarahs and Matthews.

[ItsallFeegle]

I'm early 30's - an 80's baby.

I know lots of:

Amanda's, Nicola's, Karen's.

Robert's, John's, Mark's

[flipchart]

I'm 48.
Vicky is the most popular name in our group of 12, then Yvonne.
There is a 5 year +- difference in age with the women I work with and we have several Elaine's and 3 viv's!
I'm the only one with my name both at work and amongst my mates.

[Blanketsandpillows]

Early 30's and know lots of Niamhs, Lauras, Ciaras and Sarahs. Boys; Alan, Paul, Michael and David.

[WhispersOfWickedness]

I was born in the early 80's. I know loads of Claires, Lucys, Katies, Hannahs, Matthews, Stevens, Marks and Andrews.

[WhispersOfWickedness]

Oh yes, and Lauras, tonnes of them my age!

[TheRealFellatio]

47. 
    

Karen, Sharon, Tracey, Debbie, Julie, Jackie, Lisa were the most common ones as I remember,

with a good smattering of Christine, Michelle, Joanne, Elaine, Nicola, Dawn, Claire, Sarah, Fiona, Wendy

[TheRealFellatio]

Boys were called Steve, Dave, Paul, John, Mark or Andy. All of 'em.

[TheRealFellatio]

I think of late 70s and early 80's names for girls as all being

Gemma, Nicola, Sarah, Hannah, Kelly, Laura, Amanda, Samantha, Kim

[TheRealFellatio]

oh yes, and Katie!

[EldritchCleavage]

40s.
Men: Simon, Paul, John

Women: Amanda, Emma, Sarah.

[smilingthroughgrittedteeth]

30

Girls - Claire (5), Jane (2), Jennifer (3)

Boys - Dave (4), Matthew (3), Steve (6)

[themonsteratemyspacebar]

25

Girls - sarah, kerri-ann (different spellings), kayleigh, emma, natalie, bethany

Boys - stephen, nathan, ian, chistopher, james, andrew

[StellaNova]

I am in my late 30s and the most popular names among my friends from school are: Jane, Sarah, Emily and Rebecca. I have 6 Janes as FB friends, 6 Sarahs, 5 Clare/ Claires, 4 Rebeccas, and 4 Emilys.

For boys there are 3 Simons, 3 Stuarts, 2 James, 2 Andrews, 2 Ians, 2 Pauls, 2 Robs.

[BabyStone]

I was born late 80s, at school, there was a lot of Lauras, Katie/katherine and Emmas

My dad is mid 40s, all of his friends seem to be called Paul, David and Mark

[ShadeofViolet]

Late 20's.

Most common names for me are Michelle and Natalie.

Boys its David and Matthew.

[Owllady]

35
Julie, Claire
Mark, Richard

[Owllady]

My Mum gave me a name that was quite common in the 60s though, so I was the only one in the whole school!

[language]

35
Girls: Karen, Sarah, Catherine (all different nicknames)
Boys: Matthew, Andrew, David

[toomuch2young]

Mid 20's - had 5 beckys in my class!! Sarah's, Emma's, Katie

Boys - Dave/David, Tom, Paul, chris

[lydiajones]

I was born in the mid 70s and every class in school had a Sarah, Claire, Nicola, Emma, Laura and Catherine. Boys were Mark, Paul, James, Andrew, Steven, Simon, David

Now I seem to meet lots of Sarahs and Kates.

[SixPackWellies]

40. 
    

Joanne
Karen
David

[TheRealFellatio]

Hayley is a real 80s name as well.