What names are considered 'mum names'?

[SoOverPeppa123]

I was on an American forum and someone commented that a name was such a 'mom name' in the US (ie very popular with women in their 30s)? Just wondered what the equivalent names are in the UK right now?

[Threelittlerobins]

Caroline
Sarah
Claire
Victoria
Jane

[UntilTheCowsComeHome]

Emma
Laura
Louise
Jenny
Rebecca

[Chippednailvarnishing]

Louise
Emma
Nicki

[Aoibhe]

Sarah
Kate
Karen
Marie
Claire
Caroline
Hannah
Joanne
Catherine
Louise
Jennifer

[Uiscebeatha85]

Emma
Amy
Rachel

[AndNoneForGretchenWieners]

Julie
Kate
Denise
Joanne
Claire
Helen
Sally

[Aoibhe]

Nicola and Elaine.

I'm going to think of more

[Gallavich]

Katherine
Louise
Jenny
Claire
Alison
Anna
Becky
Jenny
Natasha

[ShatnersBassoon]

Claire
Sarah
Nicola
Jo
Helen
Rebecca
Kate
Debbie

[rollonthesummer]

I have lots of mum friends called Jo, Sarah, Claire, Vicky, Becky and Nicky.

I wouldn't say they are particularly mum names though-just names of people I was at school with who were born the same time as me who have grown up to have kids.

[ChapstickLegends]

Amanda
Fiona
Leanne
Kelly
Heather

[redexpat]

Basically the top 50 names from 30 years ago.

[MistyMeena]

A quick search on names popular around 1980 will tell you!

In a few years time every other mum will be Olivia, Grace or Daisy

[Aoibhe]

@uiscebeatha

Siobhan
Mairead
Cait
Aine
Clodagh
Orla
Ciara
Aoife
Sinead

[SoOverPeppa123]

Do you think there are any mum names that are still usable today? Or any that are definitely not?

[Aoibhe]

Sarah and Emma are timeless I think.

Most of the others sound dated IMO

[leccybill]

Literally lists of all of my friends names (inc my own) on this thread!

[RueDeWakening]

Catherine
Elizabeth
Helen
Sarah
Nicola
Lisa
Joanne/a
Rebecca

I think Rebecca and Nicola are the only ones I know of that's been used on an under-10 round here.

[Evergreen777]

I've never met any young girls called Sarah, Sally or Louise. But know hundreds my own age. Timeless names would be ones like Anne, Elizabeth, or maybe Emily or Anna. I know women and little girls with those names. There are more timeless boys names though.

[SwedishEdith]

Names of women born from 2000 backwards?

[Confusednotcom]

Al the ones I was going to say have been said already. I don't see a problem with choosing a name that was popular years ago if you like it now?

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Jenny
Joanne
Karen
Sharon
Lisa
Clare
Jane
Kelly
Andrea
Michelle
Toni
Hayley
Kate
Dawn
Lynn
Julie
Angela
Amanda
Lindsey
Teresa
Rachel
Stephanie
Sarah
Tracey
Debbie

[Astro55]

Susan
Claire
Debbie
Sonia
Caroline
Christine
Rose
Karen
Sharon
Tracey

[forwhom]

In New Zealand and for my tiny bubble of a world these are the most common:

Kirsty
Nicky
Anna
Laura
Michelle
Katy

I love the name Louise for a little girl!

[Confusednotcom]

Rather off topic I'm afraid but here's a list of names compiled from The Times birth announcements 1985: Clemency, Thomasina, Willemyn among others.

http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/01/births-announced-in-the-times-1985.html

Sorry to derail - as you were