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What were the most common names in your year group?

141 replies

DextersMistress · 16/12/2015 18:12

In my year group at school there were at least half a dozen of the following:

Kelly
Sarah
Rebecca/Becky

John
David

What were yours?

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billygoatscruff · 17/12/2015 20:16

Emma
Rebecca
Joanna
Lucy
Sarah

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 17/12/2015 18:44

Year group born between 1st September 1974 & 31st August 1975.

Some of you are mere babies!

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 17/12/2015 18:43

Emma
Sarah
Claire
Rebecca
Rachel

James
David
Lee
Robert
Michael

MamaLazarou · 17/12/2015 18:40

Sarah
Nicola
Emma
Rachel
Michelle
Joanne

Joanne was by far the most common name in my school: at least one in every class and three in ours!

SeasonalVag · 17/12/2015 18:39

I know what you mean, derva, in ayshire...three fionas in a class of 20 ffs

derxa · 17/12/2015 14:08

Born late 50's and Scottish Lowlands
Names very restricted - no exotica there and actually the boys' names are still much the same amongst the offspring of my contemporaries. Becoming more Scottish actually

MrsCaecilius · 17/12/2015 14:04

All girls school: Sophie and Kate, by far

LaurieLemons · 17/12/2015 11:58

Emily/Emma
Amy
Ella
Charlie
Oliver/Ollie/Oli
Daniel/Danny/Dan

TurduckenForDinner · 17/12/2015 11:31

For girls: Sarah, Nicola, Wendy

For boys: Andrew, Ian, Phillip. Those three names covered about 25% of the boys in my year, not only that but most of the Andrews, Ians and Phillips had a brother named Andrew, Ian or Phillip. Very Irish Protestant.

Sameshitdiffname · 17/12/2015 11:06

My year group was born 89-90 I forgot to add that before

LoadsaBlusher · 17/12/2015 10:50

Sorry forgot to add year of birth , but it's probably obvious by the names , born early 80s, Scotland.

LoadsaBlusher · 17/12/2015 10:49

Girls - Claire / Sharon / Lyndsey/ Ashley
Boys - Michael / John / Ian / Scott/ Barry / Gavin

When I was at school there were very few " unique" names.
We all had very plain names.
Racking my brains to think of the " wildest " name , think it would be
Marina for a girl and really can't think of any boys that were not plain Scottish names.

tuilamum · 17/12/2015 09:55

(I was in year group born 1993-1994)

tuilamum · 17/12/2015 09:51

Hannah, Jessica/Jess, Ben

NadiaWadia · 17/12/2015 03:04

Girls: Karen, Tracey, Jane, Ann(e), Sarah, Susan, Catherine, Julie, Alison, Teresa, Louise, Jacqueline, Nicola

Boys: Mark, Andrew, Stephen, Paul, Richard, David, Michael

Born England, 1960s

MamaMotherMummy · 16/12/2015 23:36

Emma
Emily
Becky

Sam
Tom

DelphiniumBlue · 16/12/2015 23:16

Nick, Mike, Mick, David and Stephen/Steve for boys and Debbie, Nicola, Claire, Susan and Jackie for girls.

LauraChant · 16/12/2015 23:14

In the 80s - Sarah, Clare, Rebecca, Jane and Simon, Paul, Richard, Andrew, Mark

BowlOfCereals · 16/12/2015 23:10

Claire, Bethan, Rhian

Dafydd, Huw, Thomas/ Tomos

TempsPerdu · 16/12/2015 23:08

Ah, that explains it - thanks Bike ! My parents obviously weren't early adopters then! Smile

Tirfarthoin · 16/12/2015 23:04

Hands down it was Mary ( or a variation of) followed by Anne (or a variation of)

All girls school Ireland in the eighties

Bjornstar · 16/12/2015 23:02

Laura
Claire
Mark
Gemma
Kelly

Shesinfashion · 16/12/2015 22:54

Susan, Andrea, Jill, Lisa.
Sean, Andrew, David, Ian.

Blu · 16/12/2015 22:53

Susan
Jane

penguinsarecool · 16/12/2015 22:52

Probably Gemma and David.