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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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fiverabbits · 16/12/2015 22:49

In my first year at senior school there was 20 girls of which 5 were named Susan of which I was one.

Bubbletree4 · 16/12/2015 22:45

Girls: Emma, Sarah
Boys: Steve, Andrew/Andy

OllyBJolly · 16/12/2015 22:42

60s Glasgow and I was in a class of 25 boys and 7 girls

3 Caroles
2 Elizabeths
1 Anne
1 Marjory

Boys had
4 Johns
3 James
2 Williams
2 Alans
2 Gregors
and the rest were one offs of Alistair, Neil, Peter, Tom, Alan, Paul, Kevin, Brian.

There were 5 Emmas in my daughter's primary one class.

Only1scoop · 16/12/2015 22:35

Joanne Louise Lisa

Richard Stuart Jonathan

HainaultViaNewburyPark · 16/12/2015 22:32

Girls: Sarah, Joanne, Jane, Caroline
Boys: Richard, Robert, Stephen, Mark

Woodhill · 16/12/2015 22:30

Susan
Helen

Whatsername24 · 16/12/2015 22:29

Born in 69

Girls - Paula, Joanne, Lisa, Julie, Sharon, Donna, Louise, Karen

Boys - Paul, Mark, Simon, Robert, Stuart/Stewart, Neil

EmilySmallwood · 16/12/2015 22:28

It wasn't too long ago!
Boys:
Joshua
Girls:
Lauren

Woodhill · 16/12/2015 22:27

Claire
Elizabeth
Jane
Catherine/Kate
Phillipa
Julie
Jo
Michelle
Karen

ChefBell · 16/12/2015 22:23

Christopher, Michael, Paul, Darren, Jared, Wayne

Kirsty, Claire, Chantelle, Michelle, Samantha, Lisa, Nicole, Jolene

eastwest · 16/12/2015 22:16

Rebecca.

WhereYouLeftIt · 16/12/2015 22:16

Susan
Karen

David
Paul
Ian

MrsJayy · 16/12/2015 22:15

I am still agog at a pp leaving school in 2008 that was only last year my dd left in 2010

AngelsWithFilthySouls · 16/12/2015 22:14

Emma
Laura
Lynsey/Linzi/Lindsay etc
Jennifer

Andrew
David
Scott
Stuart/Stewart

Ughnotagain · 16/12/2015 22:14

Nicola
Sarah
Rebecca/Becky

Thomas
Daniel/Danny
Luke

MrsJayy · 16/12/2015 22:13

I dont think the name pool is that different just different names come round my dd had tonnes of Amy's and Emmas in her year with dd2 it was Rachel and Megan and sooo many Lewis's

Coral2094 · 16/12/2015 22:12

Hannah
Rebecca
Victoria
Emma
Emily
Aimee
Francesca
Ellie
Olivia

Ben
Sam
Tom
Chris

SueGeneris · 16/12/2015 22:07

I think the pool of names used now is much bigger. DS1 is Alexander. There are only 2 of them in the whole school (single form entry primary) and I think of his name as relatively popular. Mind you there are quite a lot of Jake, Sam, Oliver, Alfie.

SueGeneris · 16/12/2015 22:03

Born 1977. In our year of 60 girls all of these names were at least duplicated: Emma, Sarah, Claire, Kate, Victoria, Jo, Helen, Caroline, Stephanie, Jenny, Louise.

Boys were all Dave, Tom, Mark, Chris, Tim, James etc.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 16/12/2015 21:54

We had millions of Claires. Loads of them. Various Kates and Katies/Katys. Several Jameses (and associated nicknames) IIRC. Roberts. A couple of Emmas perhaps.

BendydickCuminsnatch · 16/12/2015 21:52

*Alex!

BendydickCuminsnatch · 16/12/2015 21:51

Ben, Sam, Tom, James, Aex. I'd say 70% of the boys at school were one of those.

Girls were much more varied but we had multiples of Hannah, Kelly, Aimee, Lizzie.

Left school in 2008.

Sophronia · 16/12/2015 21:50

Emma (with almost all of them being Emma Louise!)
Hannah
Laura
Sarah
Sophie
Kathryn/Katherine/Kate/Katie
Rebecca
Charlotte

James
Matthew
Daniel
Joseph
Benjamin
Adam

SeasonalVag · 16/12/2015 21:44

Scotland: 1980
Fiona Gillian Jennifer Claires Karens.

RhinestoneCowgirl · 16/12/2015 21:36

Lots of Sarah and Emma

Boys: Chris and David