Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

The most children with the same name in the same class

203 replies

Theoistfit · 26/06/2017 20:23

Everyone seems to worry about popularity, so what name have you known the most of in the same class?

Growing up I had six (!) Daniels in my class, so over a third of the boys. There were two in the adjacent class too.

I've also known two separate classes with three Isabelles each who were all Izzy.
Three Jacks.
Three Freyas too which is odd as it's not that popular.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Mossend · 26/06/2017 23:13

The year my DD was born there were 6 girls in the whole country to be named the same as her.
When she started school one of the other ones was in the same class as her, making it the most popular girls name in the class!

EllenJanethickerknickers · 26/06/2017 23:07

The boys were mostly David, Andrew or Steve.

EllenJanethickerknickers · 26/06/2017 23:05

In my year at school everyone seemed to be Karen or Keren or Karyn or possibly Carolyn. We also had lots of girls called Helen, Jane, Catherine or Sarah. Not to mention all the Tracys and Sharons!

shugfish · 26/06/2017 23:05

BigGlasses very amused that there are so many Ewan's and Megan's in your DC classes. There both my DC names and I only know one other of each and none in their enormous school.

Sophronia · 26/06/2017 22:51

A lot of female Biblical names were popular back then too, like Rebecca, Abigail, Sarah, Rachel, Hannah and Naomi. Nowadays it's male Biblical names that are common: Noah, Ethan, Reuben, Elijah etc.

Sophronia · 26/06/2017 22:43

James and Daniel were the most popular boys names in my year (born 89/90). We had three James Turners.

AtSea1979 · 26/06/2017 22:42

Lots of Joanne's and Sarah's back in the 80s. In DD class (Y3) Williams and Bens not multiple girls names. In DS (Y7) lots of Sams.

Sayhellotothelittlefella · 26/06/2017 22:41

In the mid eighties I went on a brownie camp of about 25 - 8 of them Sarah

HesMyLobster · 26/06/2017 22:38

In my reception class last year we had 2 x Maia, 2 x Mia and a Mayah. Also 2 x Elsa, 2 x Elsie, an Elise an Elissa and 2 x Alyssa. Confused

This year is more varied but we do have 3 Jessicas, 2 Isabellas, 2 Erins and 2 Poppys.

Boys last year we had 3 Harrys, 2 Harrisons, 3 Josephs and 3 Benjamins.

This year we have 4 x James, 3 Olivers.

(These are all across a cohort of 60)

SuperBeagle · 26/06/2017 22:27

In primary school, we had 3 Madeleines and 3 Georgias. In high school, we had 3 Madeleines and 1 Madison (all Maddie/Maddy). None of those Madeleines were the ones from my primary school, but it was in the same small area, so I assume it must've been a very popular choice the year I was born.

Can't recall for boys, but there were always loads of Benjamins/Bens and Matthews/Matts.

My dad was one of 6 Davids in his Kindergarten class back in the day. The teacher renamed them all a nickname (his was Sam) so that she didn't have to do the initial thing etc. and Sam stuck for him for life.

Moonflower12 · 26/06/2017 22:24

8 Sarah's in my maths class at school- mid 80s.
We have a lot of Sofia's locally.

oldbirdy · 26/06/2017 22:22

My dd (7)'s year has two Avas, an Eva, and an Aoife. Also Mia, Mya and Myla, and 2 Serens.

Boys wise, there are 2 Georges and 2 Alfies.

My first class when I started teaching, I had about 15 girls. 3 were Amy and 4 Victoria. They would have been born in early 1980s.

IHeartKingThistle · 26/06/2017 22:14

In my DDs reception class there was Leela, Lila and Lola 😁

RiverTam · 26/06/2017 22:11

Sarah, Catherine/Katherine, Jo(anne/a), Vicky (mid 80s).

DD's school class seems pretty varied but her nursery class had 3 Noahs and 3 Harrys. But I do live in an area where people bend of backwards to ensure their child doesn't have a popular name Grin.

Belmo · 26/06/2017 22:10

Hundreds of Claires and Lauras at my school.
Dd(5) has 3 Lilys and 2 Islas.

LittleCandle · 26/06/2017 22:08

Way back in the late 70s/early 80s, there were 4 Lauras in a combined primary 3/4 class of only 20 children at a school my DM taught at.

MissHavishamsleftdaffodil · 26/06/2017 22:07

About half my year group were either Claire or Christopher, and everyone else seemed to be Catherine, Matthew or David.

My last class had Keeleys, Kayleighs, Kylies, Kaydens and Kyrons galore.

Solasum · 26/06/2017 22:05

Arrrrgh apostrophes

BaronessBomburst · 26/06/2017 22:00

At junior school I was in a class with 3 Stephen/ Stevens and a Stevie, two of whom had the surname Jones.
At secondary I was in a class with three Claire/ Clares.
I have never been in a class with or worked with someone with the same first name as me, but I do have Jane as my second name. Grin

babybarrister · 26/06/2017 21:55

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

tigerdriverII · 26/06/2017 21:47

1970s secondary school: 5 Joannas in a class of 20

WanderingTrolley1 · 26/06/2017 21:47

What do you teach, cupcake?

bigbadbarry · 26/06/2017 21:46

Seven Lisas in one class (born mid 70s). Nearly all middle names Jane.
Five Cla(I)r(e)s, mostly middle name Louise

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/06/2017 21:44

My class, well whole year group was full of Joannes
My dds year group was
Olivia Emily Chloe
Callum.

Lancelottie · 26/06/2017 21:29

We had three David Taylors in my year.