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What was the most popular first name when you were at school?

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Comedyshortsgamer · 10/12/2017 13:45

In primary school in my class there was 3 Nathans and 2 Ryan's

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DelphiniumBlue · 10/12/2017 13:56

Many called Susan, Karen, Debbie and most boys were Mark/Nick/Dave

raffle · 10/12/2017 13:56

Claire, Sarah and Louise

iloveredwine · 10/12/2017 13:55

Susan, Jennifer, David and Kevin's were popular when I went to school

Fresta · 10/12/2017 13:55

Joanne

YouCantBeSirius · 10/12/2017 13:54

Kirsty x3 Stephanie x3 no duplicate boys names

ScreamingValenta · 10/12/2017 13:54

Karen was another I've just remembered - I can think of 5 Karens who were in my year at secondary school.

Corneliusmurphy · 10/12/2017 13:53

David, Darren, Lisa, sophie, Sarah, Scott, Kevin

MiddlingMum · 10/12/2017 13:52

Susan, probably. Two of my best friends were/are called Susan.

There were three Marks in my junior school class.

noodlesandtomatoes · 10/12/2017 13:52

Sarah, Jenny, Natalie, Richard

cantthinkofanythingwitty · 10/12/2017 13:52

That was secondary school.

Pri.ary was a real mixtures tbh

happylantern · 10/12/2017 13:52

Abbie, Rebecca, Sarah, Ryan, Tom

cantthinkofanythingwitty · 10/12/2017 13:51

Sarah and Sophie
Oliver and Daniel

Marv1nGay3 · 10/12/2017 13:51

Nicola ( Nicky). Three in my class.

NannyR · 10/12/2017 13:50

Claire, Sarah and Louise.

Tastesjustlikecherrycola85 · 10/12/2017 13:50

Sarah and Louise

ScreamingValenta · 10/12/2017 13:49

Lots of Sarahs and Emmas for girls; Daniel and Stephen were popular boys' names (I'm 43).

elliejjtiny · 10/12/2017 13:49

3 Laura's in my class at primary. Other duplicate names were Sarah, Kimberley, Amy, Sophie and Emma. Boys popular names were David, Jonathan, Gareth, Craig and Richard.

AnonEvent · 10/12/2017 13:46

*had

I left primary school 28 years ago.

AnonEvent · 10/12/2017 13:46

We have three Jonathans just in my class (of 25), we also had a LOT of Katies.