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Ages of oldest people you know with a current top 10 name

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Emlatte · 17/11/2018 14:25

What are the ages of the oldest people you know with a current (ONS 2017 England & Wales) top ten name?

I have a top ten name and don't know of anyone else older than me with it (although fully aware there are plenty around) so find this sort of information interesting. Particularly interested in the girls name list as I'm under the impression these change a little more than the boys list.

Top 10 girls names 2017:
Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Ava
Emily
Isabella
Mia
Poppy
Ella
Lily

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duhast · 23/11/2018 07:28

Olivia 45
Amelia - recently deceased grandmother 99
Emily x 3 all 40s
Mia 44
Poppy met one last week in her 80s
Lily 50s

TheGhostOfYou · 23/11/2018 06:46

Olivia - Early 30s
Amelia - Don't know any
Isla - 7
Ava - 6
Emily - mid 20s
Isabella - 7 (and an early 20s with a different spelling though)
Mia - 1
Poppy - Don't know any
Ella - mid 20s
Lily - 6

Oliver - 6
Harry - 6
George - don't know any
Noah - 7
Jack - 6
Jacob - mid 20s
Leo - don't know any
Oscar - don't know any
Charlie - mid 20s
Muhammad - don't know any

HotMessMama · 22/11/2018 18:13

Olivia - don’t know any.
Amelia - I know 2, unrelated. They are 8 and 22
Isla - 9
Ava - don’t know any.
Emily - 26
Isabella - different spelling, 3
Mia - 5
Poppy - 5
Ella - don’t know any.
Lily - I know of lots of Lily’s, no older than 10.

irregularegular · 21/11/2018 17:15

My grandmother is Amelia and will be 95 this year. Her mother was Amelia too. It is also my daughter's name.

StateofIndependance · 21/11/2018 17:06

My cousin is Emily and she's 30. I was 11/12 when she was born and couldn't believe they'd given her such an awful, old fashioned name. It definitely seemed unusual to me then.

Belindabauer · 21/11/2018 17:04

The only 'older person' I knew with any of those names was my great aunt Isabella and I always loved that name. So very unusual until the surge in popularity a few years ago.
She is now longer with us and would have been well over 100.
The oldest Emily I know is late 20s and I remember when her mother chose her name thinking what an old fashioned name!
Olivia the oldest ones I know are mid 20s.
I don't know any 'old' people with the other names
I know an 18 year old Amelia and all the rest are names of children I know.

OutPinked · 21/11/2018 16:59

I only know an Ella, Emily and Olivia. Plenty of Emily’s in my school so they will all be late twenties/early thirties now. I work with a 23 year old Olivia and I know an Ella in her mid thirties. I did know an elderly Lillian when I was a child.

Pinkkittens292 · 21/11/2018 11:49

Olivia - 39
Amelia - 32
Isla - 11
Ava - 9
Emily - 42
Isabella - 19
Mia - 15
Poppy - 15
Ella - 15
Lily - 15

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 21/11/2018 10:43

Olivia - 36
Amelia - 32
Isla - don't know any but know a dog called Isla
Ava - don't know any
Emily - 38
Isabella - don't know any
Mia - don't know any
Poppy - 45
Ella - 35
Lily - don't know any

GaryBaldbiscuit · 21/11/2018 10:07

Back in 2000 i knew an Amelia in her 80s or 90s

WelliesAndPyjamas · 21/11/2018 01:25

Emily - 60s
Lily - late 30s

RedDwarves · 21/11/2018 01:07

Olivia - The oldest Olivia I know is my age (24).

Amelia - I know several Amelias who are now 25-26.

Isla - 5.

Ava - 21.

Emily - I know an Emily who is in her 60s.

Isabella - 24.

Mia - 21.

Poppy - I don't know any Poppys.

Ella - 22.

Lily - I don't know any Lilys.

OrigamiZoo · 21/11/2018 01:04

So, that Emily would be 50 now!

OrigamiZoo · 21/11/2018 01:04

I do recall going to art school in the 80s and the name Emily seemed so old fashioned. The woman herself was curly hair and very artistic, dungarees and doc martens and flowery shirts. Totally middle class and entitled which ruined it and never deigned to talk to me.

OrigamiZoo · 21/11/2018 00:59

Olivia - 6
Amelia -6
Isla - 9
Ava -6
Emily -6
Isabella - 13
Mia - 12
Poppy -15
Ella - 40
Lily - 9

helpingvsdoinghomework · 21/11/2018 00:45

Olivia - 44
Amelia - 55
Isla - 45
Ava - 11
Emily - my great Aunt. Would be around 100
Isabella - 80
Mia - 60
Poppy - 10
Ella - 16
Lily - 14

ABitOTT · 20/11/2018 23:25

Oliver 56
Harry 24
George 84
Jack 22
Jacob 21
Charlie 22

Emily 91

thegreylady · 20/11/2018 21:57

Emily 101!
The rest under 10.

MrsFoxPlus4 · 20/11/2018 17:22

Oliver - I don’t know any.
Harry - 26
George - 65
Noah - 6
Jack - 13
Jacob - 26
Leo - 25
Oscar - I don’t know any
Charlie - She’s a girl aged 10 lol
Muhammad - I don’t know any

MrsFoxPlus4 · 20/11/2018 17:20

Olivia - 5
Amelia - 5
Isla - I don’t know any.
Ava - 5
Emily - 4
Isabella - 2
Mia - 19
Poppy - 4
Ella - 4
Lily - 2

foxtiger · 20/11/2018 17:15

oh and I know someone in her 80s who is known as Ella, but it's not her formal name.

foxtiger · 20/11/2018 17:14

Olivia - about 30 I think
Amelia - probably in her 40s
Isla - don't know any
Ava - don't know any
Emily - about 50, but not British
Isabella - 8 or 9
Mia - 11 or 12
Poppy - early 20s
Ella - about 40
Lily - about 20

Oliver - about 45
Harry - about 65
George - over 80
Noah - don't know any
Jack - about 60 (although I have known older ones who have since died)
Jacob - late 20s
Leo - about 14
Oscar - my sons know some at uni, maybe 20ish?
Charlie - about 60, probably really a Charles
Muhammad - don't know one at the moment, but I was at school with a few, who'd be in their 50s now

NicePieceOfPlaid · 20/11/2018 16:51

Olivia mid 60s
Amelia 92
Isla - mid 60s
Ava - 0
Emily - mid 80s
Isabella - mid 80s
Mia - spelt the Welsh way mid 60s.
Poppy 24 0
Ella 0
Lily 80s

EllaDownTheLane · 20/11/2018 16:33

Olivia 94 though she goes by the name of Dot.

NinjaGoSaysNo · 20/11/2018 16:31

I'm mid 30s and went to school with several Emilys, one Olivia and one Lily. Don't know anyone older than that with those names or with any of the other names.

Again with the boys names I was at school with an Oliver and a Harry. I currently know a mid 20s Jack and a late 30s George.

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