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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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MikeUniformMike · 17/11/2018 14:52

Olivia
Amelia
Isla
Ava
Emily
Isabella
Mia
Poppy
Ella
Lily

1 Poppy in her 30s, a few Ellas in their 20s, Isabella 50ish and an Isabel in her late 50s, Olivia in her 20s.
All others teenagers.

HildegardVonBlingen · 17/11/2018 14:45

Olivia: 81
I was at school with an Amelia. She would now be 48. She was the only one at my school. I also knew another Amelia who died recently. She was in her late 80s.

I only know children/teenagers with the other names on your list.

Kewqueue · 17/11/2018 14:43

Olivia 45
Amelia 8
Ava 4
Emily 44
Mia 8
Poppy 4
Ella 16

TheCraicDealer · 17/11/2018 14:42

Olivia - 30, went to school with one
Amelia - 32-ish
Isla - Don't know any irl apart from a six month old puppy
Ava - One month old
Emily - 32-ish
Isabella - Probably around 60- this was the first name of my P6 teacher!
Mia - Don't know any
Poppy - Five months old
Ella - 5
Lily - About 90- this was a really popular name in the 1920s and 30s here, so there's plenty of very elderly women knocking about called Lily

The two 32yos are the sisters of people I went to school with, and their names were considered pretty unusual then.

Escolar · 17/11/2018 14:42

Olivia - 41
Amelia - 9
Isla - don't know any, of any age
Ava - 11
Emily - 44
Isabella - 9
Mia - 10
Poppy - in her 90s
Ella - 10
Lily - 13

SimplyPut · 17/11/2018 14:42

Olivia 58/59

C0untDucku1a · 17/11/2018 14:41

I teach all of those currently except a poppy. Aged 12-17

BendydickCuminsnatch · 17/11/2018 14:41

Olivia - do famous people count? Colman, 44
Amelia - 28
Isla - 25
Ava - 10
Emily - 27
Isabella - 7
Mia - only know this as a shortening for Amelia
Poppy - none
Ella - 35
Lily - 30s

BuffaloCauliflower · 17/11/2018 14:40

Olivia - don’t think I know any
Amelia - 29
Isla - 30
Ava - don’t know any
Emily - 29
Isabella - don’t know any
Mia - 16
Poppy - 28
Ella - 31
Lily - don’t know any

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/11/2018 14:39

These are people I know of rather than know, and That is not included when I've heard them while out and about.
The only Olivias I know are all around DDs age (19) give or take a few years
Amelia Also went to school with an Amelia. She wasn't In my year group that I can tell you. She was either a year younger or a year older.
So Shed be (42-44) Very unusual back then.
Isla, 8
Ava 14
Emily 19
Isabella Don't know any
Poppy 19.
Mia 19
Ella 60+
Lily 26

EskSmith · 17/11/2018 14:38

Olivia. 42
Amelia 8
Isla 10
Ava don't know any
Emily. 34
Isabella 28ish
Mia 10
Poppy 15
Ella 11
Lily 89

MrsDarcyIwish · 17/11/2018 14:38

Olivia:48
Emily:27
Ella:20

jenthelibrarian · 17/11/2018 14:36

My daughter's name is Emily and she's 30. It was the name of one of her great-grandmothers. If I'd had known how popular it would become I might've chosen something else. My husband flatly refused to let me call her Seraphie, from my French side, though!

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