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What names DONT you really hear anymore?

268 replies

Soubriquet · 27/12/2019 09:58

We’ve done unusual, but what old names do you rarely hear now?

I’ll start with Gary.

I know an adult Gary but no little Gary’s.

Samantha. Again I know adults but not little ones.

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winterinmadeira · 27/12/2019 17:16

Len - I haven’t heard that in years

VanyaHargreeves · 27/12/2019 17:12

I was at school with 5 million Sarah and Emma's but also:

Mary/Marie
Sharon
Natalie
Laura
Jenny
Joanne
Barbara
Cathy
Lisa
Steph
Kelly
Sally
Victoria
Rachel

None of which you hear of on babies

From my mums friends :

Anne/Angela
Patricia
Linda
Lorraine
Beverly
Belinda
Tracey
Christine/Christina

Mistlewoe · 27/12/2019 17:08

Elaine
Eleanor
Lisa
Marie
Maria

Mistlewoe · 27/12/2019 17:06

Julie
Tracey
Carol
Sharon
Gary
Barry

Verily1 · 27/12/2019 17:03

I know young dcs called Derek Linda and Graham!

ODFOx · 27/12/2019 17:00

I'm in my 50s.
My classmates were Karen, Rachel, Beverley, Heidi, Lynn, Lynda/Linda, Stephanie, Helen, Julie, Julia, Laura.
My Mum's generation: Barbara, Pamela, Carol, Heather, Sylvia, Celia, Beryl, Judith, Angela,
I don't know or have heard of any small children with these names (except Barbara Coren-Mitchell).

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 27/12/2019 16:53

Barry

Denise

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 27/12/2019 16:52

Karen
Sharon
Tracey
Marie
Margaret
Nicola
Pauline
Deirdre
Claire

Derek
Nigel
Keith
Kevin
Colin
Martin
Christopher
Francis
Steve/Stephen
Bill

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 27/12/2019 15:22

My 6yo has a Colin in her class at school.

I've not met a young Victoria.

PlantPotting · 27/12/2019 15:14

Michael is still a top 100 name believe it or not @Sleepyblueocean

PlantPotting · 27/12/2019 15:14

Clarence

Wheresthebiffer2 · 27/12/2019 14:57

Mary
Margaret
Marjory
Maureen
Michelle
Marie

and Susan.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 27/12/2019 14:41

Graham
Roger
Wayne
Adrian
Nigel

Sharon
Tina
Deborah
Margaret
Julie
Linda

FawnDrench · 27/12/2019 14:16

Clarence
Guy
Clive
Derek
Gerard
Cecil

daisypond · 27/12/2019 13:53

Roberta
Barbara
I'd love to see both of those back!

They are back. I know preschoolers and primary-aged these.

sometimesalways · 27/12/2019 13:53

I love the name Colin, but nobody else seems to like it! And I have only ever met one, in his 50s...

Sleepyblueocean · 27/12/2019 13:42

Tracy
Sharon
Cheryl
Lisa
Bernadette
Anne-Marie
Annette
Linda
Michelle
Paula
David
Wayne
Stephen
Andrew
Stuart
Kevin
Martin
Keith
Michael
Generally a lot of the names of people that I was at school with.
Also Horace, Clarence and Queenie.

MurrayTheMonk · 27/12/2019 13:31

I like Deborah. Deffo due a comeback.

And Jason I think might come back round-it sounds like Jayden, Kaden, Mason, all those kind of names...

Bluedogyellowcat · 27/12/2019 13:31

I know lots of Laura Rachel James Anna Gemma

corduroyal · 27/12/2019 13:29

Names that don't come back are the fancy french ones that used to seem sophisticated - Stephanie, Nicole, Nadine, Piers etc

Badabingbadabum · 27/12/2019 13:28

Kerry, Kelly, Gemma, Louise, Carly. All popular in the 80's and in their mid 30s now (naming our dc after our grandmothers and great-aunts!)

Ihavethefinalsleigh · 27/12/2019 13:27

Gladys
Mildred
Gertrude
Cecil
Cyril

SillyUnMurphy · 27/12/2019 13:26

Apparently no children born in the last two years have been named Nigel

wonkylegs · 27/12/2019 13:25

Martin
Adrian
Timothy
Malcolm
Harold

I haven't seen a young Claire for a while
Karen
Gillian
Janet
Lynn
Sheila

CodYe · 27/12/2019 13:22

Oh, and Betty!

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