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Popular first names from your childhood that aren't popular now

178 replies

Lockdowner35 · 11/01/2021 22:30

I remember so many Ryan's , don't know any now.

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Pet8 · 12/01/2021 16:20

I know a billion David's and Michaels but no children if that name

I know a few Michaels born in the past year.

snowqu33n · 12/01/2021 14:55

Lots of Graeme, Stuart (with various spellings), Kenneth

For girls, Lesley, Cheryl, Moira, Jeanette

Firebird83 · 12/01/2021 14:45

Emma
Laura
Rebecca
Victoria
Kathryn/Kate
Amy
Abigail
Bethany
Danielle
Jessica
Natalie
Sarah
Naomi
Jennifer
Alexandra
Louise
Rachel
Georgina
Joanna
Chelsea
Kayleigh

Andrew
Robert
Daniel
Ian
Anthony
Gary
Gareth
Paul
Christopher
David
Jonathan
Luke
Matthew
Michael
Nicholas
Owen
Peter
Richard
Stephen
Jason
Darren

Ohalrightthen · 12/01/2021 08:13

I'm an early 90s baby - when we did our leavers celebrations/yearbook etc, we worked out that 34% of the yeargroup were called Hannah/Georgia(ina)/Isabel(bella)(variations of same) and that 46% of us had either Rose or Louise as a middle name!

StacySoloman · 12/01/2021 08:06

Claire, Laura, Nicola with Louise as a middle name.
Lots of boys called Chris, Matt and Mark.

Lots of my friends now seem to be married to blokes called Darren - can’t see that coming back.

MillieEpple · 12/01/2021 08:05

Claire, sarah, emma, vicky
Mark, Andrew, christopher

TheQueensCousin · 12/01/2021 08:01

Angela
Daphne
Deborah/Debra/Debbie
Jane
Karen
Linda
Paula
Rosemary
Susan
Tania
Vanessa
Wendy

Andrew
Aaron
Anthony
Barry
Carl
David/Dave
Gary
Ian
Jason
Karl
Michael
Paul
Robert
Steven/Stephen/Steve
Trevor
Timothy
Tony

musicinspring1 · 12/01/2021 08:01

Kelly , Lisa , Louise
Ian , Ryan , Christopher

Bluesername · 12/01/2021 07:56

Joanna
Sarah
Clare
Helen
Elizabeth/Liz
Katherine/Kate/Katie
Rachel

Mark
David
Paul
Ian
Jonathan
Matthew
Steven

20viona · 12/01/2021 07:50

Charlotte, sarah and laura were all the rage when I was a kid. I'm 30.

chaosrabbitland · 12/01/2021 07:42

girls , sharon , tracey , michelle , mandy , jane , and for the boys there were a lot of marks , simon , jason philip . yes i went to school in the 80s lol

WhatTheFoot · 12/01/2021 07:41

Sarah, Peter, David, Lisa - 80's child.

Laska2Meryls · 12/01/2021 07:39

Jacqueline
Linda
Janet
Susan
Gillian
Judith
Janice
Lesley
Maureen
Lorraine
Paul
Alan
David
Mark
Derek
Stephen
Christopher
Peter
Martin
Roger
Colin
Philip

Reckon we are all Grandparents now!

PinkyParrot · 12/01/2021 07:37

Sheila, Linda, Ann, Glenda, Yvonne, Dorothy most of the girls (small school).

Nonamesavail · 12/01/2021 07:29

Samantha
Michelle
Claire
Nichola

Jason
David
Jonathan
Steven

RosesAndHellebores · 12/01/2021 07:28

Other names of my era that are rarely heard now:

Beverley
Lorraine
Kim
Amanda
Linda
Lisa
Diane/a
Tracey (such a pretty name actually)
Sharon
Michelle

Boys were: Mark, John, Anthony, Nick, Simon, Ian, Julian, Jeremy, David, Stephen, Martin, Phil, Mike/Mickey, Robert and then Gary, Shaun (eek), Darren, Kevin.

It's interesting how the generations change.

Jointhecircus · 12/01/2021 06:09

Lizzie

You never hear it anymore because they’re all called Liz or Elizabeth now. There were several Lizzie’s in my year at school.

Elwynne · 12/01/2021 06:01

Amy
Emma
Gemma
Louise

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/01/2021 04:56

Lisa. Michelle. Joanne.

Anoisagusaris · 12/01/2021 00:24

Not in the UK but I know plenty of primary school kids with names listed eg Sarah, Emma, Michael, David, Andrew, Katie, Jane, Amy.

Popular names from when I was a kid that I don’t know of any now are:

Michelle
Karen
Stuart
Sinead
Siobhan
Paul
Terry
Stephen
Deirdre
Anne
Caroline
Fiona
Ruth

ZenNudist · 12/01/2021 00:17

I know a billion David's and Michaels but no children if that name

Similarly only one child Christopher despite every other friend of mine being married to a chris.

I went to school with many Kirstys and Michelle, none now.

You also dont get Katie much...

KeeefBurtain · 12/01/2021 00:10

Samantha
Jody
Caroline
Cheryl
Keiley

Terry
Billy
Wayne
Barry
Ryan

Born 1980

LimeTreeGrove · 12/01/2021 00:09

Caroline was so popular in my year at secondary school

Carouselfish · 12/01/2021 00:08

Lisa, Melissa

NameChange84 · 12/01/2021 00:07

Oh and Adam and James!