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Names most associate with the 1970s and 1980s

116 replies

Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 04/04/2021 22:20

A friend of mine (early 20s) has given names to her girls that I think are strongly linked to the 70s/80s and I found I really liked hearing them! Not sure if it is because they remind me of school days or because they sound refreshing as so rare to be heard on children atm.

What are your favourite distinctly 70s/80s names?

I like Lisa, Leanne and Stephanie!

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Ellmau · 12/04/2021 18:33

Clare/Claire
Nicole/Nicola
Joanne/Joanna
Lisa
Lucy
Emma
Emily
Andrea
Sophie
Kelly
Kerry
Michelle
Sharon
Tracy/Tracey
Julie
Rachel
Ruth
Sarah
Sally
Philippa
Christine
Chantal/Chantelle
Danielle
Natalie
Georgina
Fiona
Annabel
Donna
Stephanie
Victoria
Elizabeth
Rebecca

Kieran
Ian
Antony
Christopher
Timothy
Justin
Jonathan
Neil
Daniel
Gary

earthyfire · 11/04/2021 21:09

80s
Kelly - love due a come back
Louise/Louisa
Natasha/Tasha
Kylie
Nicola
Katie
Kimberley

Ryan
Danny
Luke
Lee
Craig
Reece

Rina66 · 10/04/2021 23:19

My school chums were:
Jacqui
Sally
Elizabeth
Michelle
Caroline
Lynne
Catherine
Juliet
Julie
Julia
Penny
Mandy
Sandy
Lesley
April
Samantha
Andrea
Leonie

Firebird83 · 10/04/2021 22:52

I know someone who has young children called Naomi, Kate and Samantha.

Bbq1 · 09/04/2021 21:21

Also:
Becky
Nicola
Kate
Stephanie

Boys names did seem less varied as a pp says:

Martin
Lee
Robert
Mark
Matthew
Adam
Dennis
Paul
Philip
Richard
John
MIchael
Ian
Stephen

Onesnowynight · 09/04/2021 20:31

Sarah
Emma
Louise
Leanne
Claire
Rachel
Victoria

Mark
Paul
Michael

Bbq1 · 09/04/2021 18:03

Donna
Lisa
Michelle
Debbie
Claire
Andrea
Karen
Kelly
Lindsey
Helen
Cathy
Kirsty
Dawn
Sue
Denise
Lucy
Louise
Rachel
Anne-Marie
Sandra
Paula

Junipersky · 09/04/2021 17:40

My favourites from that ear would be

Jennifer/ Jenny
Emma
Anna
Victoria
Rebecca
Joanna
Claire
Kerry
Kirsty
Caroline
Catherine
Stephanie
Samantha
Heather
Nicola
Lisa

jessstan2 · 09/04/2021 02:41

allycat, they are lovely names, classic.

allycat4 · 08/04/2021 22:28

Sarah, Claire, Katherine, Laura, Nicola, Louise.

17caterpillars1mouse · 08/04/2021 21:50

Ashley, Lee and Scott - there were so many at my school (born late 80s)

Gemma, Jade, Stephanie, Laura

IIN16 · 07/04/2021 18:40

Gwen , Tanya, Dawn

PharrellHappy · 07/04/2021 17:42

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BatleyTownswomensGuild · 07/04/2021 17:41

@PharrellHappy Grinbravo!!

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 07/04/2021 17:37

I love Louise. Tons of Louisa's around these days but so rare to hear a little kid called Louise. Got to be due a revival....

bobisbored · 07/04/2021 16:18

Born late 70's. My friends at school were Natalie (loads of them!), Joanne, Sarah, Danielle, Kay, Kerry and Louise.
Boys were Simon, David, Richard, Steven and Craig.

DemobHappy · 07/04/2021 16:06

Chanel/Chantelle

DemobHappy · 07/04/2021 16:05

Born late 70s (grew up in London)

Common boys names:
Paul
David
Richard
Mark
Jason
Nicky

Scott, Lee, Dean and Ashley were fashionable, modern sounding names Grin.

Emma, Rachel & Michelle were by far the most common for girls. I think there were four of each in my year at school?! Also multiples of Tara, Rebecca, Kelly, Lisa and variations of Kayley/Keely and Chantelle/Chantelle.

caringcarer · 06/04/2021 22:57

70's
Michelle
Julie
Carla
Karen
Joanne
Sarah
80's
Dawn
Amy
Katie
Danielle
Nicholl

70's
Kevin
David
Andrew
Stephen
Richard
80's
Lee
Tristan
Shaun
Bradley
Liam

Comefromaway · 06/04/2021 21:29

Julie
Lisa
Pamela
Carol
Sharon
Tracey
Nicola
Alison
Paula
Jill

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 06/04/2021 21:19

Typical 70s/80s for me are:
Stephanie
Pamela
Vivien
Hazel
Lisa
Rebecca
Rachel
Ruth
Wendy
Angela
Jacqueline
Carmel
Donna

Robert
Simon
Peter
Graham
Christopher
Jonathan
David
Neil
Paul
Jeffrey
Nicholas
Alan

Kitkat151 · 06/04/2021 21:13

Annette

carolinesbaby · 06/04/2021 20:51

The only Brians I know are 19 and 80!
Brenda is more for 1930's-1960's babies I would think. The two I know were both born in the 30's.
I was an early 80's baby, graduated in 2003 and every other girl in the graduation list had Louise as a middle name. My school year had Susan, Jill, Carole, Amy, Sarah, Lisa, Helen, Laura, Rachel, Gemma, Paula, Anne-Marie, Kerry, Rebecca, Kate/Katie. There were no 'yoo-neek' names then. The boys were all Gareth, Phillip, Paul, Terry, Richard, James, Luke, Chris, Daniel. All very normal.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/04/2021 20:34

Claire/Clare well over due a come back.

According to sprocle it’s already coming back. I did a baby name quiz on the top 100 baby names of 2020 and apparently it was at number 44. Jane and Caroline were also there, too.

Erictheavocado · 06/04/2021 19:26

I suspect that some of this is a regional thing as well as an age thing. A lot of the names mentioned here, including mine, DSis, DH and his siblings' names, were bestowed on us in the 50's and 60's, so, although they were around in the 70's, ime, tended not to be names used at that time. And, I have to say, that there was a Brenda in my class and we all felt extremely sorry for her for having a name we considered more suited to our parents' generation. She would be around 60 now.

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