What were your peers called?

SE mid 50s
Mary
Linda
Susan
Sara (h)
Amanda
Elizabeth
Jane
Vanessa
Dillys
Sandra

Gary
Brian
John
James
Trevor
Adrian
Terry
Tony
Paul
Neil

80s/90s Dublin - Leanne, Róisín, Sophie, Ciara, Aisling, Alison...

Born mid 70's ' Up North'

Michael
John
Jonathan
Lee
Paul
Stephen

Louise
Emma
Nicola
Helen
Michelle

Mid 70s NW

claire, Catherine/Katherine, Sarah, Nicola, Vicky,Jenny, Rachel, Lindsey, Becky, Helen, Joanne
(At least 3 of each in my school year)

Robert, Jonathan, Mark, Andrew, Richard, Michael, Ian, Steven, Chris, Neil,

My name appears in loads of these lists, regardless of decade or location. I suppose that must mean it’s a classic!

I was born mid 80s in south England.

Girls were: Leanne, Kelly, Kerry (bloody loads of those), Laura, Sarah, Samantha, Katie, Claire. Almost always.

Boys were: Christopher, David, Andrew, Daniel, Adam, Lee, Steven. Again, almost always.

Except for the 20% of boys who have James as their first name…

When I was a child in the 80s, most girls, had Jane or Louise as a middle name (including me). The 100 Sarahs I knew were all called Sarah Jane or Sarah Louise. I am exaggerating, but only a tiny bit.

Yes, but there are regional variations and it can be harder to find the data for these. Also, if you went to an independent school, or an international school, your list could be noticeably different from most.

The names in the 90s are the same as those in their 40s now, those in the 80s are the same as the people in their 50s you know now...

There are so many posts the same and the names are the same on the official recorded data. We had less unusual names and less diversity of names in my schools in the 1990s.

Girls:
Laura
Charlotte
Vicki
Emma
Holly
Sophie
Lucy
Jenny
Natalie
Rebecca

Boys:
Sam
Robert
Craig
James
Philip
Matthew
John
Paul
Ben
Daniel

80s up North!

It's amazing how favoured names change with the times. There are lists here that don't contain a single name I would have encountered among my peers growing up. Also regional differences.

Dublin, mid 60s..
Lots and lots of:

Lorraine
Christine
Sharon
Julie
Denise
Siobhan
Orla
Grainne
Linda
Niamh
Suzanne
Barbara/ Bairbre
Emma
Michelle
Anne-Marie
Nuala
Geraldine
Brenda
Jacqueline
Sandra
Fiona
Nicola
Jennifer
Karen
Gillian

Conor
Alan
Derek
Robert
Dermot
Colm
Ian
David
Paul
John
Michael
Mark
Barry
Thomas
Steven
Declan
Fergus
Padraig
Fintan
Fergal

Born late 70’s

Becky
Lucy
Sarah
Kate
Amy
Sally
Joanne
Rachel
Julie
Nicola / Nikki

The repeated names in my year were either Irish names (Aisling, Aoife, Sinéad, Niamh, Aine, Sadhbh, Cliona, Maeve, Eimear, Ciara, Caoimhe) or classic(ish) names like Kate, Sarah, Sophie, Emma, Hannah, Laura, Rachel. The most common boys names seemed to be Jack, Seán, Conor, David, Michael, Shane etc, there were multiples of each. Born in the mid nineties in Dublin!

Mid 80s baby and mine were:

Karen
Lindsay
Lisa
Mary/Marie
Claire
Angela

Paul
Steven
Christopher
Ryan
Michael
Mark

That's based on the most popular names I can remember from my class at school (it was a catholic school if that makes a difference)

Mid 70's in very nice area
Elspeth
Charlotte
Phillipa - Pippa
Naomi
Josephine
Harriet

George
Johnathan
Marcus
Lewis
Guy
Jeremy -Jez

Susan, Claire , Caroline, Pamela , Julie Tracy

I'm in the South East, born early 1990s and had a lot of...

Amy
Sophie
Jessica
Lucy
Emily

Benjamin
Michael
Charles/Charlie
Matthew
William

South East, 1981

Jane, Sophie, Laura, Lucy, Louise, Rebecca, Rachel, Susan, Emma, Emily, Chloe, Melanie, Jenny, Katie, Kelly, Sarah, Amy, Anna, Lisa, Victoria, Nicola, Clare, Naomi, Natalie, Alex, Sam, Megan, Charlotte, Jessica

John, James, Andrew, Anthony, Sean, Aaron, Tom, Sam, Alex, Paul, Ben, Danny, Michael, David, Darren, Carl, Barney, Ian, Barry, Wesley, Nick, Ross, Peter, Rory, Joe

Love this!!

Born Cambs in mid 70's
My peers were:
Louise
Sarah
Rachel
Natalie
Joanne
Rebecca
Amanda
Jane
Claire
Melissa
Victoria
Elizabeth
Suzanne
Kathryn
Catherine
Charlotte
Helen

Boys: Simon
Robert
David
Justin
Tristan
Daniel
Miles
Andrew
Michael
Christopher
Matthew
Martin
Jason
Benjamin
Edward
Thomas
Charles
George
Ian
Nicholas
Alistair
Mark

Started school in the early 70s. Class was populated by 1 Sarah, 2 Rachels, 2 Debbies, 1 Jackie, 2 Lindas, 2 Traceys, 1 Susan, 1 Jane, 1 Julie, 2 Michaels, 3 Roberts, 2 Andrews, 2 Pauls, 1 Mark, 2 Garys and a handful of outliers like Dean and Heidi. My own name excluded, but outside the top twenty.
Actually, I think there might have been a third Debbie.

5 Emmas, 3 Lauras and 3 Millys in my year at school - born mid 80s! Boys names seemed more varied, lots of Ollies though.

80s
Boys
Alex
Johnathan
Robert
Andrew
James
Antony
Paul
Duncan
Jeremy
David
Liam
Russel
Steven
Carl
Chris
Richard

Girls

Joanna
Louise
Justine
Sarah
Rosie
Claire
Catherine
Mary
Sonia
Rebecca
Kelly
Sharon
Emma
Julia
Nathalie
Carla
Lorna
Charlotte
Katie

Oh and various spellings of Katrina/Catriona

Multiples of:

Sarah
Clare/Claire
Emma
Emily
Joanne/Joanna
Caroline/Carolyn
Suzanne/Suzanna
Tracy/Tracey
Sharon
Amanda
Fiona
Rachel
Lisa
Laura
Christine
Nicola
Melanie
Karen
Karina (various spellings)
Victoria
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Elaine
Samantha
Michelle
Shelley
Francesca
Sophie
Sonia
Jayne/Jane

Simon
Mark
Matthew
Philip
Jason
Christopher
James
Daniel
Graham
Neil
Kevin
Ashley
Richard
Timothy
Andrew
Stephen
Justin
Nigel