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What were your peers called?

234 replies

Justinripley · 16/03/2023 11:05

Following on from another thread where a poster is the same age as myself but didn’t know anyone called Phoebe (yet I know of loads my age)

I thought it would be interesting to see what the most popular names in your year groups/friends were, depending on peoples locations.

So for example: I was born in the mid 90’s, South London and I grew up with loads of:

Sophia
Grace
Phoebe
Molly
Lily

Jack
Tom
Joe
Sam
Max

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Newnamenewname109870 · 16/03/2023 19:11

And so many Katies and Catherine variations

MajorCarolDanvers · 16/03/2023 19:11

Born in the 70s in Scotland

Lisa
Sharon
Lee
Kirsty/Kirsten
Lorna
Heather
Gillian
Mhairi

Colin
Cameron
Graham
Stuart
Alasdair
Grant
Murray
David

OneWildNightWithJBJ · 16/03/2023 19:10

Late ‘70s London…

Emma
Sarah
Louise
Michelle
Joanne
Lisa
Catherine
Karen
Amanda
Claire
Alison

Mark
Daniel
David
Paul
Andrew
Michael
Stephen

Newnamenewname109870 · 16/03/2023 19:09

90s

the repeat names were:
emily
emma
sophie
rebecca
rachel

matt
tom
james
joshua
william

nicetoseetgesunsout · 16/03/2023 19:08

Oh and Stephen, Andrew and Emma and Rebecca - we're all in our 50s now

Justleaveitblankthen · 16/03/2023 19:08

Up north, child of the 70's:

Sharon
Tracy
Susan
Karen
Julie
Michelle
Angela
Debbie
Joanne

Stephen
Michael
John
Andrew
Paul
Ian
David
Carl

StopFeckingFaffing · 16/03/2023 19:06

Born in mid 1970s, grew up in North Yorkshire

Sarah, Nicola, Joanne, Louise, Helen, Michelle, Andrea, Vicky

Andrew, David, Steven, Chris, Nick, Lee, Carl, Simon, Jonathan

nicetoseetgesunsout · 16/03/2023 19:06

Born 71 - outer London. I went to a Co-Ed primary but a girls secondary.

Girls:
Sarah
Karen
Samantha
Maria
Jackie
Dawn
Susan
Rachel
Michelle

Boys:
David
Matthew
Nicholas
Michael
Graham
Mark
Paul

I think there were four Karens and Four Matthews in my primary classes, and three Davids.

At 52, I have five close friends about my age, called Karen.

I've never met another woman with my name but my friend knows one

onlythesparrow · 16/03/2023 19:04

Whoops missed the boys!

Steven
Andrew
Adam
Ben
Nick
Aaron
Tom

onlythesparrow · 16/03/2023 19:02

Born late 80's

Sarah
Katie
Becky
Emma
Jade
Kelly
Carly
Amy
Laura

Movinghouseatlast · 16/03/2023 19:02

Born 1966

Katherine
Claire
Rachel
Christine
Susan
Anne
Helen
Sally
Janet
Lisa
Jennifer

Boys were
David
Andrew
Mark
Gary
Jason

DangerousAlchemy · 16/03/2023 18:59

DysonBison · 16/03/2023 11:08

Born in The North in the mid-70s:

Girls were Sarah, Andrea, Rachel, Amanda, Claire, Caroline. (Middle names Anne, Jane, Louise)

Boys were David, Jonathan, Simon, Stephen, James, Andrew.

Pretty much exclusively.

@DysonBison I was born up North (Sheffield area) also mid 70s & my first & middle name is on your list 🤣🤣
Girls I knew were: Sarah, Louise, Helen, Samantha, Sally, Emma, Karen, Rosie etc
Boys were: Jeremy, Mark, Matthew, Alex, Robert, James, Paul

Pollydarling · 16/03/2023 18:57

Ooh David and Jamie!

Pollydarling · 16/03/2023 18:56

Midlands late 80s:
Stephanie
Laura
Victoria
Elizabeth
Carly
Emma
Nicole

Daniel
Matthew
Thomas
Lee
Luke
Ben
Nick

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 16/03/2023 18:46

I was born in the early 80s and went to a girls’ school. There were fifteen girls called Hannah in my year, including two called Hannah Jones. One of them was really good at cross-country so to distinguish them she was universally known (including by the teachers) as Running Hannah Jones, and the other one was Not Running Hannah Jones.

Then when I arrived at university there were so many Davids that every single one of them had a nickname by the end of freshers’ week, which stuck for the entirety of their degree and beyond. Some were innocuous, such as DVD Dave (DVDs were still quite new technology and he was the only person we knew with a DVD player) but most were unflattering and some were genuinely unprintable.

It’s probably no surprise that it was important to me to avoid the top ten when naming my own children.

PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 16/03/2023 18:29

Sarah, Emma, Rachel, Joanne/Joanna, Alison, Julie, Amanda.

Simon, Peter, John/Jonathan, Daniel, Ian, Steven/Stephen, Paul.

Early 70s.

TheLostNights · 16/03/2023 18:17

1985 was my birh year.
Tons of Sarah's, Katie's and Emma's

TitoMojito · 16/03/2023 18:15

Born mid 90s in Scotland

Taylor (both sexes)
Hannah
Sarah
Emma
Amy
Lauren
Gemma/Jemma
Nicole/Nicola

Adam
Daniel
James
Ryan
Ross
Andrew

FloraGreysteel · 16/03/2023 18:14

Born in the southwest in the late 60s, working class. They were called Tracey, Alison, Laura, Jackie, Susan, Samantha, Adam, Jonathan, Stephen, David, Mark.

MissingMoominMamma · 16/03/2023 18:10

Girls:
Andrea
Amanda
Nicola
Naomi
Heidi
Tracy
Sarah
Christina
Deborah
Susan
Denise
Karen
Jacqueline
Carol
Linda
Shirley
Donna

Boys:
Tony
David
Andrew
Paul
Gary
Barry
Michael
Hugh
Johnathan
Julian
Wayne
Philip
Duncan
Kevin
Craig

Born mid 60s- Lancashire.

nubofcheese · 16/03/2023 18:03

North born mid 90s

In my school year there were 5 Rachel's!
Lots of ee/ey names:
Amy
Hayley
Holly
Natalie
Bethany
Stacey
Courtney
Chelsea
Kerry
Abbie

I knew at least x2 of each of these names, I remember calling them Amy M and Amy C, blonde Hayley, tall Holly etc

Boys were:
Lewis
Dale
Daniel
Aaron
Shaun

WellTidy · 16/03/2023 18:02

1970s Wales:

Sarah
Claire/Clare
Tracey
Sian
Kathryn/Catherine/Katherine
Lisa
Julie

Richard
Leigh/Lee
Ian
Darren
Rhys
James
David

PeekAtYou · 16/03/2023 18:02

London late 70s

Boys: Paul, Thomas, Ben, Mark, Paul, Christopher, Stephen

Girls: Catherine, Kate, Sarah, Laura, Michelle, Melanie, Louise, Nicola

ISeeTheLight · 16/03/2023 17:59

Also popular - Alex/Alexander, Chris/Christopher, Laura, Catherine (various versions)

ISeeTheLight · 16/03/2023 17:57

Born late 80s, abroad, western Europe. Many, many Sophies & Toms, and the local versions of John & Joseph. Pretty similar to the UK around that time I think.

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