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Counter question...what childs names are UNpopular/less seen in primary schools right now?

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Greeninnature · 06/05/2023 08:08

I absolutely loved following the post with popular names in lower ages I.e repetitions seen alot in a class or age group etc.
I propose the opposite question as I'm looking for ANY names that might not be repeated in a class/year group.

What names are in your child's class that are not commonly repeated?

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salamithumbs · 06/05/2023 10:43

Sorry, didn't want to type out the whole year as it would obviously be outing (and take all morning) 😂but some off the top of my head are April, Dorothy, Caroline, Michaela, Vinny, Claudia, David, Cian, Naomi, Anthony

salamithumbs · 06/05/2023 10:36

There's only two repeated names across my daughter's year group (Maeve and Luke) though none of the names strike me as unusual really (bar one or two!) But I agree I'd be surprised to meet a young child called 60s/70s/80s throwback names like Karen, Sharon, Tracey, Helen etc. I was taken aback to meet a young Patricia recently!

Hoppinggreen · 06/05/2023 10:22

I met a baby Douglas recently, not heard that one before

Geneticsbunny · 06/05/2023 10:19

Alan, Linda, Boris, Kathy, Louise, Bernard, Susan, Karen, Bobby, Brian, Thomas, Derek, Martin, Julie, Robert, Sarah, Peter, David, James.

Anaemiafog · 06/05/2023 10:10

I know a toddler Brian. There can't be many of them. The names I think of as very 70s haven't seen a revival...yet, think Donna, Tracey, Dawn, Wendy, etc.

DorothyBaker · 06/05/2023 10:10

Roger 🤢
Brian

Some names just better never come back 🤓

DorothyBaker · 06/05/2023 10:08

Oh and there’s a Barry in DD’s year 7 which shocked me 😂(mum is American though)

DorothyBaker · 06/05/2023 10:06

We have a Susie in our year 3 but she’s the only small Susan I know

Tamara, Caroline

Names like John and Mary, also names like Lesley are more of a grandparents generation but seem to not have recovered from over saturation two generations ago

I don’t know any little Pauls either.
Think of your grandparents basically and their names (apart from Jon, William, George, James) or Anna/Hannah/Ann or Elizabeth and their names are unlikely to be spotted in primary schools

Riverlee · 06/05/2023 10:01

Nigel and Sharon, two names I didn’t think we’d see for a long, long time.

Came across a Kenny recently.

2reefsin30knots · 06/05/2023 09:58

Pretty sure we have no Claires, Jennys or Tanyas. We do have a Darren and a Nigel.

BodyKeepingScore · 06/05/2023 09:56

There was a child called Nigel in my DS nursery class. I know all Nigels were children in their lifetime, but it still struck me as odd and awkward for some reason.

CatOnTheChair · 06/05/2023 09:54

Totally unpredictable, and very geographically dependant.
DS1 went from being one of 3 in his class to the only one in a year of 90 kids.
DS2 is usually the only one of his peer group, but if you go to the preschool end of the playground, there are loads.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 06/05/2023 09:51

DelurkingAJ · 06/05/2023 09:39

Names from the current parents’ generation. So I don’t know any small child called:
Simon
Peter
John
Jonathan
Samantha
Claire
Joanne
Joanna

I know a small Peter and a small Sharon.

I generally agree with you about the current parents' generation thing, though... No small Waynes or Darrens yet!

WheelsUp · 06/05/2023 09:49

Gemma, Anne, Jacqueline, Tracey, Lisa

WheelsUp · 06/05/2023 09:44

Nicola, Sandra, Louise, Kirsty, Alison, Claire, Elaine,Jennifer, Caroline, Susan, Suzanne

DelurkingAJ · 06/05/2023 09:39

Names from the current parents’ generation. So I don’t know any small child called:
Simon
Peter
John
Jonathan
Samantha
Claire
Joanne
Joanna

Angelmonkey · 06/05/2023 09:33

Maisie
Beatrice
Imogen
Shakira
Kirstie

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