Most popular names at school vs now

For me it was Claire, Susan, Steven, Paul, Richard, Andrew, Sharon, Tracey

When dd was at school it was Emily, Chloe, Holly, Georgia, Luke, George, Samuel, Daniel

Then
Wendy Joanne Lesley Jennie Paula
Dean Ian David James Neil

now
Noah Luca Jackson Mohammad
Alice Paris maya ranya

Funnily enough, more of my classmates had names that were unfashionable at the time but are popular now than had names that were of the era 😂 Lots of family names as first and middle names too.

Yes to toddler Arlo and Ezras, right now!!

Mine:
Sarah
Karen
Michelle
Laura
Joanne
Caroline

David
James
Paul
Colin

My teens now:

Ella, Sarah, Millie, Eva, Ava, Sophie/a,
Sam, Luke, Max, Callum, Harry, Ben

Born late 80s
Girls: Catherine, Clare, Jennifer, Laura, Sarah
Boys: Andrew, David, James, John, Michael, Richard, Stephen

DC1 born 2018
Girls: Ada, Ava, Eva, Evie, Isla, Olivia, Willow
Boys: Arlo, Arthur, Ezra, Leo, Theo

born in 90's
Rebecca, Laura, Ellen, Thomas, Lewis, Daniel
Alex for both girls and boys

Know a lot of young Isabelle/Isabella's/Arabella's/Isla/Ava all along that line and lots with Rose/May/Lee. Boys tend to be more mixed

My school (90s/early 00s):
Sarah, Laura, Emma, Rebecca, Claire
David, Andrew, Thomas, Daniel

I don't have children but I'm a teacher of 7 - 13 year olds. There's a LOT more variety than there used to be, imo. You don't get 4 of the same in a class any more. Probably no more than 5 or 6 of one name in a whole school:
Amelia, Lily, Sophia, Isabella/e, Daisy, Nina
Max, Charlie, Henry, Samuel, Alexander, William, Freddie

My female classmates were Sarah, Deborah, Frances, Melanie, Clare, Karen, Fiona, Alison, Heather, Hazel, Rachel.

I'm mid 50s now.

Me: (born in 80s, at school during 90s)
Emma
Laura
Sarah
Louise
Anna
Catherine and variants
Rebecca
Rachel

DD: (12)
Evie and variants
Milly/Tilly/Molly/ etc
Anything with -Rose, -Grace, -May/Mae/Mai
Isabel and variants
Isla
Charlotte
Olivia

Welsh medium school.
Girls: Siân, Bethan, Carys, Rhian, Delyth, Eleri, Sioned, Manon
Boys: John, Dylan, Rhys, Bryn, Huw, Gareth, Osian, Dewi

The pupils from homes where Welsh wasn't the first language had names like Sarah, Mark, Stephen, Susan, Karen, Andrew, Helen, Paul etc

Laura, Alex (girls and boys) Tom, Oliver, Matt, Dan, Chris, Amy, Becky

Now (year 1) Oliver, Olivia, Isla, Evie, Frankie, Freddie, Teddy, Lily, Oscar
Pre school Arlo, Mia/Maya, Aria, Isla, Ezra, Arthur, Ava

Sarah Claire Laura Rebecca Katherine Nicola Hayley
Matthew Thomas Christopher Richard David Mark Stephen Ian

Lily Evie Holly Amelia Olivia Myah Isla Ava Millie
Samuel George Oscar Theo Finley Jack Lucas

Born in the early 90s it was any name beginning with J (James, Jamie, Jason, Jack, Joseph, Jordan, Jemma, Joelle, Jodie)
Alongside William (Billy), Lee, Adam, Hannah, Hayley, Rebecca and Louise.
(This was in north west London) as I got older into high school a lot of the names were Mohammed, Hamza, Kashish, Suraj, Pooja, Priya, Arti, Agnieska, Gosia. So deffo a cultural impact.

Dcs school (dc in y1 and y4 atm) the most common names appear to be Seth, Leo, Bobby, Esme, Florence, Grace, Lyla. (We live in Kent)

Mine were Alison, Sarah, Denise, Helen, Gill, Joanne, Karen, Debbie, Lisa, Mark, Paul, Stephen, Chris, James, Andrew

My sons cohort were Evie, Jessica, Erin, Lucy, Charlotte, Hannah, Ben, Tom, Jack, Max, Dan

Then - Sarah, Karen, Emma, Helen, Hannah, Louise
James, David, Thomas, Samuel, Peter

Now - Olivia, Isabelle / Isabella, Sophie / Sophia, Lily
Oliver, Henry, George, Alexander

Me- boys-Steven, John, Darren, Christopher, David, Richard, Michael, Nigel, Colin, Andrew, Peter, Alan

Girls- Jane, Susan, Julie, Amanda, Louise, Denise, Michelle, Nicola, Lesley,

DDs are now mid 20s-names in their cohort were:
Eleanor, Amelia, Holly, Natalie, Molly, Grace, Laura, Louise, Rebecca, Pippa, Chloe, Hannah, Daniel, Jake, Jacob, Joseph, Ethan, Callum, Oliver, Matthew, Reece, George, Henry, Alfie, Harry, Harrison

Then

Steven/Stephen, John, Andrew, Anthony, Louise, Marie-Louise, Lisa-Marie, Emma

Now, Zachary, Kayden/Caden, Jayden, Jenson, Sam, Olivia, Sophia/Sophie, Evie, Violet

Me:

Richard
Mark
Matthew
Alison
Jo
Helen
Rebecca
Sarah

Kids:

Leo
Freddie
Jack
Alfie
Mia
Ava

Me - Emma, Jane, Laura, Lucy, Joanne, Rebecca, Amy, Kelly, Gary, Toby, Michael, Sam, Matthew, Robert

Dc - Olivia, Paris, Tabitha, Molly, Melissa, Samantha, Isla, Lewis, Dylan, George, Oliver, Harry, Edward.

Me: Susan, Jane, Patricia, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Paul, Martin, John, David, Steven, Keith.
can you guess when I started school?

Me: Karen, Sarah, Susan, Claire, Helen, Rachel, Alison, Joanne, Nicola, Emma, Carolyn, Lisa, Richard, Michael, Mark, Matthew, Martin, Steven, Ian, Andrew, Peter

DCs: Eva/Ava, Sophie, Isobel/Isabel, Emily, Darcey, Grace, Charlie, Oliver, Edward, Thomas, Jack, Freddie, Sam, Harry, Jacob, Lucas

Me (primary): 4 x Steven, 2 x Paul. I don't remember there being any duplicates among the girls but we did have the classics of the era: Tracey, Sharon, Julie.

me (Catholic secondary all girls): 4 x Fiona, 2 x Clare

DCs: none of any of above names. Lots of Josh, Jack, Chloe, Lucy, Emma, Hannah

Me - Claire, Rebecca, Kate/Katie, Adam, Nick, Chris

DC - Sophie, Charlotte, Erin, Oscar, George, Leo

Me - Joanne/Jo-Ann, Michelle, Samantha, Victoria, Wendy, Kim.
David, Stephen, Paul, Philip, Christopher, Michael.

Kids - Jack, Jake, Josh, Jack, Jack again, Sophie/Sophia, Charlotte, Olivia, Libby