Names in your class when you were at school

Born 73. Everyone was Claire/Clare, Sarah/Sara, (with Louise or Jane as middle name), Vicky, Michelle, Jane, Emily, Elizabeth, Anna, Sharon.

Boys: Peter, Michael, Gary, Scott (Mr Mills was in my tutor group at secondary school), Matt, Mark, Jason.

Very few unusual ones but I do remember a Quita a few years below me in primary school, and a Zephariah/Zeph in secondary

90s? Sounds similar to my year group!

Emma, Emily, Rebecca, Sarah, Laura, Kate, Amy, Abigail, Jessica, Chloe, Danielle, Georgina, Hannah, Lucy, Naomi, Rachel, Sophie

James, Daniel, Joseph, Matthew, Samuel, Thomas, Adam, Benjamin, David, Andrew, Joshua, Luke, Nicholas, Robert, Christopher

Joanne, Sarah, Claire, Angela, Sophie, Emma, Lindsay, Dana, Catherine, Stephanie, Cathleen, Lisa, Samantha, Marie, Heather. Multiples of some of these.

Lewis, Craig, Gregory, Adam, Daniel, Ben, Timothy, Ryan, Kieran, Thomas, Paul, Jamie, Edmund, Stephen, Richard, Mark, James, Ian, Matthew. Again multiples of some of these.

Born 1985.

Julie, Tracy, Ann, Justine, Cheryl, Deborah, Lisa, Karen, Beverly, Donna, Maria

Nicholas, Christopher, Carl, Wayne, Gary, Graham, Michael, Duncan,

Girls, Tracey, Claire, Julie, Sarah, Michelle, Janet, Sharon, Helen, Diane, I’m Angela and there was only one of me 😆
Boys, David, Mark, Tony, Kevin, Dean, Steven, Richard, John, Michael, Paul.
I was 16 in 1985.

Emma, Fiona, Lucy, Joanna, Donna, Elaine, Alison, Katy, Laura, Susan, Caroline, Beth, Vicki, Anna, Wendy, Lyndsey, Nicola

Matthew, Jamie, John, Ross, Paul, Kevin, Allan, David, Mark, Nicholas, Richard

Primary school class, 80s Scotland

You can tell the age from the names

Mary, Margaret, Agnes, Joan, Lesley, Elaine, Evelyn, Marian, Anne, Sadie,
Jean, Martha, Netta, Isabel, Sandra, Gladys , Christine , Fiona, Betty, Elizabeth

John, William, Thomas, George, James, Jimmy, Kenneth, Iain, Ewan, Findlay, Alastair, Stuart, Dougie, Walter, Archie

Can’t remember many names except there were lots of Susan’s and Linda’s!!

Girls were all Beckys, Hannahs, Sarahs, Laurens and Kirstys

Boys were all Connors, Lukes, Toms, Sams and Bens

Those that I remember (it was a long time ago!):

Emma
Rebecca
Rachel
Nicola x 2
Claire
Gaynor
Natalie
Tina
Zoe

Michael x 3
Andrew x 2
Philip
Ian
Wayne
Daniel
John

Girls - Sarah, Susan, Mandy, Samantha, Victoria, Anna, Jennifer.

Boys - Matthew, Michael, Andrew, Steven, Gary, Adam, Kevin, John, Brian.

Primary school from early 70s
David, Paul, Robert, Stephen, Alan, Jonathan, Gary, Mark, Andrew, John. Multiples of a good few.
Angela, Sarah, Catherine, Rachel, Linda, Debbie, Tracey, Helen, Gillian, Jackie, Karen: also duplicated a few times.
I've left out the less easily dated ones. My parents had a last minute change of heart when I was born, meaning I was the only pupil in my primary year with my name, as were both my siblings. None of us is called anything remotely unusual.

oh my, there a memory test:

Zoe
Eluned
Sarah
Bridget
Rachel
Leila
Felicity
Morwenna
Kizzy
Rebecca
Kirsty
Serena
Romalie
Jessica
Victoria (two of them)
Elizabeth

All girls school!

Susan, Jane, Pat, Pamela, Christine, Ann, Margaret, Julie, Sharon, Ruth, Judith, Elaine, Nina, Joy, Kim, Barbara, Nicola, Yvonne, Linda, so many Gillians
Paul, Peter, Tony, Ian, Andrew, Colin, Stephen, Terry, Billy, Michael, Micky, Alan, Kevin
Yes I'm old!

Secondary school in the 90's
Multiples of Laura, Rachel, Rebecca, Joanne, Nicola, and Claire/Clare
Helen, Sophie, Carly, Melanie, Samantha, Emma

and yes, 90% of middles were Louise (including mine!)

Multiples of Lee, James, Daniel, Jon, Chris, Alex

Susan, Debbie, Janine, Gillian, Helen, Andrea, Anne, Sharon, Paula, Joanne, Julie/Julia, Rachel, Lisa, Alison, Kerry, Kelly, Kirsty, Jackie, Mandy, Hazel, Samantha, Lorraine, Wendy.

I doubt there’ll be any trouble guessing the decades in which I went to school!

60s - early 70s primary
Deborah
Jane
Toni
Lisa
Ayesha
Tracey
Lyn
Susan
Marine
Stephanie
Sarah
Melody
Jackie
Amanda
Kim

Stewart
Thomas
Paul
Steven
John
Maurice
Mark
Terry
Martin
James
Crispin
Neil
Adrian

Sarah, Kate, Rebecca, Gemma, Michelle, Caroline, Hannah, Claire, Samantha, Joanne

Mark, Simon, Damien, Christopher, James, Robert, Steven, Graham, Malcolm

Victoria, Katie, Lisa, Catherine, Anna, Annabel, Louise and about a million Sarahs.

Ruth x2
Rachel
Rebecca
Belinda
Laura
Ilona
Romana
Roxana
Joanna
Charlotte (Charlie)
Claire
Caroline
Amy
Numera
Kylie

Stephen
Steven
Euan
Ewan
Stewart
Thomas
Charles x2 (both known as Charlie)
Richard
Roland
Christopher
Fahan
Kenneth (Kenny)
Iain
Peter

girls: Catherine, Joanne, Emma, Laura, Elizabeth, Vicky, Hayley, Helen

boys: Daniel, Gareth, Oliver, Anthony, Graham, Christopher

I think I'm from an era where most people had the same name to be honest. There were 3 Emma's in my primary school class.

Leanne and Lisa
Darren and Mark

My year 6 class
Boys: Andrew, Spencer, Darren, Jon, Martin, Connell (he was Canadian), Scott, Patrick, Roy, Denis, Peter, Niall, Marc, Matthew

Girls: Catherine, Siobhan, Samantha, Nicola, Moira, Nuala, 2xSharon, Justine, Emma, Sarah, Hilary, Lisa, Angela

Year 7 boys: Jason, Francesco, Richard, Luke, 3x Christopher, 2xAndrew, Aaron, Terence, Graham, Michael, 2xMark, 2xRobert, Keith

Year 7 girls: Carolyn, Jennifer, Deborah, 3xElizabeth but one went by Lisa, 2xHelen, Joanne, Monica, Pauline, Rachel, Purita (short for Purificacion as she once told us, crying with laughter, she was great), Lynn

Leanne, Katie, Rebecca, Sarah, Nathan, Ben, Adam, Danny, Michael, Gemma, Jenny.