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First Names that were popular in your school

206 replies

TripleHFa · 24/05/2019 12:12

In high school there was 3 Ryan's.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/05/2019 21:59

Kate (no Katies though)
Fiona

Sean
John
Ian

applesarerroundandshiny · 24/05/2019 22:18

Debbie/ Julie/ Tracey / Karen / Elaine / Michelle / Jayne / Wendy / Sharon

Mark / Paul/ Stephen / Andrew / Michael / Stuart

1970's

CharBart · 24/05/2019 22:21

C/Katherine, Sarah,Nicola, Jenny, Lindsey, Claire, Becky, Rachel, Helen, Lisa
Late 80s secondary

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Moonflower12 · 24/05/2019 22:21

There were 8 Sarah's in my year! 7 of them in my maths set. (All girls school).
Also a few Julie/Juliets.
Nicola
Catherine and variants
A few Jacquelines.

Moonflower12 · 24/05/2019 22:24

My name appears in nearly every post!

Thanks Mum Hmm

AJPTaylor · 24/05/2019 22:25

Born late 60s
Donna
Sarah
Louise
Tina
Debbie x 10
Susan
Boys were literally called one of the following
Mark
Dave
Pete
Ian
Gary
Miles

poppet31 · 24/05/2019 22:28

Lisa, Laura, Ashley, Michelle
David, Ryan, Ross, Scott
Scotland in 90s

EggplantVestibule · 24/05/2019 22:43

80s child here, we had loads of:

David,
Matthew,
Michael,
Aaron

Gemma,
Sarah,
Joanna,
Louise.

Papergirl1968 · 24/05/2019 22:43

Lisa, Karen, Helen, Rachel, Tina, Alison, Debbie, Donna, Lesley, Nicola, Suzanne, Vanessa, Susan/Sue, Joanne, Victoria.

Mark, David, Darren, Stephen, Peter, Julian, Neil, Philip, Christopher, Dean, Gavin, Sean.

West Midlands, 1973ish to 1984ish.

Papergirl1968 · 24/05/2019 22:45

Oh, and John, Claire and Sharon.
Plus a Sarn.

autumndreaming · 24/05/2019 22:46

Megan by far most popular girls name
Also Jessica, Lauren, Rachel, Rebecca

Boys: Michael, Andrew, Josh, Ryan, Connor, Callum

Echobelly · 24/05/2019 22:47

Secondary school there were about 8 Katy/Katies

3 or 4 Nicks

A few Jameses

This was London in the 90s

anomoony · 24/05/2019 22:48

Michael, Andrew, Sarah, Hannah.

YouLikeTheBadOnesToo · 24/05/2019 22:53

Lindsey/Lindsay/Lynsey
Samantha
Christopher

LuannC · 24/05/2019 22:55

Primary school were many of -
Hayley
Hannah
James
Luke
Nathan

High school a lot of
Mohammed
Ashley/ Ashleigh
Charlotte
Stephen
Emma.

Mustve been borough type thing I guess.

Samcro · 24/05/2019 22:56

Virginia , Deborah, Susan, Elizabeth, Sarah
peter,paul, David, Jeremy,Alan
(not saying era you guess)

inmyfeelings · 24/05/2019 22:58

90s
Sarah Victoria Amy Nicola

BillyAndTheSillies · 24/05/2019 22:58

All girls school, early 2000's for secondary.
Laura, Lauren, Ashley, Rebecca, Nicola, Alice and Sarah all had multiples.

Namechangerextraordinare101 · 24/05/2019 22:59

Rebecca
Emma
Amy/Ami/Aimee

Ben
Tom
Mark
Matthew

Whoopstheregomyinsides · 24/05/2019 23:20

Caroline
Helen
Rebecca
Emma
Catherine / Kathryn
Rachel
There were tonnes. And I’m one

AlecOrAlonzo · 24/05/2019 23:25

Dolina
Murdina
Joanne
Sarah

Donald Iain
Murdo Iain
John Murdo
Calum Iain

BroomstickOfLove · 24/05/2019 23:25

Born in the mid 1970s.

Catherine/Katherine
Emma
Sarah
Karen
Alison
Julie
Gillian
Helen
Claire/Clare
Victoria

BroomstickOfLove · 24/05/2019 23:27

Oh, and Rachael and Joanne/Joanna.

Cattenberg · 24/05/2019 23:39

Born in the early 80s.

Sarah - it’s lovely, but there were so many in our town that the name almost became meaningless.
Claire
Catherine/Kathryn/Katie etc.
Rebecca
Laura
Victoria
Nicola
Samantha

James - the equivalent of Sarah
Benjamin
Mark
Matthew
Thomas
Robert

Cattenberg · 24/05/2019 23:43

And how could I have forgotten all the Lisa’s? There were two Lisa B’s in my year alone.