If you were at school in the 1970s, what were some of your classmates names. I think they will be the next names to make a comeback.

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I don't think it will be too long before there will be loads of babies called....

Jackie
Susan
Debbie
Linda
Sharon

Susan(there were 4 in my class )
Fiona
Catherine
Caroline
Gillian
Elaine
David
Paul
Michael
Andrew
Ian
Stuart

Primary school 60s, secondary from 71-76 so definitely had school friends with most of the above and adding:
Girls
Judith
Vivienne
Patricia/Patsy
Boys
Trevor
Greg
Justin (which was regarded as quite out there at my school)

Lucy
Nicola
Caroline
Melanie
Louise
Emma - loads of them
Sarah
Helen

And a Rosemary, which seemed frumpy at the time but I think is a pretty name now I'm 'grown up'

Oh and Kate and Zoe, loads of Zoe's

Joanne
Nicola
Caroline
Michelle
Zoe
Deborah
Leanne
Sarah
Emma
Rachel
Katherine/Katie

Jason
Michael
Matthew
Keith
Barry
Gary/Gareth
Stephen
Neil
David
Mark
Daniel/Danny
Gregory/Greg
Anthony/Ant/Tony

Has anyone mentioned Gavin yet? Lots of Gavins!

Oh, lots of Helens. We also had boys called Quentin, Morgan and Marshall.

Samantha, Charmaine, Chantelle, Diane/Diana

Claire
Alison
Susan
Donna
Michelle

David
Robert
James
Richard
Stephen

It's already happening DD has an Alan in her class and I know 2 baby Peters.

Love a name thread!

In school from 72 onwards.

Girls names were -
Tina, Eleanor, Shiralee, Janice, Debbie, Cindy, Kathryn, Katrina, Wendy, Theresa, Sandra, Kay

Not sure thats very typical of the time actually

scholl in 60's early 70s:

Susan
Janet
Ann
Lynda/Linda
Vivienne
Gillian
Hilary
Rebecca
Deborah
Judith
Anita
Andrea
Janice
Pamela

Peter
Paul
John
Kevin
Kelvin
Kenneth
Huw
Mark
Andrew
Ian
Keith

Jackie
Samantha
Anne
Maria
James
Alex

I actually think it’s too soon for a 70s comeback. People rarely name kids after their uncool parents’ generation, they’re more likely to choose their grandparents’ names. Assuming people having kids now are 25-35, they were born 1985-95. So their parents were probably born around 1960-70, meaning 60s and 70s names are still parents’ names. Grandparents’ names are more 1930-50 period. Which matches the baby names I’m currently seeing - Peggy, Stanley, Evelyn, Thomas, Christopher, George, etc.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/articles/babynamessince1904howhasyoursperformed/2016-09-02

This is an interesting site. You can input names to see how popular they have been over the last 110 years.

Dont think 70's names will comeback yet. The names I am seeing now if not modern names are traditionally associated with my grandparents (I was born 66) so stanley edward etc. Think we might see names from the 40's 50's next.
anyway back to the OP

Girls names at my school

Christine
Caroline
Jane/jayne
Susan
Tracey
Alison
Julie
Debbie/deborah
Karen
Adele
Maxine
Jackie/jacquie
Carmel

Penny

Boys
Anthony
Mark
Gary
Steven
Peter
Neal
Graham
David
James

Birgit
Roswitha
Natalie
Theresa
Jaqueline
Antje
Anna
Christiane
Andrea
Karin
Gabriele
Susanne
Helga
Beate

Matthias
Holger
Andreas
Peter
Gerd
Gerhard
Reinhard
Bernd
Klaus
Mario

Paula
Catherine
Wendy
Susan
Martina
Teresa
Anna
Mary
Yvonne
Eileen
Brenda
Caroline
Attracta
Assumption
Roisin
Jackie
Michelle
Cathy

Sandra
Melissa
Elisha
Sharon
Leeanne
Tina
Jackie (lots of Jackies)
Tracy (ditto)
Suzanne
Candy

Gregory
David
Robert
Chris
Nigel
Kyle
Mark
Michael
Matthew
Scott

I was at school with many mandys Lisas and Joannes

Ooh my era: lots already listed by my school's most popular names would be:

Julie
Karen
Sarah
Debbie
Dawn
Jane
Lisa
Lynne
Linda
Amanda
Joanne
Angela
Kathy (no Kates or Katies that I can remember)
Everybody's middle name was either Louise, Anne or Jane.
I'm from a small northern town, there were no younique names there in then sevs.

Paul
Neil
Michael
David
Graham
Robert
Philip
Lee
Andrew

Can you imagine calling a baby Mike or Andy or even John now?! Such normal names but seem so wrong 😆

I think my mother's era will revive first- she's 83:

Sylvia
Joan
Monica
Shirley
Marion
Patricia
Anita
Pearl
Beryl

Lee. I’ve dated a few Lees actually. Well, more than one. I’m a 70s cliche.

I've heard a few John's of late.

Gerald
Geoffrey
Alan
Clive
David
Kenneth

Agree, grandparent names are probably more due a comeback.
Susan, Maureen, Brenda, Margaret, Lynne, Christine, Pauline, Helen, Shiela

Alan, Norman, David, Peter, Roy, John, Nigel,

Girls: Nicola, Samantha, Lisa, Tracey, Sharon, Sarah, Claire and four Joannes!

Boys: Multiples of Paul, Richard, Mark, Steven and Neil, plus a Gary, Wesley Stuart, Jason - far as I can remember.

Kids starting primary in the late 1970s.