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.

[waltzingparrot]

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

Jackie
Susan
Debbie
Linda
Sharon

I think I have names them all now :)

Nobody’s mentioned Ballonz yet!

There were loads in my class in the 70s 😂😂

Susan ,Claire, Michelle, Nicola, Shirley

Mandy, Karen, Jane, Julie, Toni, Sarah, Janet, Kim, Dawn were in my class.

Louise
Donna
Karen
Sharon
Tracey
Nancy
Deborah
Joanne
Susan

and for boys
Robert
Clifford
Clive
John
Kevin
Martin
Gordan
Ian

That was my parents generation, and those are all names of various aunts and uncles!

I was born in 1970 and am a Susan.

But both my dds names are in here too and they're not unusual for 2000 and 2003. My ds is much more modern where we live.

There are some names that will never come back and with good reason:

Alan, Russell, Duncan, Gary, Nigel, Graham, Maureen, Sheila, Hilda, Vera.

There are also some names that are really lovely and deserve to be brought back from the past:

Paula, Melanie, Nicola, Frances, Josephine, Terence, Robert, Anthony, Michael.

Sarah
Kelly
Sharon
Tina
Andrea
Joanne
Nicola
Tracey
Samantha
Alison
In fact I know a young couple who have Alison on their list due this year.

I was at senior school in the 70s. As pp have mentioned, makes a difference. Plenty of Marions and Lindas, Angela, Paula, Susan and Sally. Boys included Nicholas, Christopher, Phillip and Anthony. Also Tommy, Michael and Peter.

Gillian
Alison
Debbie
Helen
Susan
Denise
Rebecca
Rachel
Melanie
Heather
Juliette
Julie
Judy
Ruth

Mid 70s secondary school with about 75% Jewish students.
My name is in that list 🤣

We had 6 Rachels in our year group of about 40! A couple of Emmas, Joannas and Julies. Vanessa, Kate, Anna, Antonia, Jenny, Clare, Tracy, Debbie

Pauline, Helen, Katie, Fiona, Elaine, Maria, Susan, Morag, Debbie, Alison

Stephen, David, Douglas, Greg, Paul, Barry, Ian, Gordon, Christopher

I'm a little bit younger, I was born mid 70s, but from school I remember there were always quite a few girls called Gillian, Lisa, Kathryn, Paula, Tracy, Claire, Joanne. And with boys the popular names were Neil, Nigel, Adrian, Steven, Jonathan. There were multiples of each of those names.

You can spot the names that parents chose because they were a bit more 'out there'

I'd say the unusual names of their time were

Zoe
Araminta
Claudia
Candida
Not many unusual names for the boys apart from that Dhjango.

Educated in 70s
We had Caroline, Anne, Sarah, Amanda, Krystyna, Deborah, Maria, Collette, Claire, Giaconda, Teresa, Bridget, Siobhan, Bernadette, Suzanne, Veronica, Rachael, Fiona and Carlotta.

Several of these lists include my own name and at least 2 of my sisters,!

Brett,
Simon,
Kevin

Sarah
Gillian

Went to grammar school in 1971

Beverley
Cathy
Susan
Sally
Helen (3)
Jane (2)
Elizabeth
Margaret
Denise
Fiona
Julia
Deborah
Debra
Amanda
Cheryl
Karen
Caroline
Alison
Heather

Boys at the boys school
Simon a lot
Martin
Julian
Jeremy
Neil
John
Stuart
Mark
David
Tony
Steve

Sheryl
Gina
Janice
Tracy
Tina
Michelle
Monica

I had only just started school in 1979 so not sure if I count. The names that were popular were Debbie, Joanne, Claire, Tracey, Emma, Sarah, Vicky, Lynsey, Donna, Charlotte, Nicola, Heidi, Louise. For boys: Stephen, Andrew, James, Richard, Dominic, Matthew, Paul, Mark, Christopher, Lee, Jonathan.

Susan
Karen
Linda
Lyn
Frances
Elizabeth
Margaret
Wilma
Alison
Isobel

David
Colin
George
Robert
Gordon
Neil
Ian
Graham
Alan
Kenneth
Alistair

We had the following popular names:
Girls
Jane
Beverley
Christine
Susan
Karen
Elaine
Sandra
Gillian
Hilary
Elizabeth

Boys
Adrian
Andrew
Stephen
Christopher
Anthony
Timothy
David
Mark

Charlotte
Claire
Ruth
Sarah
Tabitha
Susanna
Alison
Anna
Purnima
Stephanie
Sophie
Sophia
Catherine
Linda
Can't believe I remember so many of them from Reception to Year 6!

Emma, Tracey, Karen, Sarah, Lisa - at least two of each in our year group.

More unusual girls Corrina, Keely, Annabelle.

Kenneth, Simon, David, Jason, Lee and five Roberts!

Like the thread OP it's really making me think hard!

Sharon
Gary
Dean
Lisa
Mark
Clare
Joanne/Joanna
Karen
Michael
Jennifer
Carol
Matthew
Robert
Sarah
Ian
Paul
Stewart/Stuart
Lorraine/Larayne
David

But also a fair smattering of Greek and Nigerian names which cropped up less frequently.