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'm amazed that some of you seem to remember the entire class.

Are you looking at your school photographs, none of you have ever left your village, or have I just got a really bad memory?

I’m an 80s child, but DP says: Giles, Steven, Daryl, Christopher, Carey and Nicholas.

I’m not convinced....

I have been saying for a while that Jackie will be back!

Julie
Sarah
Helen
Jenny
Karen
Tracy
Simon
Mark
Stephen
Richard

Donna
Jane
Elizabeth
Julie
Joanna
Nicola
Dawn
Joy
Avril

Mark
Andrew
John
David
Stephen
Phil
Russell
Dominic

1979

Joanne
Claire
Suzanne
Zoe
Angela
Nancy
Jacqueline
Sarah
Judith
Beverley
Verity
Michelle
Louise
Emma

Sarah, Claire, Ian, Rachel, Nicola, Steven, Simon, Gemma, Joanne

Primary in 70’s and secondary 80’s. These are some of the names from both schools. It seemed common to abbreviate names....

Lisa
Sarah
Sara
Gillian
Hilary
Katherine
Fiona
Jackie
Jessica
Nina
Melanie
Debbie
Deborah
Christine
Tracey

Tony
Danny
Neil
Chris
Jonathon
Steven
Stephen
Andy
Gary

I was born in 91 and I had quite a few of these names in my class!
Carly, Nicola, Sarah, Emma, Samantha, Laura, Zoe, Rebecca, Claire.
There were 3 Katie’s.

Anna
Karen
Catherine
Wendy
Linda
Linda
Linda
Heather
Tracey
Gillian
Edith
Elizabeth /Liz
Angela

John
Craig
Greig
Cameron
Malcom
Andrew/Drew
Campbell
Scott
James
Robert
Stuart
David

Stephen , Steven , Peter , Paul , David, Michael , Mark, Ian , John , Martin.
Carol , Karen , Angela , Sharon , Debra , Deborah , Beverley , Katherine , Alison , Hayley , Julie , Caroline.

@waltzingparrot

I'm amazed that some of you seem to remember the entire class.

Are you looking at your school photographs, none of you have ever left your village, or have I just got a really bad memory?

They used to read out the Register at the start of morning class. I bet a good number of us can still remember not just the full names of the class, but also the alphabetical (by surname) order in which they came!

Claire, Sarah, Emma

Mark, Stephen, Gary

I was nearly a Claire, born in the early 70s, but my mum walked around the maternity ward and realised that nearly every girl was called that, so instead I got a less common name but one that still screams 1970s. Apparently, there was a popular song in the early 1970s that contained the name Claire, which was why it suddenly appeared almost from nowhere.

Michelle/Michele
Claire
Tracey/Tracy
Karen
Karen
Deborah
Karen
Karen
Nicola
Pauline
Sarah
Sarah
Sara
Sarah-Jane
Sally-Ann
Angela
Kelly
Kelly
Kelly-Ann
Paula
Caroline
Laura
Tina
Tina
Zoe

Robert
Robert
David
David
David
David
David
Andrew
Andrew
Barry
Neil
Neil
James
James
Paul
Paul
Stephen/Steven
Christopher
Christian
Julian
Andrew
Neil
Ian/Iain
Stewart/Stuart
Alexander
Gregory
Alastair
Matthew
Mathew
Matthew
Matthew
Kevin
Kevin
Darren
Darrin
Darron
Martin
Martin

Oh, and we had a Jan (m) and a Raphe.

Lisa
Julie
Susan
Tracey
Hannah
Amanda
Christina
Caroline
Catherine
Sarah
Debbie
Tania
Pippa

You are not alone OP. I can’t recall many names from my primary school.

Joanne
Teresa
Michelle
Nicola
Claire
Lisa

Roy
Ian
David
Mark

Joanna
Diana
Josephine
Pamela
Antonia
Suzy (lots of these)
Annabelle
Emma
Sarah
Georgina
Catherine
Caroline
Deborah
Victoria
Philippa

I know this as I found class photo last month which I had had the sense, aged 8, to write names on the back. This was '78/79.

In school 1970-1984. Common names among my peers were/are:

Julie, Tracey, Sharon, Helen, Deborah, Elizabeth, Jenny, Linda, Susan, Jane, Janet, Jackie, Nicola, Amanda, Rachel, Ruth, Emma, Karen, Alison, Fiona, Emma, Wendy, Joanne, Rebecca, Michelle, Diane, Lesley, Lisa, Catherine.

Philip, Mark, Ian, Simon, Neil, Nigel, Peter, John, Paul, Andrew, Stephen, Martin, David, Michael, Robert, Richard, Tony, Christopher, Gary, Gareth.

Katherine
Joanna
Fiona
Sophie
Claire
Emma
Heidi
Rachel
Janice
Julia
Margaret
Petra
Theresa
Sharon (although I have a cousin with this name born in the 1940's)
Allison
Hayley
Suzanne

Kelvin
Marcus
Ian
James
John
Simon
Richard
Paul
Sean

My list is very similar
Sharon x3
Susan X 2
Sarah X 2
Donna
Tania
Rebecca x2
Abbie
Claire X 2
Amy
Samantha
Joanne X 2
Lorraine
Tracey
Marie
Kimberley
Stephanie
Jennifer
Elizabeth
Catherine
Melissa
Alice
Julie
Jackie
Lyndsay

Robin
Liam
Daniel
Shane
Ben
David x2
Timothy
Gary
Kevin
Darren
Jonathan
Christopher x 3
Richard X 2
Adrian
Anthony
Paul X 2
Robert
Peter
Ian X 2
Greg
And one boy named Sky which we all thought was terribly unique and unusual. His parents were in the arts I believe.

I don't think Karen will be making a comeback anytime soon (but not because I dont personally like it).

Linda
Susan
Claire
Lisa
Jessica
Katherine/Kath/Kate
Amanda
Donna
Suzanne
Imogen
Debbie
Rachel

Probably the most popular girls names in my all girls school in the 1970's were:

Alison
Amanda
Clare/Claire
Deborah
Helen
Jane
Jennifer
Joanna
Julie
Nicola
Penny
Sarah
Susan

Claire, Cathy, Alison, Deborah, Sarah, Donna, Sharon, Louise, Lisa, Nicola, Jane, Joanne.

Derek
David
Robert
Kevin
Michael
Barry
Gordon
Neil

Jennifer
Julie
Elaine
Kirsty
Joanne
Lesley
June
Judith

Early 70s..
Jackie
Carole
Denise
Erica
Debbie
Deborah
Tracey and Tracy
Tina
Samantha
Pamela
Julie
Susan
Dawn

Paul
Steven and Stephen
Gary
Richard
David
Keith
Barry

Think I’ve just named my whole class from 1975