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

Julie
Cheryl
Sharon
Elaine
Amanda
Sheila
Geraldine
Patricia
Shirley
Deborah
Anne
Jacqueline

I dont have a great memory, I just picked memorable people from a couple of years, one in junior school, one in senior school.

Sharon
Samantha
Nicola
Michelle
Alison

Jason
Steven
Lee
Paul
Stuart

Dawn should definitely make a comeback.

Ann and Jane were the common names for double barrelling in my area. I knew several

Laura-Jane
Sally-Ann X 3
Molly-Ann
Amanda-Jane

In fact, I can't think of any other names used for this.

Gillian/Jillian
Elaine
Melanie
Sarah
Samantha
Ann-Marie
Tracey
Sharon

Dean
Paul
Martin
Richard
Darren
Wayne
David

Linda
Sarah
Rachael
Joanne
Emma
Alison
Tonia
Sonia
Rebecca

@whattheHhashappened With the exception of Sophie, every single name on your list was in my class at secondary school. I didn't know any Sophies growing up.

Susan, Alison, Candice, Victoria, Gillian, Rosemary, Beverley, Lesley, Julie, Judith, Naomi, Carol, Nicola, Sally, Janet, Hilary, Jacqueline, Chantal, Ginnette, Christine, Katherine, Caroline, Patricia, Margaret, Sharon, Diana, Helen, Gail, Melanie, Ruth, Clare, Marjorie, Peta, Eliza.Janice. Jane. Alson, Anne, Huguette,

Martin, Nicholas, Jeremy, John, Barry, Peter Christopher, Cyril, Leslie, Stephen, David, Stuart, Frank, Philip. Kim, Alistair Michael, Paul Simon

I was at primary school in the 70s. Popular names were
Joanne
Caroline
Amanda
Nicola
Emma
Rebecca
Lisa
Catherine

Primary school, 1975-1981

Ruth
Susan
Fiona
Alison
Deborah
Audrey
Laura
Mary
Aline
Kathryn
Donna
Eloise

Richard
Scott
Alan
Ian
Derek
Steven
Gordon

Steven
Richard
David
Jason
Michael

Primary school late 70s had lots of
Samantha
Nicola
Joanne
Lisa
Sarah
Louise
Kelly
Clare
Julia
Amanda
Helen
Lee
Mark
Paul
Stephen
David
Simon
Justin
Richard
Andrew
Christopher
Darren

Joanne
Helen
Caroline
Julianne
Carol
Lisa
Ben
Mark
Sam
Matthew

Emma
Julie
Deborah
Amanda
Jackie
Tracy
Sarah
Wendy - five in my year!
Paula
Donna
Michelle
Samantha

Boys

Mark
Robert
Stephen
James
Michael
Ian
Phillip - 3 in my class.
Martin

Julie
Michelle
Karen
Gina
Teresa
Debbie
Elizabeth
Belinda
Tina

Geoffrey
Paul
Malcolm
Mark
Richard
John
Billy
Ian
Alan
Steve

Lisa, Sandra, Katherine, Joanne, Alison, Sarah, Justeen, Karen, Julie, Claire. Gregory, James, Matthew, Ian, Stephen,Mark, Andrew, Adrian,

Dawn
Lisa
Tina
Joanne
Louise
Andrea
Jill

Dave
Miles
Mark
Kevin
Simon
Jonathan
Andrew

Emma
Claire
Natalie
Janette
Jane
Zoe

Stephen
Peter
Paul
Phillip
Mark
Ian
Carolyn

I was at primary with a Dawn Stahl, I thought that was a fab name even when I was 9!

Shelley, Marie, Samantha, Lucinda, Vanessa, Debbie, Claire, Ruth,
Melissa, Melanie, Emma, Natalie, Karen, Nicola, Sally, Wendy, Sarah, Louise, Jane, Angela

Stephen, Russell, Alan, Richard, James, Michael, David, Darrell, Lee, Dean, Mark, Graham, Paul, Nicholas, Peter, Steven, John, Jonathan, Greg, Simon

Several Christines, several Marys, Pauline, Ray, Edith, Rosemary, Carmel, Bernadette, Grace, Sandra, several Patricias, Marion, Frances

Boys were David, Malcolm, John, Christopher, Bernard, Anthony, George, Francis, Daniel,

Primary:
Sharon x2
Joanne x2
Emma x3
Andrea
Carrie-Anne
Cheryl
Sally
Maria
Wendy
Denise
Vicky

Boys
Stephen x3
Christopher x 3
Kenneth
Stuart x 2
Adam
Simon x 2
Graham x2

Secondary we had 3x Caroline, and 3 x Rachel in a year with about 20 girls in total!

Jeanette
Jane
Sarah
Helen
Nicola
Lisa
Claire
Joanne

Simon
Steven
Keith
Andrew
Philip
Peter
Robert

Joanne
Lisa
Tracey
Sarah
Samantha
Kerry
Kelly
Helen
Darren
Jenny
Angela
Debbie
Suzanne
Caroline
Jane
Michelle