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

Sally
Angella
Deirdre
Shara
Lisa
Anna
Frances
Corinna
Sara
Cathy
Nicola
Jennifer & Jenny
Elizabeth & Lizzie
Keira
Melanie

David
Christopher
Mark
Brandon
Sean
Gary
Ross
Matthew
Martin
Simon
Max

Kim, Jackie, Julie, Susan, Debbie, Karen , Diane, Carol, April, Nicola, Linda
Carl, Peter, Simon, Martin, Gary, Paul, Wayne, Michael, Alan, Lee, Darren, Kevin, Sam

The only one that really stuck out to me then was a boy called Laine, a name I haven't heard of again

Oh yes Samantha, Elizabeth, Michelle, Melanie, Sarah, Lucy, Louise

Ann, Katherine, Claire, Fiona, Debbie, Heather, Dawn, Peter, George, Tony, Graham,Yvonne, Carole, Dawn, Jackie

Karen
Marie
Julie
Caroline
Tracey
Dawn
Rachel
Gillian
Debbie
Jane
Tina
Jackie
Susan
Linda
Lyndsey
Louise
Paula
Donna
Tanya
Samantha
Nicola

Martin
Andrew
Stephen
Mark
Michael
Nicholas
James
John

Catriona, Maria-Luisa, Stephanie, Susan, Ita, Sinead, Louise, Emma, Tracy, Linda, Karen, Eva, Lisa, Aisling, Helen, Odile

Sally, Angela, Julie, Tina, Helen, Lynne, Michelle, Jacqueline, Sarah, Deborah, Kathryn, Suzanne, Nicola, Natalie, Claire, Lesley, Beverley, Alison, Heidi, Pamela, Joanne, Frances, Elaine, Yvonne, Yvette, Melanie, Heather, Andrea, Caroline, Wendy, Dawn, Diane, Denise, Donna, Melissa, Kelly, Sandra, Karen, Kimberley. Bernadette, Linda, Lisa,

Spencer, Gregory, Philip, Simon, Paul, Stephen, Joe, Andrew, Shaun, Shane, Anthony, Jonathan, David, Andrew, Kenneth, Kevin, Matthew, Gary, Thomas, Keith, Darren, Dennis, Roger, Colin, Alan, Russell, Wayne, Lawrence, Jason, Dean, Eddie, Richard, Glen,

At primary from 72 to 79. Names- Helen, Joanne, Jane, Lisa, Deborah, Catherine, Sarah, Karen, Hazel, Alison.
Boys were Darren, Kevin, Gavin, Ian, Simon, Andrew, Graham, Mark, Paul, Peter, Jonathan, Nathan.

@MrsMop1964, Laine is a lovely name, IMO. It was also the name of a character in Mad Men. I had never heard it before.

Neil, Keith, Kevin, Allen, Vincent, Derek, Guy, Nicholas, Adam, Barnaby.

Louise, Jane, Emily, Jennifer, Rebecca, Anne, Paula, Jill, Valerie, Janice, Annette, Anita, Judith, Ruth, Charlotte.

Debbie
Lisa
Suzanne
Helen
Nicola
Francis
Rhona
Clare
Karen
Angela
Julian
Bruce
Stephen
Johnathan
Thomas
David
Paul

Loads of Sharon's and Tracy's, ditto Barry's and Gary's. Michael's were always Mick for some reason

I can tell that some of you went to posher schools than I did.

Jane
Louise
Linda
Tracy
Sharon
Deborah
Jason
Iain
Wayne
Graham
John

Sarah
Nicola
Amanda
Emma

Gary
Mark
Simon

caroline, pamela. pauline. patricia, anne, mary, elizabeth, monica, susan, linda, jacqueline, silvia, yolanda, catherine, brenda, bernadette, maureen, rosemary, laura, leslie, amanda, julie, michelle, celia,

robert, david, stephen, ian, colin, richard, jonathan, peter, paul, philip, douglas, anthony, christopher, james, michael,

Tracey
Helen
Hayley
Deborah
Karen
Lisa

There were two boys called Granville and Brandon and a girl called Sabina - haven't come across those names since.

Forgot Rosemary, Michelle and Siobhan

Donna
Kathleen
Marie
Mandy
Elaine

Jessica
Sarah
Rachel
Lisa
Karen
Linda
Heather

Ian
Alan
David
Paul
Peter
John
Stephen

Sandra - that's a name long overdue for a revival.

Infants school (73-75) can't remember many of them but my friends were called Elizabeth, Lara and Adeline. Lara and Tamara (which we had one of at my high school) were popular names the year I was born because of the film Dr Zhivago, apparently. I can't remember any of the boys' names from that school except one called Geoffrey, but that was pretty old-fashioned even then I think.

Junior school (75-79; different place as parents had moved)

Girls:
Karen x 2
Caron (just to be confusing!)
Amanda
Jennifer
Deborah
Rachel
Denise (?)
Julia
Wendy
Paula
Helen

Boys:
Sean
Paul
Simon
David x 2
Tony x 2
Luke
Joey
Richard
Mark
Adrian

I went to a girls' high school and I'd say 50% of my year group were called either Sarah, Rachel, Nicola, Alison, Joanne/Joanna, Julie/Julia, Karen, Catherine, Jane, Stephanie or Madeleine.

All the boys my age whom I knew as a teen were called Steve, Mark, Paul, Dave, Gary, Jim, Jon, Pete or Stuart. Literally nothing else.

Jane
Heidi
Wendy
Sadie
Michelle
Karen

Neil
Lee
Jason
Dwayne
Craig
Karl

Suzanne, Wendy , Jane , Jill, Claire , Rosalind, Catherine , Sheena , Alison , Lorraine, Joan, Harriet, Linda , Melanie , Susan , Pauline , Kerry, Shelley, Judith , Caroline , Julie , Pamela , Amanda
William , David , John , Keith , Alexander , Richard , Charlie , Henry , Gareth , Hugh , Raymond , Jason , Andrew, Robin, Glen, Bernard, Philip, Mark , James , Graeme, Darren

Chloe
Emma
Karen
Kate
Philippa
Rachel
Susannah
Olivia
Naomi
Laura
Georgina
Charlotte
Louise
Ruth
Brigid
Anna