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Which year do you associate these names with?

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ClassYear · 24/06/2022 17:36

Prompted by a discussion with a friend, If there was a class of primary school children with these names, approximately what year would you think they'd been born in?

George
Kevin
Ian
Sandra
Sarah
Sharon
Karen
Patrick
Barry
Heather
Claire
Irene
Paul
Stephen
Claire
Anthony
Andrew
Graham
Jennifer
Caroline

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LER83 · 24/06/2022 22:19

I was born in 1983 and 13 of those names were in my year at school, so yes I would have said born in the 80's.

ApolloandDaphne · 25/06/2022 10:49

Those names were all ones in my school/class. ( me and my DB's names are on it). I was born in 1962.

Clarabell77 · 08/05/2023 20:09

1970

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ThreeRingCircus · 08/05/2023 20:19

I was going to say 1957 as two of my parents names and an uncle's name are on that list. Others make it harder to tell e.g. George has been pretty timeless. 1984 has shocked me though!

PennyAndThatSword · 08/05/2023 20:21

Late 1960s to mid 1970s ish.

mewkins · 08/05/2023 22:58

ClassYear · 24/06/2022 18:31

I'm amazed! I was born in 1966. Had a Sandra in my class. It was already old fashioned by then! And Barry?!!

There were 2 Barrys between my 2 primary school classes and 2 Sandras.

I'm the same age as you but anyone I know called Sandra is my mum's generation. Likewise Irene (or even older... my grandparents generation).

WildflowerForager · 08/05/2023 23:52

Irene and Sandra were named after an older aunt or a grandma and Sharon and Kevin were the children of older parents. Barry was named after his dad, who was named after his dad...

Otherwise everything else fits into the 80s perfectly well.

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