Does your name date you to a decade?

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I think mine does. Born 1986 and I don't think my name is given to baby girls anymore. It's a one word title of a classic novel.

No and I had never met anyone with my name until I met an exceptionally elderly woman who was in her nineties when I was about 30. I still haven’t met anyone with my actual name though in the last few years there is a diminutive of my name that is used now and I have met a couple of toddlers with it.

Nope. My full name is a 60s foreign name and I was born in 86.

My name was most popular a decade after I was born and then again around 2015, but i almost never come across anyone with my name.

yes. Pretty sure it was the most popular of the 80s and there are losds of us. Stayed out of the 20 names for my kids.

I was born late 50's and my mother, thankfully, gave me a rather distinguished and timeless name which isn't particularly common. It also has a couple of really nice short (nickname) versions. There was nobody else with the same name at any of the schools I attended and I've only met around 4 others my entire life. It's sort of along the lines of Alexandra/Francesca/Antonia but less common and I think a bit nicer.

I think my name would be dated to the 70s although I was born in the 60s.

My son was at school with a girl with the same name & my daughter is now friends with one!

I know a 15 year old Lisa 😊

My name is supposedly a classic. It had a wee climb up the charts in the 80s, but is not used often these days. I hate it!

If your middle name is Jane or Louise you were probably born in the 80’s

I'm about ten years older than many other people with my name - it peaked in the mid to late 90s, and I was born in the late 80s. Parents ahead of the curve, for once!

I have the same name. There is actually one in DS's class who is 5. She's Chinese.

My name is from the 1930's and 40's but I was born in the seventies.
it has never been popular and I absolutely hate it.
My Dad and Nanny didn't like it either but my Mum insisted on it.
The only other ones I have met have been in their seventies and eighties.

@puddypud Olivia ?
@trisky 1968 ?

I was born in 1967. My name definitely belongs to the 60s, 70s.
There were about 4 of us in my form class in secondary school and about 10 in the year. Never bothered me though.

I don't have a British name so you couldn't pin me to a decade.

@EmiliaRuusuvuori Beryl ?

I noticed a post from someone named Lisa earlier, and I worked with a Chinese woman whose daughter was named Lisa, she's going to be about 7 now.

I have a classic name so I've met women old and young with my name

I was late 60s, mine is probably 70s.
One thing defo a thing with girls my age
Only 3 middle names were commonly used
Jane
Ann
Louise

I often get called your name but I am the other one that starts with the same letter. I don’t think it necessarily dates me - I was born in the 70s, but it isn’t used as much now. I like it, and yours. They are just classic women’s names.

Yes mine was popular in the 70s to early 90s I think but don't think babies are called it anymore! Certainly don't know any in DSs primary school. The only ones I hear of are now in their mid thirties to early fifties.

My name is quite uncommon, despite a handful (if that) of famous women - a long distance runner, odd American singer/reality show judge, Michael Hutchences ex. Only ever met a few others. I've no feelings either way about my name other than never being able to get stuff with my name on it when I was younger & always being called a similar name 🤷‍♀️

My name dates me to the wrong decade, I hate it. It was top 15 in the mid 1960s. I was born 30 years later in the 90s, where it was 300th. Now it's 800th name. I don't know what my mum was thinking giving me a name from her own generation, it has "Pamela" vibes to give you an idea.

At least your name puts you in the correct decade, I think we're the same age - my name is equivalent to calling a 2024 baby Jessica or Lauren (or Rebecca, which by the way is a great name!).

I accidentally did the same thing to my son, gave him a lovely classic name that I love but had never met one of, turns out it's a top 10 name for the five years surrounding his birth. It'll really date him when he's older.

Some names you can pinpoint to within the exact year. The Lyra's born after Philip Pullman TV adaptation, the Wednesdays and Enids since Netflix's series.

I was born in the 1970s and my name fits in with that era. My name is absolutely hated on Mumsnet, I don’t love it but it’s not that bad.

@PiggieWig Rebecca and Rachel are absolutely beautiful names.

Born early 70s. My name is well known but was uncommon when I was growing up. Now it's discussed on the MN baby name boards weekly (and generally well likef!)