What were the most common names of your classmates?

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And approximately how old are you?

I’m 40 and there were always multiple Kevins in a class.

In High school it was Kevin again for the boys and Fiona and Catherine for the girls. There were about 4 of each in my class.

I'm mid 40's

Girls: Claire, Helen, Sarah

Boys: Mark, Steven, Paul

All girls had the middle name Louise!

I'm 47

Laura
Sally
Jenny
Claire
Catherine
Melody
Rebecca
Rachel
Karen
Joanne
Susan
Katy

John
Steven
Daniel
Adam
Mark
Gary
Nigel
Simon
Gavin
Daniel

I think I was the only one who didn't have Louise as a middle name

I’m late 50s so Paul , John , Trevor , lots of Deborahs, Sarah , Gillian , Louise type names - mines not on that list .

I'm 38 and this list is spot on😂

I'm in my early 60s, 4 Susans in my class, 3 Lesleys, 3 Angelas and 3 Christines. In fact, there were only 3 girls with different names!
Boys were nearly all called David, Ian and Neil.

30 - Moved a lot and different areas had different common names.

Boys - Jack, Harry, Lewis, James, George.
Girls - Kayley, Hayley, Shannon, Jessica, Lauren, Sarah.

Boys : Paul, David, Kevin, Robert.

Girls : Joanne, Karen, Sharon (5 in my year!).

80s, obv.

I had 4 Janes in my secondary school class (Girls school).

Susan was also popular.

Boys were Paul, Michael, David, William, Nick, Neil

In my 60s. Most common name in my contacts / among work colleagues/ friends for women is Jenny or a version of that name. Obviously not all the same age but range from 30s to 60s, most 50s or 60s.

Mid 50s, east coast of the U.S., Michelle, Julie, Cindy, Gina. Not many multiples. Boys were Greg, Jay, Danny, Barry (had moved from Ireland).

Lauren, Laura, Charlotte and Sarah

Mark, Sam, Matt, Daniel, James

mid 30’s

Sarah, Claire, Vicky, Jo, Catherine, Rebecca, Lucy
Nick, Ben, Tom, Tim, James, George, Steven
I'm 51

I'm in my early 50s.
Nia and Sarah.
3 of each in my class.

Emma, Nicola, Sarah, Rachel, Christopher, Mark, Steven, Matthew to make a few

I’m mid 50s. The most common girl’s names were:
Sarah
Susan
Deborah/Debbie
Karen
Joanne
Jacqueline/Jackie
Sharon
Julie
Emma

I am mid 50s: Catholic all girls Convent
Catherine, Clare, Susan and Siobhan

Patricia
Elaine
Anne
Marilyn
Penelope
Barbara
June
Shirley
Sylvia
Maureen
Diane
Gloria
Joyce
Jean

Peter
John
Anthony
Philip
Brian
Colin
Ronald
David
Daniel
Roger

Late 60’s

60s - multiple Wendys in my class. Also, Susan.
Boys - John, Andrew, Neil…

Robert, Nigel, Paul, Gary.

age 45.

Rachel, Michelle, Jennifer, Emma, Laura
Paul, Gareth, Andrew, Richard

Susan, there were masses of them, strange because it is a name you never hear for children now.

I'm 36.

Girls - Lucy, Rebecca, Nicola, Stephanie, Sophie, Emily.
Boys - Alex, Thomas, William, Robert.

64 here
Tracy
Angela
Catherine
Mary
Vivienne
Denise
Susan
Jackie
Sandra
Elizabeth
Sharon
Julian
David
John
Mark
Simon
Peter
Colin
Kevin
Michael

I’m 51.
Jennifer and Karen. Boys Scott, Mark and Steven/Stephen.

(Scotland)

Sarah, Louise, Donna, Michelle, Claire, Jayne, Tracey, Joanne, Lisa

Girls middle names were either Louise or Marie (as is mine!)
Matthew, Chris, Mark, Simon, Philip

Im early 50’s and can still remember the register order of my form!

46; grew up in the British Midlands.

Three Matthews (although only ever two at once) and two Julies in my primary school class. Three Louises, two Russells and two Davids in my secondary school class, plus at least two more Louises in the wider year from memory. (The other two Louises were in the same class too. Why whoever was sorting the admissions didn’t think to spread them across different classes is beyond me.)

I can think of four female and two male Sams in my year; three Richards, and maybe three Pauls? Lorna must have had a “moment” in my birth year as, despite being relatively unusual, there were two in my school year and then two in my university tutor group. My own name was relatively unusual when I was little, but became fashionable in the second half of the 90s.