Looking forward to our parents' generation's names coming into fashion for kids

[Echobelly]

As a young Gen Xer, excited to see in the coming years babies called Yvonne, Susan, Joan, Ian, Richard and Brian etc.

I assume it's going to happen in the great cycle of names?

I really like Belinda, Pamela, Amanda, Susan, Janet, they could all have a comeback.

I have to admit I laughed 20 years ago when my son came home and told me he’d been playing with Stanley, Archie and Henry, sounded like he’d been down the pub with a load of old men. Those names are normal now.
But as others have said, can’t wait for the Kevins, Ian’s, Michael’s and Alan’s to come back round.

I know a baby Valerie and where I live there are lots of babies called Paul.

I’m glad someone else asked it.

About 20 years ago I was working as a supply teacher in a year 6 class. A girl came up to me and said ‘I’m Pamela and this is Barbara let us know if you need anything’. I thought they were taking the piss but they genuinely were called that!

And I had two variations on Susan in one class a year or so ago.

Neil, Keith, Gary, Larry, Steve, Jason, Alan, Linda, Lisa, Karen, Greg, Debbie, Jen, Shawn, Ryan, Tina, Nicola

Some of the people I know who were born 1940-1960 are called Tony, Andrew, Karen, Maureen, Sandra, Valerie, Keith, Rodney, Jennifer, Elaine, Jill, Kenneth, Alan, Caroline, David, Roger, Philip, Beverley, Janice, Diane and Lorraine....I suppose that does means my grandchildren might be named from that era's list when the time comes!

I know babies called Dennis, Frank, Bernie, Maggie, and Beatrix.

Can’t wait to see babies called Neil, Alan, Sharon and Linda!

I’m gullible then! I did believe they’d called it Adventure, hopefully they haven’t. I’m more concerned that we’ll see that darling baby in a high chair in a years time being fed McDonalds or chippy teas. Pair of them are ridiculous! The amount and type of food they put away in a day. It’ll catch up with them one day.

Sorry, I’ll get off my high horse and won’t derail the thread. I had just watched a reel of them and my back was right up.

Anyway, we’ve just had a little boy born in the street - Dougie. I quite like it!

Names from this era I can’t wait to see again:

Gordon
Colin
Clive
Nigel
Jeremy
Geoffrey
Barry
Bob
Neil
Kenneth
Keith

Gillian
Nina
Carol
Nancy
Linda
Judy
Deborah
Joyce
Moira
Marcia

There’s a small kid near me of about 5/6 yo called Roy. Every time I hear his mum call his name I just can’t believe she’s actually done it and that’s his name. I listen to a podcast where the host’s young son is called Ian, which also always makes me slow blink for a bit.

It's a social media thing for people to film themselves eating shite, then bin the rest, before posting it in order to get horrified comments and engagement. It's very profitable! There's one influencer who is abusing Mounjaro but posts videos of himself stuffing his face with crap- the only thing he doesn't show is that those two mouthfuls are the only things he'll be eating all day.
I wonder if there are any babies called Mounjaro?!

I dunno. I was born in the 80s and I think that all the 80s names are really boring. Every other person was called Katie, Laura, Vicky, Gemma, Becky or Nicola

Maybe everyone thinks this about their own generation as you have so much exposure to the names.

Thank you for explaining, I just thought that’s how they were. My daughter showed me them - I couldn’t believe what she was telling me so I started following them too. I sometimes wonder what this world is coming to.

I met someone recently whose two young children were my parents names. Was quite an odd moment. My mum would never have believed that her name would become popular.

Funnily enough Paul has been a consistently popular name for the last 20 years in Germany

Darren, Kevin and Gary

Geoff, Brian, Linda, Valerie, Paula, Steve, Carol

As a preschool teacher I can see Valerie and Carol

But to my generation, names like Arthur, Ernest, Ethel and Mabel sound ridiculous.

My 9yr old Grandson is Ryan, that's not a particularly historic name.

It's like listing middle managers: Scott, Jason, Darren, Kevin, Matt, Dave, Phil, Martin, Pete, Mike, Jeremy

My kids have a grandparent and great grandparent’s names. They are very classic names though. Nothing weird.

One of my childhood friend’s named her baby (now 6 year old) Bruce though, which always gives me a little giggle.

@EverybodyLTBi know the pod you mean & I think that’s actually a made up name for privacy purposes.

This is my husband's running joke. If he reads a bedtime story the dragons are Ian and Darren. Ghosts are called Chris or Martin. Dinosaurs are Stacy or Hayley.