What has happend to Darren, Mark and Lee?

[Eastie77Returns]

When I was at primary school (late 80s) half the boys in the school had names like Darren, Mark and Lee. They would now be men in their late 40s/early to mid 50s but I don't hear those names much anymore. I can't remember the last time I met a Darren!

My plumber is Naomi, decorator is Tanya, house painter is Ollie and cleaner is Ian.

I want to know the private school boys names!..... 😁

It’s just funny in the starkness; “no Darrens at my private school, goodness me!”. I know it’s true.

No skin in the game as I went to a single sex school so there were no Darrens, Lees or Marks anywhere, even my pals’ brothers.

Yeah so do you mean you're surprised that people younger than you don't have the same names as the generations before them (which is a bit of a silly question), or confused that given they were so popular when you were a child you'd expect to be meeting a lot of adult men around your age with those names and you aren't (which would make slightly more sense but your response suggests is not what you're asking?)

Lots of
Roberts
Henrys
James

None or very few
Darrens
Lees
Garys

But that isn’t what I wrote. Is it?

Lots of Nick, Chris, Oliver, Benjamin and Edward (born 1983-85, at school 1995-2001)

Oh yes lots of Edwards!!

The girls in my school were mainly Katie, Kelly, Louise, Sarah, Michelle, Kerry, Jody, Nicola, Amanda/Mandy.

Fashion is a fickle thing!

I prefer a good old-fashioned name myself. Classic.

My friends Daughter has a boyfriend called "Zero"...... 🤐

Mine were
Sarah
Catherine
Georgina

They have gone out of fashion
I think Mark willl make a reapperance at some point as its a biblical name
Not sure about Darren and Lee i think they might have been very much of their time

I married a Darren 😂 he’s ‘only’ 40.

sadly, he doesn’t do anything so useful as plumbing.

The second part, I clarified that in a later post: I am surprised that I do not meet many men my age with those names since I went to school with so many. But it could be to do with various factors.

No, I would not expect to meet any young person today named Darren, Lee or Mark unless they were e.g. named after a much loved male relative. My DS has a very 1970s middle name which is a reference to his late uncle (my brother).

I only know one Darren, he's a city trader with homes in London, Padstow and the same street he grew up in (so he can look out for his elderly parents).

Mark is now a GPs practice manager.

Lee? I only know one, quite a famous bird watcher.

80s - Johnny, Alex, Rob, Guy, Chris, Nick, Andy, George, Edward, Sebastian.

There were Marks though.

😱😱😱 why would anyone do that to their kid?

I would say more early to mid 50s

Wasn't Princess Anne's first husband called Mark? I think the name straddles both the working class and middle class. Bit like Thomas, Edward and William which were all equally popular with working and middle classes in the 19th century and beyond.

I know a Darren, a Lee & a Mark.

Darren - Convicted rapist / Alcoholic still living at home with his mother & has no contact with his child.

Lee - Does something in IT

Mark - Bus driver.

No experience of online dating but I imagine it's just like this 😂

Yes, I know some posh Marks.

In the 80s Darren and Lee were friends with Wayne, Barry and Terry.

I was thinking nonsense, I know a Lee who's only a couple of years older than I am, then I remembered I'm 44!

I never went to private school
But i was friendly with a lot of the Private school boys as our schools were next door to each other
I m 53 in november so was at high school from 1985 =1990
I recall
Andrew
Richard
Anton
Colin
Duncan
Ian .

Wayne, Barry and Terry - that takes me back!