What has happend to Darren, Mark and Lee?

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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 husband and I are early 50's. DH has three friends name Darren, two named Mark and my BFs husband is called Lee, they haven't gone anywhere lol!

We also know absolutely loads of Andy's (and most of those are knobheads!).

I always thought where after actors/characters.

John Wayne
Gary Cooper
Lee Marvin
Darren from Bewitched

Naming after celebs is not new.

Wayne - Runs the cup and saucer ride on Ilfracombe seafront
I just love this.

Eighties schooling here, left in 1984. There were loads of Darren’s, David’s and Kevin’s. Also loads of Tracey’s, Caroline’s and Sharon’s. I had a very different first name. It was English but incredibly old fashioned and I have only ever met one other person with it and it was last year, a really young bartender. I heard a colleague of hers call her and thought they were talking to me. I was the only one she had met as well. It was fashionable in the late 1800”s. My Dad was Chinese so picked it from a book. My English Mother liked it so agreed.

Oh, yeah, actors and characters influence names. But for that list, none of those were there real names.

Lee Remick was a beautiful actress, if anyone recalls her! And of course Lee Majors was the bionic man!

Maybe Lisa was more popular in the UK than Lee, for girls.

I was at secondary school 84-89.

In my year there were two girls called Tammy. Never met another Tammy in my life after that.

Ben, James, Toby, Rich/Rick, Charlie, Ed, Will Simon, Alex, Tom, Jon(athan). A few outliers, but most boys had those names.

My DS is called Mark. He’s 18.

Arent there tons of Nicks too? Tons of girls called Nicky and boys called Nick.

My DS is called Mark. He’s 18.

I know exactly what you’re saying!

I have a name that was very popular in the 80s/ 90s - there were a few of us in my class alone.

Yet as an adult, I’ve only met two people with the same name!

That’s why I chose names for my DC based on how much I liked them and didn’t worry about popularity (I chose fairly popular names but they ended up being the only ones in their years anyway).

Missed this. Mark from Flambards. 🫶🏻

Christinaaaaaa

Ah ha ha ha ha ha a

Matt, Josh and Ollie are late 20s, early 30s?

Had a Tammy at state primary in the 80s. Tamsins only at private school from 1990. I've met ONE Tamsin since. Very posh.

Think they migrated from private schools. Several Ollys, Joshes and Matts at private school ending 1999.

I’ve never met a Tamsin. The outliers are Adele, Vivienne, Andrea, Imogen, and there was even a Daphne, which is now trendy again apparently!

absolutely the worst imo was the epidemic of Chloe’s. How on earth that happened I’ll never know. I always think of Joyce Grenfell playing the clumsy police officer called Chloe.

My brother is called Mark and Lee lol there in there late 40s now

We have friends called Mark and Lee, and our plumber rejoices in the name of Darren.

This

I love all the old 80s men’s names 😂 so much so my cat is called Gary - I got him from a rescue and he was called Archie but Gary seemed to fit him better so here we are. I plan to get more cats and call them Steve and Sharon 😂

I’m married to one of them.

I think these names suit pets.

Gary Barlow! Gary Cooper! Great name.

our plumber is called Robert!