I know I'm old now....a friend of a friend is calling her baby Joanne!

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And it's not after a relative, she just likes it. Is this it for us over 40s? Are there going to be loads of little Lynns and Sharons running round soon?

What other names are we about to see!?

Sarah x 2
Rachel x 2
Joanna,
Annabel,
Belinda,
Kerry,
Lyndsey,
Johanne,
Girls in my class in 70s.

@DonaPatrizia

Here is a message from the punctuation police. You don’t need to use an apostrophe with a plural. Sophie’s Choice: correct usage, it’s a possessive. Lots of little Sophie’s: incorrect usage, it’s a plural.

Very true and pretty concerning that a teacher doesn't know that.

I do a lot of family history, and the men’s names I’ve found going back to 1841 have been really classic names that haven’t ever really changed in popularity - English/Irish chaps called Charles, James, Edward, Thomas, David, Michael. DH’s Irish family had a few Bernards.

The women also had very classic (and beautiful) names you’d hear now - Catherine, Mary, Rose, Elizabeth, Esther. A Charlotte, born 1880s, and an Ellen born 1900.

It didn’t seem to be until the 1920s that the names changed - an Irene, a Norma, a Colin. A Dorothy and a Patricia. There’s a Beryl somewhere on my father’s side, a Frank, and a Horace(!) But until that time, in both our families at least, the names seemed really constant - same ones popping up.

I think if I were having a baby this year, these are the names I would be considering. For a girl:
Mary
Lydia
Emerald
Agnes

For a boy:
Roland
Derek
Eric
John

Oh cripes, forgot about all the.... Sarahs' , Julies', Nancy, Belinda, Bevs', Carols', Jeans'. Nicola, Teresa..
I guess some of these names will be quite attractive to the next generation.
Worked at a school in the early 2000s and each class was over-run with Toms'. Jacks' and Williams', Lucys', Amys and Sophies' Although I do like those names.

I know a baby Aubrey (girl), and a young Nancy, Vinnie, Arthur, Stanley, John and Albert!

I don't think Amy and Rebecca ever really went out.

My niece is 14 and she's called Amy, there are several of them in her year at school.

I also know a 4yo called Amy (but spelled Aimee) and my next door neighbours granddaughter is just starting school next week, her name is Rebecca

Todd, Scott, Karen (lol), Margaret, Crystal

I was knee-deep in Julies, Debbies, Dianes, Catherines and Alisons as a child (born in the '60s).

I've met a few Angela's recently.

Will there every be another baby named Karen....ever????

Graham.

I know a 2 year old Wendy

I’m sure there’s a Laura in DS’s year at school and he’s 6.

I can't see Brenda ever making a comeback

@Laska2Meryls

Susan Janet Stephanie Elaine Jacqueline Caroline Judith Melinda Elizabeth Margaret Pamela Penelope Rachel ...all my age group and in my class ( and one of those is my name)

You have both my names on that list!

Just wait until everyone has Louise as their middle name like me and every other girl born in the late 80s early 90s 🤦🏼‍♀️

I don't get this post. Somebody is calling a baby Joanne? So what have I missed? Is there something wrong with the name? I could understand issues with Adolf perhaps, but why Joanne? ~Or have I totally misunderstood this one?

I was born in the 70s and gave my child a name that was a popular choice in the 70s. Nobody else is called her name at school, funnily enough!

My mum also gave me a name which was not 'of its time'. When I was about 20 every other little girl was called it.

@MakeMathsFun

I don't get this post. Somebody is calling a baby Joanne? So what have I missed? Is there something wrong with the name? I could understand issues with Adolf perhaps, but why Joanne? ~Or have I totally misunderstood this one?

It's an incredibly 70s name.

I like and would use Sarah, Joanna, Jennifer, Susanna

It seems the wartime names of my DM’s era and the 1960s names of my era are still out in the cold generally speaking. These are the names (below) that spring to my mind as not featuring at the moment (or I haven’t heard them for a long time but I don’t have much to do with babies these days so may have missed all the little Janices and Waynes running around). I’d do a double take if someone said “here is my baby, we’ve called her Sheila”

Maureen, Sheila, Brenda, Carol, Janet, Roger, Linda, Norma, Malcolm, Leonard, Nigel, Angela, Ann, Ronald Keith, Derek, Eric, Jean, Janice, Pauline, Sandra, Frances, Peter, Richard, Terence

Julie, Kim, Karen, Sharon, Tracy, Paul, Simon, Andrew, Jason, Lee, David, Mark,Stuart, Kevin, Gary, Gavin, Wayne, Claire, Paula, Denise, Michelle, Elaine, Lorraine, Helen, Melanie, Nicola, Sonia, Zoe

Met a baby Josephine the other day, I've only ever met old ladies with that name. She did really suit it though.