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!?

We're getting guinea pigs soon, I'm pushing to have one named Carol (after one of my favourite film characters)

I'm a Joanne (early 30s), glad to see it making a comeback 😂

Well if Ada is now popular, Joanne surely is an improvement!

I also went to school with an Elspeth and a Veronica , but I cant see those coming back..

Catherine and Elizabeth (as first names, not second names)

Lots of Polish Veronicas spelt with a Weronika are around 20 now. Were at school with my DD. A few shortened to Ronnie.

I know a little Audrey and a little Gavin.

Im a seventies baby
Girls were all, Sarah, Clare, Rachel, Rebecca, Catherine (and the various other spellings), Lisa, Michelle, Donna, Jane, Joanne
Boys,were, David, Paul, Steven/Stephen, Mark, Andrew, Michael, Lee, Jason Gary.

Oh some crackers here! I can't say Amy and Rebecca are dated though! They're classics....

Awaiting Andrea, Debbie, Kirsty and Gillian for girls. Boys Martin, Mark, Paul and Ian.
My own name is timeless in so much as I have known other people with my name but they have always been older than me. I have never met somebody younger called it. I think it's a lovely name and don't know why people don't use it nowadays.

Helen
Deborah
Claire

John, Paul, Peter and Mark were big in the 70s at my Catholic school

My 3yr old DD has named her dolls Gary & Joyce. Think they'll make a comeback

Is Michelle on the way back, I'm 40 and have 9 of them in my phone, and 7 Debbie/Deborah/Debra's!

Amy Rebecca and Laura never went out. Amy in particular is timeless. I know people of every age called Amy from 50 down to little ones and 3 or 4 in each of my kids years (teens)

Alison, Helen, Claire, Donna, Jacqueline, Caroline, Andrea for girls.

Lee, Andrew, David, Paul, Robert, Russell, Joel for boys.

In Tudor times seemingly everyone was called Jane, Anne, Mary, Catherine or Elizabeth.

I do not get this post? But I am not English?

Elizabeth has been in style for ages, I was thinking of naming my 7yo Elizabeth but then 2 Elizabeths and an Eliza were born to friends in the preceeding months.

I much rather, as a adult, be called Joanne than some of the current twee top baby girl names that mostly end in -ie or -ia

As an over 60 the sentiment expressed by OP is exactly what I've thought when I've heard old lady names (ie my grandparents and parents generation) being used now. Daisy, Bertha, Martha, Eric, Ernie, Dorothy, Alma, Erica, Nessie, Agnes (invariably reversed to Senga by those unfortunate enough to be given in) - all pensioner names! So yes, I expect there will be Sharon and Tracey's due a resurgence :)

@Petardos

I do not get this post? But I am not English?

I'm not English either, you don't have to be!

It's basically about the trends in baby names, specifically in the UK.

@Petardos

I do not get this post? But I am not English?

Most names seem to become popular again, when a generation start to die out.

For example, my mum had two friends named Maisie. Maisie is now a popular name again and if my mum was alive today, she'd be 91.

I know a 9 year old Joanne!

Other names which could come back

Sue
Lorraine
Judith
Diane
Carole
Tracy
Anne

@Petardos

I do not get this post? But I am not English?

Joanne was a popular name quite a few years ago. Then fell out of favour as very popular names tend to do. When names enjoy a resurgence, it reminds us how old we are!

A bit like when Hollywood remakes a movie that we once enjoyed for example.