In an age of Isabellas and Lilys etc. what names are girls never ever called anymore?

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I think there are probably no baby girls called:
Andrea
Lisa
Joanne
Thelma
Michelle
Kelly
Amanda
Tracy
Karen
Tina
Wendy

If we want to be post modern we should start a revolition no names ending in 'ia' or double barrelled with Mae on the end.

Margaret
Rita
Joan
Jennifer
Karen
Barbara
Doria
Gladys
Yvonne

I think it tends to go in 60 year cycles, doesn't it? So you don't call your kid nams of teh girls you went to school with, or your mum/aunties. Your grandparents' names start to seem unusual.

I know a baby Mabel, I thought it was getting cool again.

OP, There's a good reason why no-one use Joanne anymore - it's 'orrible.
(it's my name, I'm 40, and I've NEVER LIKED IT).

God forbid i have grandchildren named after me!

I know a 7yo Amanda a 6yo Julia and Hayley and a 3yo Samantha!!!

Tina
Sheila
Suzanne
Marjory
Karen

Okay, not babies but I know - all under 8 a

Dorothy
Amanda
Nicola
Samantha
Sandra
Alistair
David
Lillian

Most of these names are the names of girls I went to school with, including my own. I'm 33.

All good solid conventional names, but they weren't in the 1970s when some of them first became popular. they were quite exotic.

And I love the name Linda. I think it's lovely.

What's wrong with Joanne/a?

I know a baby Rachel too!

Tanya
Susan
Phylis
Dilys
Laura
Joan
Margery
Diane
Barbara
Valerie

Sorry I know two Jenny's (teens) and a Barbara (ok she's big sis and at uni, so not a child.
Also a Helen, who's 8 and one who's 14

Oh and a Joanna of about 7 who is very sweet.

I know a baby Linda!

I like a lot of these names but am expecting a DS - what are the male equivalents?

Angela
Alison
Caroline
Carol
Debbie/Deborah
Diane
Paula/Pauline
Leanne
Sandy
Tracy
Mindy
Denise
Belinda
Brenda
Gillian/Jillian
Lisa
Cindy
Christine
Judy
Jacqueline
Kelly
Kerry
Cheryl
Michelle
Nicola
Gail
Trudy
Tiffany
Amanda
Leslie/Lesley
Sharon
Karen
Pamela
Teresa
Sonia
Sandra
Kimberly
Claire

or, if one was to go back further..

Audry
Barbara
Deirdre
Hazel
Eileen
Mildred
Vesta
Maureen
Margery/Madge
Marie
Marigold
Maria
Marion
Gwen
Valerie
Patsy
Bridgit
Blanche
Renata
Beverley
Gloria (fwiw Maggie Gyllenhaal picked this for her new dd)
Janice
Linda
Fanny
Fiona
Gladys
Glenda
Thelma
Susan
Sheila
Shirley
Bertha
Priscilla
Eunice

Male equivalents:

Peter
Ian
Stephen
John
Craig
Christopher
Dean
Duncan
Lee
Ross
Matthew
Mark
James

I know a 3yo Sarah and a 3 yo Stephen. The hospital told Stephen's parents that they could not remember the last time they'd had a Stephen.

i know a baby Sue!! - Not Susan, just Sue.

Freda, Phyllis

my dd is sarah, named for her Great granny.

I worried that i might be giving her a dull common name but she is the only one in the school unlike all those isabellas

Both my DCs have been listed on this thread (age 6 and 8)

I also know one of each of the following in the same general age group

Robert
David
Ross
Craig
Julia
Helen
Leonard

Male equivalents?

Alan
Barry
Leslie
Graham
Trevor
Malcolm
Clifford/Cliff
Boyce
Douglas
Duane/Dwayne
Colin
Dennis
Stewart (I know 4yo Stuart)
Dean
Daryl
Kelvin
Kenny/Kenneth
Eric
Shane
Rodney
Wayne
Robin
Tony
Brian
Lance
Alec
Shane

I would add Timothy, Warren, Jason and Justin but I know of little boys named, all

Geraldine and Cynthia have very low take up these days.

There are quite a few Mabels, Mauds and Ivys, I think, judging from the boards here. Old lady chic and all that.

Glen
Jeffery
Derek

Bernard

Well, it's nursey's real name...so kinda historic/classic