Most retro/dated name you've heard recently

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I heard a woman in the park calling her little girl Madge. I haven't heard that name in years and years. I also know of a little toddler called Sheila.

Just wondering if any of you know any children with names that you thought had died out completely.

My ds is called Sid

I teach a Colin, Simon and Alan.

I know a little Agatha :) I think its lovely.

Tbh many of the names mentioned here don't seem retro/dated.

Oscar certainly isn't, ditto George, Eliza and Jemima etc fairly normal names nowadays.

I know a toddler Ray, a four year old Sarah (both of which I like actually) and someone I know is considering calling her baby when it is born, if it's a girl, Janet, which I've never liked (sorry Janets out there).

My friend has just had an Arthur.
Also met a Jeremy and a girl called Sidney.

I love the names Ron and Ralph (obviously not together)

I have a bridget, and know a baby Bruce. Know a little Ian too. All brilliant names in my very humble opinion.

Also children not babies calle d Bruce and Donald. I love these but seeing as how some people (upthread) are still describing Ruby as retro, Ican see why most people wouldn't.

Most of the names here are mainstream now.eg Stanley! fgs, who doesn't know a child called Stanley. My eldest is ten and most of the names on my list ten years ago have been mentioned on this thread.

wow snap with the Bruce!

Revival for Bruce??

OK, what's the youngest Gaynor you know?

I know a baby named Deidre, seriously. Also i have a 5 week old Claude i often get looks and the odd lightly disguised

I teach a Colin, Simon and Alan

Alma for some reason that made me roar! Who one earth calls a baby Alan? Dads including mine are called Alan!

Elsie
Colette

My DS had a Barbara in his class

A name like Gladys do you mean- and no i haven't heard of any baby called Gladys lately

Colette is rather nice!

Ariel - it suits him!

I love the name Janet. But I suppose in Ireland it wouldn't have been a popular name fifty or sixty years ago so it doesn't have any mumsy connotations for me.

I agree some of the names mentioned aren't really that dated or retro anymore eg Oscar, Elsie, Eliza. I suppose, in my OP, I was thinking more of some of the other names mentioned like Marilyn, Frank, Valerie and Ralph.

Jesus wept- MADGE !!!!!

But Deirdre . If that's in Britain I bet every adult who meets the baby mentally adds 'Barlow' on to her name without even thinking about it .

Whereas her in Ireland Deirdre would be the Irish equivalent of Melanie, Debbie or Jackie. Totally dates you back to the sixties or seventies.

I know a Kevin, David, Bruce and Sarah. None unusal for people over 30 but not very widely used for babies now.

Me, I don't know anyone under 75 called Stanley! Doesn't it depend on where you live?

Madge has given me a good giggle.

There is a Percy in DD's class. Also know of baby girls born recently called Valerie, Pru and Hilda.

I know a baby called Herbert and he's adorable.

I also know a Stanley, a Susannah and a Nellie who all suit their names very well.

I like retro names. The only ones I don't like are Deirdre for reasons already mentioned and Brenda as it makes me think of boobs. My friends at school always used the term 'brendas' for boobs.

Susannah is lovely. A colleague called his daughter that about four years ago. Nellie is awful but I like Nell.