How old ae you and what's the most popular/common name amongst your friends?

[EuphemiaLennox]

I'm in my 40s , so a 70s baby.

Most common name amongst female friends:

Jo - by far. I know loads, all short for Joanne.

Amongst male friends:

Mark.

I'm in my late 30's - just!

The most common name amongst female friends is Lynn - 3 in my immediate circle of friends.

The most common male name - Colin.

Probably easiest to look at the top 20 baby names per year or decade.

I too am a 70s baby and therefore know lots of Sarahs, Jos, Steves, Andys.

I'm in my mid-30s and know an embarrassment of Sarahs and Matthews.

I'm early 30's - an 80's baby.

I know lots of:

Amanda's, Nicola's, Karen's.

Robert's, John's, Mark's

I'm 48.
Vicky is the most popular name in our group of 12, then Yvonne.
There is a 5 year +- difference in age with the women I work with and we have several Elaine's and 3 viv's!
I'm the only one with my name both at work and amongst my mates.

Early 30's and know lots of Niamhs, Lauras, Ciaras and Sarahs. Boys; Alan, Paul, Michael and David.

I was born in the early 80's. I know loads of Claires, Lucys, Katies, Hannahs, Matthews, Stevens, Marks and Andrews.

Oh yes, and Lauras, tonnes of them my age!

Karen, Sharon, Tracey, Debbie, Julie, Jackie, Lisa were the most common ones as I remember,

with a good smattering of Christine, Michelle, Joanne, Elaine, Nicola, Dawn, Claire, Sarah, Fiona, Wendy

Boys were called Steve, Dave, Paul, John, Mark or Andy. All of 'em.

I think of late 70s and early 80's names for girls as all being

Gemma, Nicola, Sarah, Hannah, Kelly, Laura, Amanda, Samantha, Kim

oh yes, and Katie!

40s.
Men: Simon, Paul, John

Women: Amanda, Emma, Sarah.

30

Girls - Claire (5), Jane (2), Jennifer (3)

Boys - Dave (4), Matthew (3), Steve (6)

25

Girls - sarah, kerri-ann (different spellings), kayleigh, emma, natalie, bethany

Boys - stephen, nathan, ian, chistopher, james, andrew

I am in my late 30s and the most popular names among my friends from school are: Jane, Sarah, Emily and Rebecca. I have 6 Janes as FB friends, 6 Sarahs, 5 Clare/ Claires, 4 Rebeccas, and 4 Emilys.

For boys there are 3 Simons, 3 Stuarts, 2 James, 2 Andrews, 2 Ians, 2 Pauls, 2 Robs.

I was born late 80s, at school, there was a lot of Lauras, Katie/katherine and Emmas

My dad is mid 40s, all of his friends seem to be called Paul, David and Mark

Late 20's.

Most common names for me are Michelle and Natalie.

Boys its David and Matthew.

35
Julie, Claire
Mark, Richard

My Mum gave me a name that was quite common in the 60s though, so I was the only one in the whole school!

35
Girls: Karen, Sarah, Catherine (all different nicknames)
Boys: Matthew, Andrew, David

Mid 20's - had 5 beckys in my class!! Sarah's, Emma's, Katie

Boys - Dave/David, Tom, Paul, chris

I was born in the mid 70s and every class in school had a Sarah, Claire, Nicola, Emma, Laura and Catherine. Boys were Mark, Paul, James, Andrew, Steven, Simon, David

Now I seem to meet lots of Sarahs and Kates.

Joanne
Karen
David

Hayley is a real 80s name as well.