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.

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Alan, David, and Andy
Alison, Jenny, and Laura's

It's interesting seeing the names of the mid 30's people.
I had my first in 1978 and a lot if the names I had thought if are there. Although DS's isn't

I was born early 80s, most common girls names were Laura, Claire, Rebecca and Nicola. Boys were David, Stephen and Michael

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Karen, Lynne, Jane, Helen, Sharon, Tracy, Jackie, Sarah
Dave, Steve, John, Andy, Paul, Mike, Mark.

born in early 80's , I know quite a few Claires but also know a lot with my own name (no one has mentioned it yet), there were a few Marks in my class at school, a few Nick's and Victoria was quite popular.

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Everyone at school was called Clare or Debbie!

Everyone at work, aged 44 to 53 is married to a Paul or Andy

I was born in 1979. My year at school had 8 Katherine/Catherines and associated nicknames. Also several Joannes and Sarahs.

Boys-Matt/Jeremy/Andy all popular.

Mid 80s, had 4 Daniels and 2 Danielles in my class at school.

Other names for girls- Emma, Claire, Sarah, Gemma, Louise, Stacey.

Boys- David, Michael, Paul, Matthew, Sean, Lee.

54 - Julie, Sharon, Tracey, Deborah, Lorraine, Jacqueline

Mid-20s

Women: Becky, Nicola, Helen, Katie.

Men: Daniel, James, Chris, Matt.

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Katherine/Catherine - there were about six in my year
Claire
Rhian (Welsh school!)

Matthew

20s.
Katie's or Amy's for girls

George's or Fred's for boys

So many Kate/Katy's, Joanne, Lisa, Samantha, Vicky, Rachel.

I'm 28.

Oh and boys: Stephen, Christopher, Matthew

27, born 1985
Girls = rebecca, laura, vicky, kate/katie, jenny, claire, danielle
Boys = mark, james, alex, nick, chris, michael, tom

I'm 34. At my recent wedding, we had 5 Andys and 5 Claires among 80 guests.

A quick glance at my FB friend list reveals 10 Matts and 10 Sarahs

Early 30s

Popular names Gemma, Nicola, Laura

Matthew, David

Early 30s

Popular names Gemma, Nicola, Laura

Matthew, David

I'm in my 40s too and popular names seem to be Kate and Jamie.

I am 29 and its Hannah amongst my friends by miles.

Sarah, Vicki, Jo, Kate.

Their equivalents for this generation:

Eve, Emily, Olivia, Isabel(la)

31 and common names are :

Lucy, Emma, Sarah, Angela.

Peter and Andrew for boys.

Hannah,Laura and Rachel are all very common. There were 5 Rachel's,5 Laura's and 4 Hannah's in my year at school.

I'm 35 born in 1978 in Scotland. I know lots of:

Gillian
Alyson
Isla
Laura

Paul
Steven
Simon
David x about 3 million!
Iain

Born late 70s. Women... probably Debbie or Sara. Men.. maybe David or Stephen / Stefan, though Marc too actually.

But my friends range in age from 18-65 and are spread across 4 countries (mainly UK-Germany). So I don't think it reflects a particular naming trend.