Names like Laura, Sarah & Louise

[DessieLou]

I seem to be considering names that were common when i was at high school in the 90's (them were the days, eh?!). There was loads of Sarah's, Louise's, Emma's....any similar names you can suggest?

Deborah, Rebecca/ Rebekah, Ruth, Clare, Nicola, Jane, Marie, Joanne, Susanne, Kate/Katy/ Katie.

In my 90's school classes common girl names were

Vicky (well Victoria)
Helen
Carly
Rebecca
Kimberly
Sarah

LauraChant... from The Changeover, right?

These names are bringing back lots of memories!

Gemma
Rachael
Ruth
Rebecca
Claire
Genna
Gail
Sonya

Alison
Lucy
Kathryn
Carolyn
Rebecca
Claire
Vicky
Lyndsey
Fran
Helen
Stacey
Emma
Marie
Bryony
Sonya

I was at high school in the 90s and my name has popped up multiple times on this thread.
All my friends were Jenny, Vicky, Claire or Sarah.
All of us had Louise or Marie or Jane as a middle name! They were the equivalent of today's Rose and May.

Sarah. We had a few of these in my year at school. Jennifer was the most popular name so we had Jen, Jenny and Jenni!

Melissa

I was at school with Lisa, Joanne, Tracey, Sarah, Melanie, Sam, Anna, Helen, Dawn, Jenny, Nicola, Caroline, Kelly, Kerry, Kim, Danielle, Amande, Yvonne, Suzanne, Michaela.

When was Danielle popular?

Rachel, Laura, Emma, Katie

Everyone seemed to have Jane/Jayne as a middle name

Yes indeed SnapeandLily

When I have persuaded someone to use Sorensen as a name my job here will be done.

I love that book I ate tomato sandwiches for ages after reading it!

I'm older, but we had lots of Sarahs and Louises in my day too.

Along with several of: Debbie, Karen, Joanne, Donna, Tracy, Cathy and Diane.

Names that there were common in my year at school during the 80's:

Jane
Kate
Charlotte
Sarah
Emma
Elizabeth
Sue
Rachel
Helen
Lisa
Kim
Melanie
Juliet

ooh Stephanie's a lovely name.

Rachel
Lindsay
Jane
Laura
Emma
Sarah
Victoria
Louise
There were at least five of each of these in my year in the 1990's! Sound so dated now!

My secondary school year group from the 90s had:

7 Lauras, 6 Sarahs, 6 Emmas, 4 Joannes, 3 Lisas, 3 Rebeccas, 3 Hannahs, 2 Nicolas, 2 Joannas, 2 Lindseys, 2 Amys, 2 Gillians, 2 Helens, 2 Staceys, 2 Clares, Faye, Beth, Fiona, Donna, Catherine, Amanda, Helena, Ophelia, Kerry, Lorraine, Carrie-Ann, Liesl, Nicolette, Karen.

I think that was about it. So little variation!!

I don't think many of these names are all that dated scarlettsmummy

I currently or in the last couple of years teach/have taught children aged 7-13 called the following names from this thread:

Rachel, Sarah, Emma, Victoria, Rebecca, Amy, Catherine, Beth, Stephanie, Juliet, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Kate, Cathy, Katie, Danielle, Anna, Lucy, Gemma, Hannah, Felicity, Madeleine, Roxanne, Kayleigh, Natalie, Naomi and Hayley.

My niece is 2 and a Sarah, my other niece has Laura as a mn and dd has Louise as mn :)

Eastpoint there were loads of Danielles my age, I left school in 2000.

Amanda's. Deborah's, Alison's and Angela's. and a fair few Karen's and Lucy's.

you could probably nail the year of my birth in a heartbeat.

Strangely, going by this thread, all the Lucys I know are under the age of 8, I don't know any adults called Lucy. I think in the UK names are very regional because I often see threads here where people mention a name being a bit more unusual for a little girl and I'm thinking 'eh? I know loads of them'. Or vice versa, a name is said to be too popular and I've never met a child with that name.

Thank you MynameisSuz. Thinking you & all those who left school around then must be late 20s makes me feel ancient.

30 this year Eastpoint!

Loving these lists. I keep being reminded of old school friends.
weeble you are so right about everyone having Jane as a mn! Or Louise.