Names you haven't heard in years

[LadyMaryofDownton]

Am currently deciding what to call DC3, who is due in a few months time. Having looked through almost every thread made me think about names that I haven't heard in ages. I mean names that don't get used for new born babies anymore.

Here's some I can think off that I haven't personally heard in a long time.

Lisa
Melissa
Fiona
Barry
Adam
Christopher
Peter
Steven
Tracy
Joy
Judith
Iris
Wilma
Daphne
Susan
Tommy
Barney
Mary
Elizabeth
Joseph
Simon
David
Alan
Gary
Heather

Haven't heard of any in your list in past few years apart from Christopher and Adam.

Thinking of people I went to school with:
Rebecca
Renee
Megan
Kyle
Barney
John
Jackie
Leanne
Kirsty
Lauren
Matthew
Wayne

Keith
Paul
Christine
Susan
Jane

I know baby Adam and Peter, and a 5 yo Lisa and Steven.

Freddie
Brian
Roger
John
Paul
George
Keith
Mick
Ronnie
Bill

Sorry for any "doubles"
Paula
Janice
Lynda
Joanne
Christine
Ian
Paul
David
Gary
Nigel
Mark
Alison
Sharon
Lisa
Tracey
Gareth
Valerie
Kenneth
Carol
Jeremy
Justin
Trevor
Nicola
Lynn

Turdfairy - there was a baby David at our rhyme-time group last week - amongst all the Reubens and Enids it really stuck out!

Baby David conjures up the Royle Family to me now! And yet when I was at school it was one of those names that there were 3 of in each class!!

Caroline
Margaret
Claire
Kayleigh
Deborah
Amanda
Frances
Wendy
Rosie
Bernadette
Yvonne

Stuart
Paul
Kevin
Scott
Ian
Michael
Mark
Jason

Helen
Claire
Marie
Laura
Nicola
John
Paul
Ian
Hannibal

Martin
Donald
Roger
Pauline
Angela
Pamela
Linda
Janet
Patricia

My one month old dd is on that list wondering if I'm the friend of a friend! I love some of the names mentioned here.

Geoff/Jeffrey.
Sandra

Most of the others I can think of have already been said.

I have a smallish Adam, know a 7 month old baby Paul and an 8 year old one.
My me and dp's names are on those lists we are children of the 70's who know loads of other people with our names.

I know a fair few megans and Freddies

I've not met any small dc called

Carl
Maureen
Gail
Michelle

My two year old niece is called Heather and I know a 3 year old Jeffrey. I like Trevor but DP had said no!

Belinda
Hugh
Caroline
Fiona
Sharon
Kevin
Laura

It is interesting isn't it? I am in Yorkshire and I know lots of little Elizabeths, Irises, Freddies and Josephs.

Definitely no little Kevins, Jeffreys or Sharons though!

From the first list I know of a few littlies caaled

Melissa
Mary
Heather
Joseph (lots)
David

Not the others though.

Definitely no Barneys. That would be like The Flintstones.

I don't know any small children called -

Helen
Laura
Lisa
Anne
Clare/Claire
Nicola
Michelle
Rachel
Rebecca
Ruth
Amanda
Jennifer
Zoe

All massively popular when I was at school. I've met a few Felicitys, Laurens and Madeleines recently tho, which were also very popular. And a lot of Victorias - it's the new Olivia round here.

Name I love but have not heard in years, and probably not likely to again - Jeanne (prefer that spelling to Jean). I think I must be one of the few that likes it though, it's definitely not a 'pretty' name.

Keith.
Irene.
Gladys.
Gerald.
Trevor.
Queenie.
Suzanne
Jason
Norma
Deborah.

From your list I know under 10s called:
Joseph and a couple of Joes
Peter
Iris
Mary
Elizabeth
Barney

I don't know any
Catherine (most popular name when I was at school)
Richard (hundreds of grown up ones)
Pamela
Linda
Gavin
Claire
Jacqueline (Jackie)
Hilary

to name but a few

David was in the top 100 for 2013. It really surprised me as I haven't come across any.

Iris has been trendy for some time here. It's not uncommon for young girls.
Elizabeth too, and Mary to lesser extent. We know one young Heather too.

Kathleen
Susan
Mildred
Maureen
Edna
Pauline

Norbert
Norman
Raymond
Gareth
Donald

Oh these are great! Thanks for the replies :) it's so nice to see names of people I went to school with (and my own). It seems to depend a lot on location as well.