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What were the most common names in your year group?

141 replies

DextersMistress · 16/12/2015 18:12

In my year group at school there were at least half a dozen of the following:

Kelly
Sarah
Rebecca/Becky

John
David

What were yours?

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Sameshitdiffname · 16/12/2015 18:50

Sarah
Amy (all variations)
Abbie (all variations)
Jade
Jessica
Lois
Kate/Katie
Emma

Boys:
Paul
Josh
Dylan
Joe
Michael

DiscoDiva70 · 16/12/2015 18:50

Born 69
School names girls
Helen, lisa, Claire, Angela, Yvonne, Lorraine, Sharon, Michelle, Tracey, Donna, Dawn, Vicki, Tanya, Karen, Maxine, Nicola, Sonia

Boys
James, Matthew, David, Chris, Alan, Peter, Andrew, Mark, Paul, Simon, Damien, Martin, Gary, Robert, Stuart, Nigel

derxa · 16/12/2015 18:52

Susan Ailsa Kirsty Anne Jean Mhairi Christine Margaret Marjorie Elspeth
Robert John William Ian Douglas Kenneth Andrew Fergus
Can you guess the country and the era?

imwithspud · 16/12/2015 18:52

In my year it was:
Laura
Rebecca
Victoria

And

David
Michael
James

TempsPerdu · 16/12/2015 18:58

Sarah
Hannah
Claire/Clare
Katherine
Katie
Rebecca
Rachel
Julia

James
Matthew
Thomas
Daniel
Andrew
Peter
Paul

Surprised at the 16% Zoes - that's my name (born early '80s) and I only ever came across one other at school!

Sameshitdiffname · 16/12/2015 19:01

I'm surprised at all these Rebecca's there was only one in my year at a very very big school!

MNetter15 · 16/12/2015 19:01

Sarah
Laura
Caroline
Joanne
Maria
Amy

Derek
Tom
Brian
Paul
John

MNetter15 · 16/12/2015 19:02

Add Tracey and Michelle to the girls!

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/12/2015 19:15

Joanne
Jennifer/Jenny
Claire. I'm a Clare.
Lisa
Julie

NewLife4Me · 16/12/2015 19:19

Julie, Tracy, Jill/Gillian, Paul, mark, Debbie, Yvonne, Helen, Diane, Lisa,

HeyMicky · 16/12/2015 19:28

David
Andrew
Matthew

Rebecca
Christine/Christina
Elissa/Alyssa

At least four of each in a graduating class of 160

GoldPlatedBacon · 16/12/2015 19:31

Kelly
Rachel
Jennifer

Daniel (so many!!)
Scott
Paul

MeAndTheMajor · 16/12/2015 19:34

Kate / Katie / Katy
Emma
Sarah
Becky

Stephen
Dave
Adam

Whenischristmas · 16/12/2015 19:40

You know the song for whoever by the Housemartins? Well all those names:

Jennifer, Alison, Philippa, Sue
Deborah, Annabel, too

Plus there's a Julie and a Jane in there somewhere.

There was at least one of each of those in my class at school.

Rinceoir · 16/12/2015 19:42

Clare, Aoife, Emma. Lots of each of these.

UmbongoUnchained · 16/12/2015 19:44

All the girls in my year had different names. But the boys were mostly Josh and Jack.

AgentCooper · 16/12/2015 19:45

Cla(i)re, Katie/y, Lisa, Jennifer

John, Mark, Paul, Sean, Liam

Born 1985, Glasgow

SinisterBumFacedCat · 16/12/2015 19:47

Emma
Clare
Louise
Nicola
Sarah

Paul
David
Ben
Nicholas
Michael

MrsJayy · 16/12/2015 19:48

Jacqueline/jackie x a million

Lynn
Karen

Craig
John
Gary

SageMist · 16/12/2015 19:50

Susan
Suzanne
Sarah
Hillary
Jackie/Jacqui

DextersMistress · 16/12/2015 20:01

It's interesting how the name trends change. You could probably guess the years of most of these. Our dc will have very different lists Smile

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wigglesrock · 16/12/2015 20:30

Grainne
Siobhan
Alison
Nichola
Fiona
Angela

John
Stephen
Mark
Sean
Ciaran
Tony
Paul

Pandora97 · 16/12/2015 20:36

derxa I'm going to guess you went to school in Scotland in the 70s.

rollonthesummer · 16/12/2015 20:47

Jackie, Becky, Sarah, Katy, Clare, Jo, Emma, Jane.

ceeveebee · 16/12/2015 20:51

Sarah, Claire, Joanne, Louise

Scott, David, Christopher, Jonathan