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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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MamaMotherMummy · 16/12/2015 23:36

Emma
Emily
Becky

Sam
Tom

NadiaWadia · 17/12/2015 03:04

Girls: Karen, Tracey, Jane, Ann(e), Sarah, Susan, Catherine, Julie, Alison, Teresa, Louise, Jacqueline, Nicola

Boys: Mark, Andrew, Stephen, Paul, Richard, David, Michael

Born England, 1960s

tuilamum · 17/12/2015 09:51

Hannah, Jessica/Jess, Ben

tuilamum · 17/12/2015 09:55

(I was in year group born 1993-1994)

LoadsaBlusher · 17/12/2015 10:49

Girls - Claire / Sharon / Lyndsey/ Ashley
Boys - Michael / John / Ian / Scott/ Barry / Gavin

When I was at school there were very few " unique" names.
We all had very plain names.
Racking my brains to think of the " wildest " name , think it would be
Marina for a girl and really can't think of any boys that were not plain Scottish names.

LoadsaBlusher · 17/12/2015 10:50

Sorry forgot to add year of birth , but it's probably obvious by the names , born early 80s, Scotland.

Sameshitdiffname · 17/12/2015 11:06

My year group was born 89-90 I forgot to add that before

TurduckenForDinner · 17/12/2015 11:31

For girls: Sarah, Nicola, Wendy

For boys: Andrew, Ian, Phillip. Those three names covered about 25% of the boys in my year, not only that but most of the Andrews, Ians and Phillips had a brother named Andrew, Ian or Phillip. Very Irish Protestant.

LaurieLemons · 17/12/2015 11:58

Emily/Emma
Amy
Ella
Charlie
Oliver/Ollie/Oli
Daniel/Danny/Dan

MrsCaecilius · 17/12/2015 14:04

All girls school: Sophie and Kate, by far

derxa · 17/12/2015 14:08

Born late 50's and Scottish Lowlands
Names very restricted - no exotica there and actually the boys' names are still much the same amongst the offspring of my contemporaries. Becoming more Scottish actually

SeasonalVag · 17/12/2015 18:39

I know what you mean, derva, in ayshire...three fionas in a class of 20 ffs

MamaLazarou · 17/12/2015 18:40

Sarah
Nicola
Emma
Rachel
Michelle
Joanne

Joanne was by far the most common name in my school: at least one in every class and three in ours!

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 17/12/2015 18:43

Emma
Sarah
Claire
Rebecca
Rachel

James
David
Lee
Robert
Michael

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 17/12/2015 18:44

Year group born between 1st September 1974 & 31st August 1975.

Some of you are mere babies!

billygoatscruff · 17/12/2015 20:16

Emma
Rebecca
Joanna
Lucy
Sarah

Muskey · 17/12/2015 20:24

Claire, Alison, Bernadette,
Andrew, Peter, mark

1frenchfoodie · 19/12/2015 09:33

Tracey by a mile - there were three in my junior school class of 30. All, strangely, had a surname starting with C.

Fatfreefaff · 19/12/2015 09:46

Born mid sixties. London. Secondary school class of 30. 3 Tracys 2 Debra/Deborah, 2 Karens, 2 Julie/Julia, 3 Susan/Suzanne. 2 Sara/Sarah. My sister two years later had 3 Sophies and 2 Lisa's.

TheBunnyOfDoom · 19/12/2015 19:03

Nicola
Sophie
Rebecca
Lucy
Emily.

Alex/Alexander.
Tom.
Ollie/Oliver.
Adam.

Chococroc · 20/12/2015 13:22

Claire / Clare
Laura
Rachel
Hannah
Sophie
Sarah

I went to an all girls school so not sure of boys names, born early 80s.

clayspaniel · 20/12/2015 13:26

Antonia
Sarah
Charlotte
Sophie
Emma
Claire

Andrew
Richard
Mark
Ben

IguanaTail · 20/12/2015 13:32

Sarah. Emma. Lucy. Charlotte.

PeaceLoveAndMincePies · 20/12/2015 13:39

Matthew, Laura, Steven/Stephen, Robert, Jennifer, Nicola.

PeaceLoveAndMincePies · 20/12/2015 13:40

Oh and Samuel. Think there were about four.