What names are considered 'mum names'?

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I was on an American forum and someone commented that a name was such a 'mom name' in the US (ie very popular with women in their 30s)? Just wondered what the equivalent names are in the UK right now?

Caroline
Sarah
Claire
Victoria
Jane

Emma
Laura
Louise
Jenny
Rebecca

Louise
Emma
Nicki

Sarah
Kate
Karen
Marie
Claire
Caroline
Hannah
Joanne
Catherine
Louise
Jennifer

Emma
Amy
Rachel

Julie
Kate
Denise
Joanne
Claire
Helen
Sally

Nicola and Elaine.

I'm going to think of more

Katherine
Louise
Jenny
Claire
Alison
Anna
Becky
Jenny
Natasha

Claire
Sarah
Nicola
Jo
Helen
Rebecca
Kate
Debbie

I have lots of mum friends called Jo, Sarah, Claire, Vicky, Becky and Nicky.

I wouldn't say they are particularly mum names though-just names of people I was at school with who were born the same time as me who have grown up to have kids.

Amanda
Fiona
Leanne
Kelly
Heather

Basically the top 50 names from 30 years ago.

A quick search on names popular around 1980 will tell you!

In a few years time every other mum will be Olivia, Grace or Daisy

@uiscebeatha

Siobhan
Mairead
Cait
Aine
Clodagh
Orla
Ciara
Aoife
Sinead

Do you think there are any mum names that are still usable today? Or any that are definitely not?

Sarah and Emma are timeless I think.

Most of the others sound dated IMO

Literally lists of all of my friends names (inc my own) on this thread!

Catherine
Elizabeth
Helen
Sarah
Nicola
Lisa
Joanne/a
Rebecca

I think Rebecca and Nicola are the only ones I know of that's been used on an under-10 round here.

I've never met any young girls called Sarah, Sally or Louise. But know hundreds my own age. Timeless names would be ones like Anne, Elizabeth, or maybe Emily or Anna. I know women and little girls with those names. There are more timeless boys names though.

Names of women born from 2000 backwards?

Al the ones I was going to say have been said already. I don't see a problem with choosing a name that was popular years ago if you like it now?

Jenny
Joanne
Karen
Sharon
Lisa
Clare
Jane
Kelly
Andrea
Michelle
Toni
Hayley
Kate
Dawn
Lynn
Julie
Angela
Amanda
Lindsey
Teresa
Rachel
Stephanie
Sarah
Tracey
Debbie

Susan
Claire
Debbie
Sonia
Caroline
Christine
Rose
Karen
Sharon
Tracey

In New Zealand and for my tiny bubble of a world these are the most common:

Kirsty
Nicky
Anna
Laura
Michelle
Katy

I love the name Louise for a little girl!

Rather off topic I'm afraid but here's a list of names compiled from The Times birth announcements 1985: Clemency, Thomasina, Willemyn among others.

http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/01/births-announced-in-the-times-1985.html

Sorry to derail - as you were