What was the most popular first name when you were at school?

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In primary school in my class there was 3 Nathans and 2 Ryan's

Lots of Marks and Davids. Even though I was born in 1972 I didn't meet another Sarah until I was in college - then my 2 best friends were also Sarah .

70s

Sarah
Emma
Charlotte

Debbie, Lisa, Michelle, Claire.
Mark, Andrew, David, John.

Alison for the girls. Peter and Simon for the boys.

Am old

Lots of Sarahs, Nicolas, Helens and Lucys in my primary school. Also Richards, Lukes and Andrews. I was at Primary School in the mid-late 1980s.

Jennifer
Lisa

Zach
Brian
Matt

Sarah, Matthew

Claire
Or
Sean

At my son’s school 25% of the girls in his secondary year are called Lily! 😮

I left primary school in 2005

The most popular girls names were Jessica Hannah and Kelly

Boys names were James peter and William

In high school (left 2010) there were lots of Scarlett's and calum's

Ooh, I forgot about all the Karens and boys names Chris. There were shedloads of Chris’es.

Hayley was popular. There were a few Kirstys and a few Nicolas. We also had a couple of Leighs/Lees.

Helen and Karen.
Mark.

Karen, Susan, Debbie / Deborah, Julie.
Michael. David, Stephen, Paul. All at primary school.
Secondary - all girls, so very similar to the girls in primary, though we also had a few Traceys and a couple of Paulines. I left school in 1979.

Born mid 80s - lots of Claires, Nicolas, Sarahs, Hannahs, Rachels

All-girls secondary - I was in one class with 5 Emmas and 3 Lisas.

Girls: Emma, Sarah, Gemma, Joanne/Joanna, Helen, Claire, Laura. Some Karens and Traceys too.

Boys: Daniel, James, Christopher, Ryan (3 in my class alone), David, Matthew, Mark.

This was 1980s and 1990s. It surprises me how many of those names have fallen out of use.

Amy, there were Amy's everywhere! Even more if you count all the Amie's and Amii's and Ameee's

(Born in 1990)

Charlotte and Ben at primary

A lot of Scott's, Ben's (again), Kieran's at secondary

Nicky, Vicky, Katy, Joanne, Sarah, Emma, Jane.

Sarah, lots of Sarahs.

My sister’s year had 9 Zoes.

Nicola, rebecca, Rachel and many versions of Joanne, Joanna, Johanna, Leanne, Leanna etc

I’m 48 and Sally was the most common girls name. Both in primary and secondary (obviously as they grew up).

Lots of Sarah's too (born 80's)

Susan, Christine, Patricia, Janet, Linda. Guess my age

Jack, Ryan, Daniel, Connor, Jamie...

Emma, Sophie, Leah, Sarah, Lauren...