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

Boys- David, Mark, Andrew, Stephen, John

Girls- claire, Tracey, sarah, nicola, Amanda

Born sixties.

You could tell if someone's parents were working or naice middle class by the girls names in the classroom. Boys less so.

Karen Sharon Jackie Debbie Lorraine.
Amanda Jane Sara Catherine

Mark David Martin James Duncan Timothy Thomas.

Born in the 70s.

Peter, Richard and Paul.

Claire, Sarah, Rhian and Sian.

Caroline at secondary in the 80s. Loads of them. One class had 4

Girls - Yvonne, Jill, Jane, Sandra, Tracy, Debbie.

Boys - Paul, Kevin, David, John, Peter, Mark

Sarah Emma Joanne Claire Gillian

Adam Christopher Stephen Mark Gareth

Katie, Sarah, Rachel, Emma, Vicky, Nicola, Jane, Helen

a few years later in my sister's year it was all Hannah, Megan, Amy, Katie (still), and Emily.

Emily, Charlotte, Rebecca, Matthew, Christopher and Benjamin.

Born in 88

I had three Sarah’s, Michelle’s and Emma’s in my class at primary school!

I was born in the 70s. The most duplicated names at school were Lisa, Julie and Gillian.

There were a lot of Richards and Marks amongst the boys.

Lizzie, Hannah and Alice. Had three of each in my year at secondary school. Born early eighties.

3 Chloe’s, 2 Rebecca’s and 3 Jamie’s.

Emma, Emily, James and Daniel

Sophie, Rebecca, Charlotte, Amy, Kate, Laura, Sarah, Victoria, Benjamin, Joseph, Christopher, Matthew, Samuel, Thomas were also quite popular.

Lindsay
Emma
Claire
Rebecca

Jonathan
Mark
Shaun
Adam

I think Thomas and Lauren

We had two Laura Alice's in my Primary School class of 20. I knew countless Lauras throughout my school life.
Jessica was a popular one. So was Becky.

Josh and Joe were also quite common.

Girls: Sarah, Katie, & Maria
Boys: Alex & Chris

Girls I would say Emilys and Charlottes and then there were a few called Natasha, Stephanie and Amelia. I think that they were really the only girls names that there were multiples of. Boys were probably more common with names like Luke, Jack, Josh, James, Sam and Oliver all being common. It’s funny how these names all seem to still be quite popular now but I find them really boring as I know so many!

In primary school my class had 2 Katies, 2 Kellys, 2 Daniels and 3 Lauras; we only had 27 people in the entire class. There was also quite a few Daniels throughout the school IIRC.

In secondary school Daniel still proved to be popular and so did Martin/Martyn, but Lucy was without doubt the most popular name so it just became easier to refer to all of them by nicknames based on their surnames instead. Many of these NN stuck because 12-13 years on I know a fair few still use them on a personal level (i.e. not within work or when with family).

Sharon, Tracey, Debbie, Joanne, Mandy

Kevin, Daryl, Rodney, Jason, Simon, Darren

That was 70s/80s.

Still chucking as you can see who went to the fancy schools (Arlo, Amelia etc) and then the comps like me!

This thread is making me think of that Beautiful South song Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too ...

Sarah
Laura
Claire
Karen

X eleventy billions

Mark
Jonathan
Paul
Peter

X 100s

Late seventies early eighties - Caroline and Kate/Katie/Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn/Katharine.

i work in a secondary school now and for girls it's all Molly and Chloe, and for boys it's Louie and Jack.

4 x Rachael/Rachel/Rochelle (but she pronounced it Rachel)
2 x Claire/Clare
3 x Sophie

In a class of 26 (all girls though). In hindsight, our poor teachers!