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pullonyourjudgypants · 10/04/2018 11:40

Quite a few Neil’s & Duncan’s when I was at school

Plus Angela’s & Debbie’s, I don’t meet any babies called that now at toddler group !!

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BlueChampagne · 10/04/2018 11:46

Kathleen, Alison, Claire, Richard all popular when I was at school.

LoveInTokyo · 10/04/2018 11:52

Sarah, Claire, Laura, Katie, Nicola, Vicky, Lisa, Gemma, Rachel, Hayley, Lucy, Kimberley, Helen, Danielle, Sophie, Joanne/Joanna

Matthew, Tom, Chris, James/Jamie, Michael, Alex, Tim, Liam, Robert, Steven, Ross, Luke

JurassicGirl · 10/04/2018 11:53

Lots of girls called Rebecca, Sarah & Joanne in my year.

Also multiple boys names were Matthew, Mark & David.

NC4Now · 10/04/2018 11:55

Emma, Rachel, Sarah, Joanne, Claire, Vicky, Nicola,

And EVERYONE’S middle name was Louise.

17caterpillars1mouse · 10/04/2018 11:55

Kieran's, Ben's and Paul's for boys

Lots of Jade's for girls

ginandnappies · 10/04/2018 11:58

Connors, sean/shauns. Jessica's lots and lots of Jessica's. Kelsey's, Megan's, Chantelle's.

SoyDora · 10/04/2018 12:01

Nicola, Jessica, Sarah, Laura, Claire, Natalie

Ben, Tom, David, Mark, Michael, James

SoyDora · 10/04/2018 12:01

Middle names all Louise, Marie and Claire. My generation’s equivalent of May, Rose and Grace!

thismeansnothing · 10/04/2018 12:04

Vicky/Victoria, alex/Alexandra, Claire, Kimberley, Lindsay were the more common ones

Lots of Daniels. There were 5 in my form group. Tom/Thomas, David, chris/Christopher

I started high school mid 90's

Ketzele · 10/04/2018 12:04

Sarah, Debbie, Claire, Amanda, Dawn, Kirsty, Sharon, Joanna, Christine, Susan.

David, Simon, Paul, Matthew, Ian, Kevin, Neil, Tony, Philip.

Ketzele · 10/04/2018 12:05

South London primary school, started 1969!

itssquidstella · 10/04/2018 12:05

Ben.

Aprilmightmemynewname · 10/04/2018 12:06

Sharon, Tracey, Claire, Michelle
David, Ian, Andrew, Paul
I am the only one of my name I have ever known.
Could never etch my name on a school desk!! Grin

Flaskfan · 10/04/2018 12:08

Lee, Jonathan(John), David (Dave), Daniel, Richard, Gareth (hundreds of them), Ian, mark, Phillip, Paul, Ste.

Anna, Claire, Rachel, Rebecca, Joanna, Laura, Helen, Sarah, Debbie, Lisa, gemma, Vicky, Sian, Karen

Kidslovecucumber · 10/04/2018 12:12

Katie, Louise, Hannah, Emma, Sophie, Jessica

Daniel, Matthew, Rhys, Gareth, James, Michael, Benjamin

canteatcustard · 10/04/2018 12:52

Ian, Brian, Lawrence, Anthony, Peter, Vincent, Gary, Richard
Sharon, Denise, Roberta, Christine, Michelle, Susan, Elaine, Jennifer, Karen

I think there are only two names I like in this list!

OOMG · 10/04/2018 12:53

Claire & Emma was probably the most popular with quite a lot of Sarah and Karen’s too. I don’t really remember any boys names being particularly more common than others - David, Philip, John, Christopher, Gavin & Neil are ones I can remember from my school year.

Victoria100 · 10/04/2018 13:08

I went to an all girls' school, the popular names were Jessica, Charlotte, Rebecca, and there were so many Katherine's/Catherine's/Kathryn's...however you want to spell it!

FairyFantastic · 10/04/2018 13:10

Know 5+ of every name in either the year above, below or same:

Katie, Hannah, Amy/Aimee, Olivia, Shannon, Lauren, Chloe, Megan, Lucy, Bethany, Charlotte, Laura, Abigail/Abbie

Kieran, Callum, Connor, Daniel/Danny, Bradley, Samuel, Lewis, Joseph/Joe, Joshua, Jack

Ketzele · 10/04/2018 13:25

God, how could I have forgotten Tracey (I love that name) and Catherine.

ReversingSnail · 10/04/2018 14:35

Katherine, Catherine, Kathryn, Cathryn, Cathy, Katie, Kate, Kit etc.
Elizabeth, Liz, Liza, Lisa
Joanne, Joanna
Helen/Ellen
Claire/Clare
Jackie
Dawn
Sarah
Emma
Michelle
Samantha
Karen
Sharon
Tracey
Everyone's middle name was Louise or Ann(e).

Simon
Mark
James
Shaun
Wayne
Ian
Shane
Darren
Jason
Lee
Neil
Shaun

and many short nicknames for something longer (Tim, Tom, Ben, Andy, Alex, Dan, Dave, Rich, Ed, Matt, Nick, Pete, Olly, Will, Bill, Jon).

Buxbaum · 10/04/2018 14:39

I'm mid-30s and started senior school in the mid-90s.

We had millions and millions of Hannahs - I think there were about thirteen of them in our year alone.

PinkCalluna · 10/04/2018 14:39

Loads of Susans and Alisons.

Loads of Davids and Neils.

My kids go to school with loads of Lewis’s and loads of Hannahs. There are no Susans, Alisons, Davids or Neils. Grin

Zadocthepriest · 10/04/2018 14:41

6 Christines in my (girls Catholic ) school year and Mary was the most common middle name. Away from that influence, Susan and Peter definitely win (1950's)

vitaminC · 10/04/2018 14:44

I'm mid-40s and in my class there were multiples of:
Emma, Sarah, Claire, Vicky, Joanne, Tracy, Nicola,
David, Andrew, Rob(ert), Daniel, James/Jamie, Nick

All the girls had Marie, Louise, Anne or Jane as middle names (except me - I was the oddball!)

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