How many under 10s do you know with these names?

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Gerald
Alfred
John
Sidney
Harold
Douglas
Geoffrey

Dorothy
Gertrude
Anne
Rita
Joanna
Mary
Ida
Sheila
Shirley
Madeleine
Betty

I know a Douglas (we are in Scotland though), 2 Alfies both of whom have Alfred on their birth certificates, a Dorothy known as Dotty and a Madeleine.

One Alfred and one Madeline

1 of all of these:
Alfred
John
Sidney

Ida (shortened to this)
Madeline
Betty

1 little Rita

I know 1 Sidney, 1 Joanna and 2 Madeleines. That's all.

1 x Geoffrey

None of the others unless you’re counting diminutives too (Harry, Dougie, Alfie etc.... pretty sure none of them have full version on birth certificate)

Oh, one girl Sidney too

I know (under 10):

Alfred * 1
Harold * 1
Ida * 1

Oops, The Geoffrey is 11 so not under 10

I know an Alfred, a Douglas and a Madeline.

1 Sidney,
1 Alfred, or possibly Albert (I've forgotten which!)

1 Alfred

1 Sidney but she’s a girl (actually the only 2 Sidney’s I know are both girls, one aged about 8 the other in her teens)

Mary - 2
Madeleine - 3
John - 3
Rita - 1

Sydney - 2 (spelled with a Y, both girls).

Stat I heard recently from a reputable source was that last year there were more Khaleesis born in the UK than Helens.

1 Geoffrey (5yo)
1 Ida (newborn)

One Alfred who is 10 (always known as Alfie).
One Mary who is 7 or 8.
Also an 11 year old John and 11 year old Maddie who I think is Madeleine.
One Betty who is toddler age.

Oh yes and a Dougie who is 9. Not sure if his full name is Douglas.

One Madeleine. That's it. But other than Madeleine I think they're all awful, except possibly Joanna (although the name is more my age than a child's) and Betty, so old it's come full circle.

1 Dorothy but only ever known as Dotty
2 Alfred both known as Alfie
1 John
4 Madeleines

I know of an Ada rather than Ida but none under 10s for the rest of your list

Douglas and Madeleine

1 x Alfie (I do not know if his full name is Alfred) - toddler age
1 x Johnny and 1 x Jon (but Jon is definitely short for Jonathan and I think Johnny may be too) - aged about 8 and 10
Many x Harry but I think if they are short for anything, it tends to be Henry.

1 x Joanna - aged 8
1 x Mary-Anne (who is always called Mary-Anne, not just Mary) - aged 8
3 x Madeleine (and 1 x Madelyn) - Madeleines are about 5, 3 and newly-born, Madelyn is about 7
2 x Betty, 1 x Betsy (I think they are all Elizabeth as a full name) - both Bettys are aged about 9, Betsy is 3 or 4
An Ada but no Idas. Several x Anna and a couple of girls with Mary as a middle name but no other Anne or Mary besides the hyphenated Mary-Anne.

I also know Welsh children called Mari (x 2, aged about 10 and 4), Betsi (aged 3 or 4, possibly short for Betsan) and Beti (a baby)

I know a few Alfred's, a John, a Douglas (Dougie) and a Sidney. I know a few little Mary's but that's maybe because we are Catholic with a large catholic circle of friends! I also know two Joanna's and a Maddy.

Gerald - none
Alfred - if we're counting Alfie too, too many
John - one
Sidney - none
Harold - none
Douglas - two, both known as dougie
Geoffrey - none

Dorothy - three, two known as dotty
Gertrude - none
Anne - one
Rita - none
Joanna - one (she maaaay be a Joanne tho?)
Mary - one
Ida - none
Sheila - none
Shirley - none
Madeleine - 5
Betty - none

One Betty and two or three Madeleines (or variant spellings). I know a John who's about 20 and an Alfred (usually called Alfie) who's about 18, and quite a lot of "just" Alfies who are younger.

One John (aged 2)
2 Sidney’s (2 and newborn)
One Douglas (3)

2 madeleines (3 and 1)
1 Rita (1)