What names DONT you really hear anymore?

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We’ve done unusual, but what old names do you rarely hear now?

I’ll start with Gary.

I know an adult Gary but no little Gary’s.

Samantha. Again I know adults but not little ones.

Duncan

Neville

Peter

Sonia.

In the late 80s and throughout the 90s for some reason this name became so popular amongst Asians. Not only in England though but also Pakistan and India.

I live in a small town in England and I know 8 asian girls with that name, all in their 20s & 30s.

I heard young children today Albert, Mabel and Matilda (I may have sung waltzing Matilda a good few times).

I love the name Matilda!
If I ever have daughter it’s on my list of potential names!

Linda, Paula, June, Susan, Joan, Carol, Michelle, Debbie, Sarah, Laura, Jennifer.... I've not heard of a little girl with these names for years! I'm a teacher too!

As for boys.. Peter (which I love!), Malcolm, Ian, Trevor, Christopher, Nicholas, Mark, Raymond..

Deirdre
Sharon
Hilary

Adrian
Gareth
Philip

Janet, Hilary, Pamela, Barbara, Susan, Maureen, Christine, Jean, Jeanette, Jacqueline, Deborah, Glenda, Linda, Valerie, Doreen, Dolly, Fanny.

Dd is 12 and has a Peter, Susan and Lucy in her class. Shame there's no Edmund or it would have been all the Pevensey children.

Paula
Dawn
Robert
Adam
Kimberley

You don't hear of any Gaynors nowadays.

I know a 6 year old Samantha

Helen
Louise
Adele

Peter
David
Nicky (rather than Nicholas)

I know a 4 year old Keith. Why? Why?

I have a theory that people tend to like the names of their grandparents' generation. So all the little Florences, Mabels and Alfreds will call their children Pauline, Kevin or Sheila!

Colin.

We're expecting a Benjamin, when I told the staff at my daughters nursery They said they hadn't had a Ben in years! Have we chosen a name on its way out???

I know a 4 year old Ian.

Our 3 DC all have, because DH insisted, a Scottish Jacobite middle name as well as first and middle names. He is not Scottish but has Scottish roots. I just hope they are ignored on school registers.

When I was a child (80s) there were 6 Rebecca's in my class and 5 of them had a sister called Rachel.
I haven't heard of a Young rebecca/Rachel for years.

Also it was very fashionable to use Louise as a middle name- not sure how common that is these days?

I’m an early 90s baby and have Louise for a middle name, I remember literally every other girl also had it as theirs.

Not so common now- I think May/Mae and Rose are today’s equivalents of ‘Louise’

I think it depends where in the country you are. In my school we have at least 3 or 4 Davids and Peters, lots of variations on Eleanor/Ellie/ Nell, and Matilda , Daniel, Ben , Sam ,Albert/ Alfie are not unusual. The Frankies are all girls.
But The youngest Mark I know is 25, Stephen is 28. I don't know any Gary or Ian under 50. No Debbies or Susans who are not middle-aged.

Engard It's been the number one baby name in Germany for a few years on the trot... I also know of baby Bens in England. I think Ben is like Thomas and James in that it never really raises eyebrows and although there are peaks in popularity it never completely goes away.

Girls
Lesley
Sheila
Tracey
Tina
Lisa
Karen
Sharon
Melanie
Gail
Joanne
Beverly
Julie
Wendy
Boys
Alan
Lee
Scott
Simon
Colin
Kevin
John
Ian
Gary
Pretty much the names of my peer group.