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.

They're really nice names, Underneaththetree though prefer 'Joanna' to 'Joanne'. I'm sure some people still call their babies Louise, Helen and Sarah.

In another 40 years people will probably be saying
"I haven't heard of any babies names Arthur Noah Oliver
Ava Isla Olivia Amelia.
If you think about it the names Chloe and Emily are already starting to die of death

I have a six year old Bernadette

I also know of children (under 10) called

Simon
Allan
Roberta (Bobby)
Julia
Joan
Doris
Helen
Percy
Pearce
Paul
Shane
Sean
Walter
Ian
Geoffrey

Wendy

I don't know why, especially with Disney's Peter Pan, but never met one under the age of 40

Bernadette
Tracy
Hannah
Lisa
Sharon
Kevin
Paul
Graham
Jim
Nathan

I know a teenage Victor

Selene I have a Bernadette and a Nathan

Clare
Sarah
Amanda
Belinda

Ah and Ian yes!

Norma
Norman
Herbert
Dora
Nora
Barbara
Martin
Mervyn
Melvyn
Olive
Derek

Caroline
Barbara
Helen
Eunice
Julian

my job involves seeing differnet children every day .. 20 or so mostly under 7s.
I've seen a few Gary's. 1 Alan I can remeber a Kenneth plenty of Stevens , Christopher's, Robbie, etc
it's more the girls names I don't see so no sharons, Michelle's, donnas

I hope Victoria comes back, beautiful name. And my middle name .

Donna
Lisa
Tracey
Linda / Lynne
Barbara
Beryl
Carol
Karen

Brian
Gavin
Dean
Gordon
Colin
Dennis
Nigel

If you think about it the names Chloe and Emily are already starting to die of death

I also feel that Alfie, Archie, Charlie type names are slowly falling out of fashion. They'll sound dated soon imo.

I know a young Joanna and a Christopher.

I know a Dean and a Christopher, both toddlers. I've a feeling lots of the names mentioned will pop up in the next decade. We tend to look back to the names of our grandparents generation and that's what w be coming!

Never met a Wendy of any age, wasn’t it more popular in America?

I also remember being told it was a made-up name for Peter Pan I don’t know if that’s true though.

Yvonne
Elaine
Sharon
Rachel
Maureen
Hillary
Janet
Susan
Dawn
Angela
Carole

Barry
Dennis
Roger
Alan
Terence
Gavin
Adrian
Paul
Frank

Maud

I know a Maudie

If you judge popularity by the number of 'named' items you can buy with names on (lunchboxes, cups, toy trucks, decorations) then 'Andrew' has become a mightily unpopular name in England over recent years, even before the latest royal debacle.

Teacher here:

I've taught a Colin, Trevor, Keith, Neil. No Gary though.

A few Jennifers. And Rachels.

I think Jean/Joan type 1950s names will be back in soon. Alison, Sarah, Christopher, Paul type ones.

Neil seems to be more popular than I’d expect. DS (13) has two friends called Neil (and a further friend called Niall).

Amanda seems to have fallen out of favour though. All the ones I know are 40+

Michaela - loads in their late 20s/30s but I can’t think of any littlies