What was the Evie of your day?

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When I was at school everyone was Emma, Rachel, Rebecca and a few variants of Katy thrown in. Also quite a few Hollies which is odd. I was born in the 1990s.

Gemma, Rebecca/Becky/Becca, Lowri, Joanne, Hannah, Katie, Cerys, Laura, Stacey, Sian, Natalie, Nicola/Nicky, Victoria/Vicky, Kelly

Gareth, Geraint, Gavin, Mark, Jonathan, David/Dave, Grant, Leighton, Lee, James/Jamie, Iwan

Names I found to be unusual,
Shelby, Euphemia, Kier, Bruno, Portia, Kizzy, River, Clinton.

Sarah / Sharon / Amanda

Kevin / Gary / Mark

Emma and Sarah

Emma, Nicola and Kelly

Emma, Emily, Laura, Rebecca, Kate, Abigail, Sophie, Victoria, Sarah, Amy, Charlotte

James, Daniel, Benjamin, Christopher, Joseph, Thomas, Matthew

Half of the people I went to school with seemed to be Emma and James!

Emma and Gemma, with the middle name Louise

Born late 70s. Lots of Emma, Sarah, Claire, Chris, David, Matthew.

Unusual names from school - Aaron, Joel, Martha, Jeanette, Demelza. Don’t know any others even now.

My name has been mentioned as being common through the 80s here but I’m the only one I knew at school and still now amongst my friends.

Dd has the name that started this whole thread, and she is the only one in her school. Plenty of Lily, Olivia, Emily here. Boys seem to be Oscar, Henry, Max.

Sarah, Laura, Gemma/Jemma, Hannah, Katie/Katy, Jenny.
Dave, Matt, Andy, Will, Jon.

@123Dancewithme @Mumtothelittlefella @EineReiseDurchDieZeit @missyB1 @Notso @lorisparkle these replies on this page are all very interesting but could you all say the approx year you were born in as that makes the replies much more interesting and it's what OP asked 😃❤️

Emma, Michelle/Michaela, Claire. 80s

Oh and James!

Joanne, Lisa, Karen, Claire, Julie, Helen, Sharon and Tracey (Born 1969/70). We must have had at least two of each in our class! (girls' school).

The more unusual names were: Jill, Valerie, Xanthe, Elisabeth (with an 's'), Penelope, Catherine, Hayley.

Late 70s born - Emma, Rachel, Rebecca, Sarah, Vicky/ Vicki, Kelly

Boys - Matthew, Mark, Steve(n)

I find the Evie thing weird - I’m sure it is mega popular as everyone says but in 14 years teaching (Early Year’s mainly) I’ve come across one Evie. I know of one other Eve and one Eva - neither in my immediate circle nor living in my area, so to me it doesn’t seem a particularly popular name. For balance I’ve taught at least 8 Avas, more than 10 Lilies and one Olivia every year since I started teaching.

I was born late 80s, I remember Leannes, Sarahs, Emmas and Jessicas.

Eighties

Boys: Matt, Michael, Lee, Andy

Girls : Emma, Sarah, Kelly,

It is funny how certain names date to decades

I was born in the late 70s. Lots of girls in my class were called Claire, Catherine or Emma. Lots of Sarahs too. Boys were Paul, David and Matthew.

1980s Claire, Nicola and Sarah

I was born in the late 70s and had lots of Sarah, Claire, Louise, Amanda and Rebeccas..

I actually think Sarah is due a revival

Joanne/Joanna, Amanda, Susan, Nicola

Gary, Stephen, Lee, Mark.

Fiona. Fionas eveywhere.

@Whatsyourflava Early 90s for me.

Mid 70s, Sarah, Emma, Lucy and Julia. All girls school, so not sure about boys.

Born late 70s.

Emma (5 in my school year at primary school)
Rachel (4 in my year)
Michelle (6 in my year)

Also:
Nicola
Natalie
Sarah
Tara
Lucy

Boys were Paul, David, Mark

Sarah. Lovely name, but so overused where I come from.

But also, Claire, Katie, Rebecca, Nicola, Victoria, Laura and Lisa.

For boys - James. I think the runners up were Thomas, Christopher, Mark, Paul and Matthew.

I was born in the early 80s.