Popular first names from your childhood that aren't popular now

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I remember so many Ryan's , don't know any now.

Just realised they shouldn't be so popular now - I have a feeling Tom and jack are still!

We had various numbers of:
Christopher
Clifford
Jason
Paul
Claire
Sarah
Sharon
Lisa

Out of approximately 70 girls in my year at school, five were called Sharon, and three were called Joanne. Out of a similar number of boys, we had at least five Pauls and four Johns. Guess when I was born?
1970-71?

Oh, and lots of Julies and Nicolas!

Scott, Lee, Lauren, Natalie, Claire

Everyone's middle name was Louise.

Yes Catherine very popular, 3 Louises, a few John's and David's. Not that much repetition otherwise.

Annoying I was one of the 3 Louises and my we all the same letter surname, one with the shortish surname seemed to go by just Louise, the other Louise B, me Louise 12lettersurname, very annoying !

I seemed to always be one of several of my name in my class but now I’m in my 40s I don’t seem to come across that many. Not sure what happened to them all 🤔

Laura
Natasha
Amy
Lucy
Joanne/Joanna
Katie
Aaron
Jordan

Forgot Sarah, Emma, Rachel

Are Matthew and Luke still popular? A lot of them around when I was a kid too

Susan Julie and Philippa

I answered the phone to a Betty today and thought of this thread. In my family mum’s gen and above, Betty was very popular. Theyd all be Beth now.

Lisa
Mandy
Louise
Sally
Gemma
Sarah

Stephen
Michael
Paul
Matthew
Kevin
Chris

Laura
Victoria/Vicky
Samantha
Katie
Melissa
Natalie
Sarah
Michelle
Lynsey/Lindsay/Linzi

Daniel
Andrew
Jamie
Robert
Christopher
Ashley
Richard
Michael

I was at primary school in the 1990s.

Kimberley
Stephanie
Natasha
Lauren
Bethany
Sarah
Hannah
Emma (these last three were everywhere)

Tom (sooo many Toms)
Jordan
Chris
Andrew

Richard
Claire
Kevin
Simon
Victoria

Susan, Lisa, Rachel, Joanne, Charlotte, Karen, Katherine, Elizabeth, Anna/Annabel

Clare
Susan
Katie

Robert
James/ jimmy
Paul

Rachel, Sarah, Emily, Katherine/Katie/Kate, Lucy.

My name was also popular but you don't hear it often given to kids anymore. There are three of us mums in DS's year at school with the same name and we all also have a DS with the same name as each other!

Patricia
Ann
Linda
Margaret
Maureen
Valerie
Joyce
Wilma
Sandra
Robert
Alan
Andrew
James/Jimmy
Ian
Peter

Emma
Sarah
Vicky
Claire
Katie
Gemma

Neil
Robert
Paul
Darren
Mark
Matthew

Julie
Jackie
Karen
Sharon
Tracey
Lisa
Debbie
Wendy
Joanne
Elaine
Lorraine
Donna

Paul
David
Steven
John
Peter
Mark
Colin
Martin
Kevin
Dean
Lee

Sharon
Linda
Angela
Karen
Lisa
Sonia

Scott
Kevin
Grant
Simon

Jennifer
Emma
Claire
Sarah
Laura
Catherine
Elizabeth
Nicola
Rach(a)el
Louise

Richard
Johnathan
Samuel
Mark
Stephen