Names most associate with the 1970s and 1980s

[Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo]

A friend of mine (early 20s) has given names to her girls that I think are strongly linked to the 70s/80s and I found I really liked hearing them! Not sure if it is because they remind me of school days or because they sound refreshing as so rare to be heard on children atm.

What are your favourite distinctly 70s/80s names?

I like Lisa, Leanne and Stephanie!

Hmm Daniel for a boy and Heather, Charlotte, Rebecca, Amy, Naomi for a girl. I really struggled to name boys...

And Carly.

@DioneTheDiabolist

There were 2 Brendas in my class and I have 3 cousins called Brian. All 70s kids *@mum2jakie*.

Really wow! Can't imagine any Brenda or Brian in their forties! Poor buggers!

Mid-late 70’s Ireland, names of multiple people I know/knew

Jackie
Karen
Emma
Sarah
Sinead
Orla
Roisin
Suzanne
Maria
Caroline
Elaine
Siobhan
Jenny
Lorna

And Michelle
Emer/Eimear

Helen
Clare
Nicola
Tracey
Sharon
Emma
Jane
Julie
Melissa
Joanne

Richard
Simon
Steven
Lee
Paul
David
Gary
Mark

My name is within this list. It's very much 'of its time' and I used to hate it. I'm now meh about it, but can't ever see it making a come back

80s names... sarah..Laura... Lee.. Liam.. Louise.. Stephanie...Gareth..Chris..,

I hope lots of these do have another time in the charts! I think it must be nostalgia...I like almost all of them. Nicholas, Christopher and Daniel are such lovely names. Oh yes and girls seemed to have Louise or Rose as a middle name!

Can't imagine any Brenda or Brian in their forties! Poor buggers!

Erm, they're alright. It didn't seem to do them any harm.

I was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s.

Names of girls in my year (girls' school - can't comment on boys, as I didn't know any) of which there were multiples were:

Elizabeth
Sarah
Rachel
Katherine
Anna
Lucinda
Philippa
Alexandra
Emma
Julia
Sophie
Penelope
Rebecca
Claire
Annabel
Joanne

My mum's name is Amanda and she's in her 60s so born in the 50s!

Her name was Deborah. It never suited her.

Bloody hell, some blasts from the past here! A few of these are people I went to school with, it’s amazing to realise you just don’t hear a lot of these anymore.

Debbie
Karen
Michelle
Jackie
Donna
Beverley
Dawn
Julie
Catherine
Sarah (loads of them!)
Tracy
Paula
Anita
Claire
Sandra
Elaine
Ann
Natalie
Natasha
Maria
Melanie

David
Matthew
Mark
Nicholas
Martin
Jeremy
Neil
Mark
Duncan
Domonic
Alistair

Angela
Kelly - not mad about that
Louise and Louisa
Joanne and Joanna (prefer the Joanna)
Samantha (horrible)

@PharrellHappy

Jennifer Alison Philippa Sue

I wrote the song for you!

Julie
Joanne
Claire
Sarah
Helen
Jacqueline
Rebecca
Rachel
Louise
Samantha
Deborah
Karen
Gregory
Phillip
Steven
John
Darren
Jonathan
Paul
Mark

Keely, Kelly, Leanne, Nicola, Joanna and Gemma are the ones that were common in my school in the 80's but that you rarely hear on babies now.

There was also more than one Laura, Sarah, Amy, Victoria, Rachel, Hannah, Rebecca and Catherine but I consider those more "classic" names that happened to be well used in the 80's too.

@Cissyandflora

Her name was Deborah. It never suited her.

I really have a fondness for the names Samantha, Maxine and Jennifer.

Jason
Damian
Kevin
Simon
Dominic
Jonathan
Gavin
Gareth
Adrian
Paul
Mark

Suzanne
Melanie
Leanne
Joanne
Deborah
Jackie
Donna
Dawn
Jenny
Julia
Julie
Paula

@Nanalisa60

Lisa is a very 1960,s 1970s name, I bet if you name you baby Lisa there won’t be another in the school!! I really like me name but it’s definitely of it’s time. Don’t think it’s going to make a come back anytime soon.

I think Karen is a big no no now!! Which is a shame as I have three lovely friends who are called Karen and they are all very nice.

I know a girl called Lisa, she's 22!

Suzanne
Katy
Claire
Rebecca
Elizabeth
Natalie
Joanna
Amy
Fiona
Jessica
Victoria

Christopher
Andrew
Simon
James
Jamie
Jonathan
Ian
Lee
Shaun

Growing up in 70s/80s Sydney, my cohorts were Catherine, Amanda and Michelle (lots of these), Kimberley, Leanne, Sharon, Kelly, Jodie, Sarah, Danielle and Gabrielle. Boys were Jason, Darren, Michael, Ian, Patrick, Simon and Justin.

One name that copped a lot of jeers even back then was Kylie. But all the Kylies I know as adults are super smart and successful, so perhaps there is some magic in the name after all.

You're right, OP. These names do sound almost fresh again!

Sarah
Geraldine
Veronica
Belinda
Julia
Sonia
Marie
Rachel

William
John
Ian
Michael
Richard
Phillip

I bet if you name you baby Lisa there won’t be another in the school!!

I have a Lisa in my current KS1 class. I've taught 3 Lisas in the last 10 years, although I've never taught a Karen, Nicola, Laura etc, but Lisa seems to have more longevity.