Will these girls names come back into fashion?

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Was just thinking about people I went to school with, or worked with in the '80s. I like some of these, and they seemed so normal at the time. But does anyone call their Dd these nowadays?
Gillian
Gail
Hayley
Alison
Dawn
Donna
Monica
Lynne/Linda
Janice/Janet
Jean/Joan
Julie
Angela
Barbara

Lesley
Pauline

Probably. Hayley already is only it's spelt Hailey or Hailee. Jean and Joan are on their way back.

Some of the names are nice.

I think names like Monica, Donna, Kelly will definitely make a comeback.

Would much rather have a baby called Lynne or Angela than yet another Eva/Evie/Ava/Ivy or Amelia/Emilie/Amelie.

Monica and Janice will probably take much longer because of the association with Friends, which has never really stopped being popular.

Some of them will definitely be back soon.

I love the names Alison, Janice and Janet, so I hope they do.

I predict they will all come back.,at some point

I imagine some of them will, in time. It's interesting which ones do - in the current trend for old-fashioned girls' names Ruby, Ivy and Esme are back, but no sign of Gladys, Peggy or Maureen!

I expect some will. Shamelessly, I can see my name on the list, would quite like if it could come back around!

I imagine so. I know a Hayley who’s about 5, and I think Angela is lovely.

We had a Ds but Susan was on our list if a girl, which is the same vibe I think.

I’ve always found the name Donna so harsh and unappealing.

Some of the names from your list are very 1950s -60s I think like Angela and Lynne so in theory would come back first, in another generation or so. Not all names come back though.

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I imagine some of them will, in time. It's interesting which ones do - in the current trend for old-fashioned girls' names Ruby, Ivy and Esme are back, but no sign of Gladys, Peggy or Maureen!

The “eem” names - Pauline, Doreen, Maureen etc - seem like a category on their own. I don’t know if they will come back. The current cutesy “-y/-ie” fad has to end at some point but I struggle to imagine a baby Doreen. Always loved Kathleen though.

I met a baby Linda the other day!

I know a toddler called Dawn, which I was very surprised at, but now I'm used to it it seems like a lovely name. A few more years and I'm sure we'll be seeing questions about baby Doreen, nn Dorrie!

I know an 11 year old Hayley.

I like the old ‘een’ names, especially Eileen. It’s not that dissimilar from a lot of currently popular names like Isla, Ella, etc really.

Margaret is kind of majestic in its own way, although I mentally add 'Auntie' before it, but I really like all of the variations on it - Maggie, Meg etc. I absolutely adore the name Peggy, it's so cute. Bit like Polly which I also love. I've always liked Jane as a name too. Pretty and timeless.

Not Donna, Tracey, Maureen. Hayley Margaret are ok. Not keen on Elaine either. I quite like Veronica though I've never met one.

I really like Dona - Welsh name sounds like Donna.
Gillian - prefer Jill which is lovely.
Not keen on Janice but Janet is nice.
The others are fine.

We had Alison on our list. I think some of those names aren’t far From coming back

Love Angela (Angie). Literally means “angel”, I don’t know why it’s not popular.

They'll all come back into fashion. Nearly all names that were very popular become popular again once enough time has passed. They start to sound charmingly vintage rather than tired. Arthur was a left field choice 20 years ago, now little Arthurs are everywhere.

Wren is 2021's version of Dawn.

I love Angela, condisered it for dc when pregnant 18 months ago, but had a son instead!

I really like the name Alison from that list. It's a very old name, goes back to medieval times and is mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. I like that it has such a long history and I could see myself using it.

I've got a soft spot for Barbara...

I'm due in a few weeks and she'll be Gloria!

I love Elaine, Jane and Margaret too.

I know a couple with a baby Barbara. All those 1950s names seem to be what the hipsters are moving on to.