What names would you expect a man in his early to mid 40s to have?

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Odd question I know but this stems from a discussion/debate I'm having with a friend.

Depends on the exact point in their 40s - the older end are sometimes called Ian, Phil, Paul, Stuart, Dave, Chris, Jason etc.
Closer to my age (mid 30s) I'd expect more like Ben, Tom, James, Steven, Jonathan, Dan/iel, Ed, Matthew.
Scattering of Lees, Dales and Deans in among them. Maybe a Jordan or two.

Mathew, David, Jon, Anthony, Jack

From my circle:

Dave
Jon
Charles
Leo
Theo
Hugo
Stephen
Rob
James
Christopher or Kit

People I went to school with

Graeme
David
Michael
Paul
Richard
Kevin
Ben
Alan
Steven

Matt
Ben
Jamie
Kieran
Paul
Simon
Gavin
Will

Chris
Dave
Matt
Steve
John/Jonathon
Nick
Mike
Tom
Andy
Rob
Dan

I'm early 40s, those are the names of the vast majority of my male friends 😂

Mark
Billy
Gavin
Darren
Terry
Neil
Wayne
David
Stewart
Lee
Ryan

Christopher
David
Daniel
Ben
Lee
Steven/Stephen
Andrew
Alex

I'm early 40s. I know absolutely tons of Pauls and Daves

Off the top of my head, other men my age-ish I know more than 1 of are:

John
Simon
Mark
Darren
Dean
Matthew/Matt
Daniel/Danny/Dan
James/Jim/Jimmy
Robert/Rob
Samuel/Sam
Stephen/Steven/Steve

Paul
Steve
Chris
Andy
Ian
Dave
Stu
Jamie

Justin
Darren
Ryan

Dave, Andy, Paul, Richard, James, Mark, Simon, Rob.

Oh yes, definitely Matt to, millions of them!

Simon, Mark, Phil, Kevin, Nick, John, Ben, Rob and loads of Daves and Steves.

David. You're never more than 10 feet away from a Dave.

Oh gosh yes, Paul, Chris and Matt too.

Will
Michael
Scott
Sean
Justin
Daniel
Matt
Luke

(UK frame of reference)
Ian
Many many Daves
Simon
Nick
Robert

Paul
Stephen
Colin
Mike
Andrew
Alisdair
Ryan
Ben
Scott
Dan
Nick
Mark
Barry
Tim
Graham
Johnny

At school and uni (I'm 41) they were all called Chris. Since then I've not met a single one. I wonder wht happened to the Chrisss. Have they a lower life expectancy, do you think?

Meanwhile, Steve, David, Ben, Tom, Marc are in abundance.

I'm 41.

Ben, Sam, Dan, James, Tom, Matt, Steve, Richard, James, Will, Mike, Simon, Mark, Ian,

Lee.
Craig
Steven.
Andrew
Paul
David
Chris
Darren

James. Andrew, Christopher. Nicholas, Robert, Mark, Simon, Richard, Tom, Matthew, David, Neil.
seemed the most common throughout school, uni etc I'm 40 so the right age

what was the debate OP?

Andrew
Anthony
Steven/Stephen