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.

It's interesting to see the similarities and differences between everyone's lists.

Not a single Tom/Thomas, Ben, Simon, Chris, Michael, Philip in my school year group (of around 100 boys, now aged 43).

Sam, Martin, Tom, Aaron, Mark, Matt, Guy, John, Joe, Adam, Antony, Richard, Russell, Robert, Paul, Andrew, Patrick, William, James.....

Luke, Charlie, Carl, Daniel, Ian, Kevin, Brian, Neil, Sean, Shane, Barney,...

David
Chris

Dean!

James
Ben
Matt
Chris
Paul
Mark
Tom

Andrew
David
Paul
Mark
Jason
Ryan
Luke
stephen
Leighton
Nick
Lee
Jamie
James
Matthew
Michael

I knew a Leighton! I’ve never met another one, though.

I’m 40, and whilst I’ve met plenty of the following, most of them are 50+

David
Richard
Simon
Stephen/Steven
Kevin

IME most Williams and Edwards are either over 50 or under 20.

I'm 45 and the boys I was at school/uni with, and the men of the same age I know now are...

Adrian
Alex
Alistair
Andrew
Ben
Chris
Clive
Colin
Dan
Darren
David
Dominic
Eddie
Gareth
Ian
John
Jonathan
Lee
Mark
Matthew
Neil
Nick
Oliver
Paul
Peter
Phil
Richard
Sam
Sean
Simon
Steven
Stuart
Tim
Tom

Englebert

Wayne
Gary
Mark
Matt
Dan
Dave
Paul
Stuart
Rob
Simon
Steven
Chris
James
Neil

Matt, George, John, Mike/Michael, Lee, Steve, Luke, Paul, Chris

Men we know that fit the age are Lee, Ben, John, Jon, Andrew, James, Christopher, Michael, David, Robert...

That would now be the age of the first pupils that I taught so Ben, Mark, Philip, Daniel, Jamie, Andrew, Gareth, Ryan, Jonathan, Stuart, Thomas, Matthew, Paul, Lee.

My age group!
Andrew / Andy
David / Dave
Ross (I'm in Scotland but we have about 5 at work)
Simon
Jonathon
Richard
Matthew
Christopher / Chris
Stuart / Stewart
Graham / Graeme
Brian
Steven / Stephen
John
Craig
Colin
Michael / Mike
Mark
Martin / Martyn
Paul

Simon, Matt, Adam, Nick, Chris, Ben, Jon, Rob

Kevin
Mark
James
Stewart
Richard
Chris
jason

Richard, Darren, Peter, Gary, Alex

Lee
James
David
Matthew
Stephen
Sam

I'm 41. Boys I was at school with were:

Ben
Max
Caleb
David
Simon
Matt
Daniel
Tim
Harry
Liam
Jonathan
Chris
James
Nathan
Alex
Freddie
Ross
William

The joke at work is they're all called James, and if not they're called Simon or Nick.

Tom, Paul, Ed, Rob, Sam, Matt, Nick, Lake, Dave

Richard (four in my form!)
John (three in my form)
Ian
Lee
Rob (again, loads)
David
Ben (I can think of about eight in my year)
Chris
Matt

Then the odd Phil, James, Daniel and the more random Brett, Jordan, Lewis.

I’m amazed by those who have mentioned Oliver and Thomas. Absolutely none of those in my school - those names were basically used by the Richard’s, John’s and Ben’s to name their kids.

Mark
Chris
Stephen/Steven
James
Jonathan
Andrew
Matthew

My son's age. He and school friends were called:
David
Nicholas
Paul
Mark
Benjamin
James
Jeremy
Michael

He and friends once had a snooker match - the Daves v the Nicks.