Most popular names at school vs now

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What were the most popular names in your class when you were at school and what are they now in your child’s class?

Mine were Emily, Rebecca, Sarah. Michael, Matthew, Thomas.

For my older child it’s now Eva/Evie, Lily and Esme. Leo, Harry and Henry.

Claire, Emma, Sarah, Rebecca, Hannah, Rachel and Cat/Kate/Katie/Catherine. Boys I suppose Daniel, Christopher, James, Michael.

DD10 year at school - Olivia, Amelia, Freya, Isla, Oscar, Harry.

Me: Christopher, Matthew, David, William, james; sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Catherine, laura

kids: George, Oliver, Alexander, Oscar, Joshua; Amelia, Ivy, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella

Mine in 1970s/80s London

Karen (by far the most popular)
Sarah
Rebecca
Jennifer
Jill
Rachel
Lisa

David (by far the most popular)
Paul
Matthew
Colin
Mark
Ian
Michael
Andrew

Emma, Emily, Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca
Chris, Simon, Matt, Tom

Now - Daisy, Emily, Harry, Eve/Evie, Chloe, James

Laura, Jenny, Rachel, Sarah, Amy, Elizabeth, Jemma, Abigail,
James, Tom, William, Mark, Alex, Adam,

Amelia, Rosie, Poppy, Lily,
Arthur, Jack, James, Harry, Charlie,

Oh and children - mine are now 19 and 24 but, when they they were at Primary school (apart from foreign names which mine have and the more unusual names)

Mia / Mya
Emily
Molly
Millie
Ella
Aimee
Rosie
Daisy
Isabelle
Lily

Max
Louis
Harry
Henry
Charlie
Freddie
Oliver
Joshua

Me: Cathy, Clare, Debbie, Fona,, Jean, Joanne, Rachel, Andrea
Robert, Kark, Mark, Christopher, Philip, John, Simon, Martin

Ds(18): Olivia, Lily, Martha, Grace, Amelia, Isabella, Molly, Lucy
Kai, Leo, Ronnie, Thomas, James, Matthew, Callum, Charlie

Very common/popular names when I was in primary school in late 90’s:
Kirsty, Gemma, Amber, Shannon, Amy, Charlotte, Emily, Sophie, Thomas, Ben, Sam, Aiden, Liam

now my dc are in primary school there are lots of:
Evie, Ava, Oscar, Jackson, Sophia, Noah, George, Isla, Mia, Freya, Finn, Olivia

Me: Clare, Gemma, Kate, Sarah, Hayley,
Daniel, David, Chris, Matthew, Adam

My kids: Evie, Phoebe, Jessica, Elsie, Noah, Reggie, Ezra, Finley, Albie

Can’t remember my own!!

For 19 year old DD it’s: Olivia, Ella and Lucy
Ben, Jack & Patrick

Me: Alison, Gillian, Katie, Donna, Kelly
Ian, Matthew, Simon, Mark, Lee

now: Isla, Sophie, Isabelle,
Sam, Harry, Jack, Oliver

Me: 80s/90s Kelly, Katy, Kylie, Amy, Louise/a, Hannah, Joshua, James, Matthew, Andrew, Thomas, Ben

Kids: Isabel/Isabella, Sophia, Amelia/Emilia, Clara, Mia, Isla, Freddie, Joshua, Max, Oliver, Theo, Noah

I was born late 80s and was at school with lots of the following:-

Sarah, Laura, Claire, Samantha, Emma, Gemma, Rebecca, Rachel, Michelle, Katie, Louise, Natalie, Charlotte, Jennifer, Lucy

Daniel, Michael, Andrew, David, Matthew, Jason, James, Adam, Ben, Jonathan, Christopher, Lee, Robert

Around here the most popular names of under 10s these days seem to be:-

Olivia, Sophia/Sophia, Isla, Harper, Luna, Mila, Ivy, Freya, Esme, Aria

Oliver, Noah, Oscar, Teddy, Archie, Lucas, Jacob, Jude, Arlo, Leo

Me - Joanne/Jo-Ann, Michelle, Samantha, Victoria, Wendy, Kim.
David, Stephen, Paul, Philip, Christopher, Michael.

Kids - Jack, Jake, Josh, Jack, Jack again, Sophie/Sophia, Charlotte, Olivia, Libby

Me - Claire, Rebecca, Kate/Katie, Adam, Nick, Chris

DC - Sophie, Charlotte, Erin, Oscar, George, Leo

Me (primary): 4 x Steven, 2 x Paul. I don't remember there being any duplicates among the girls but we did have the classics of the era: Tracey, Sharon, Julie.

me (Catholic secondary all girls): 4 x Fiona, 2 x Clare

DCs: none of any of above names. Lots of Josh, Jack, Chloe, Lucy, Emma, Hannah

Me: Karen, Sarah, Susan, Claire, Helen, Rachel, Alison, Joanne, Nicola, Emma, Carolyn, Lisa, Richard, Michael, Mark, Matthew, Martin, Steven, Ian, Andrew, Peter

DCs: Eva/Ava, Sophie, Isobel/Isabel, Emily, Darcey, Grace, Charlie, Oliver, Edward, Thomas, Jack, Freddie, Sam, Harry, Jacob, Lucas

Me: Susan, Jane, Patricia, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Paul, Martin, John, David, Steven, Keith.
can you guess when I started school?

Me - Emma, Jane, Laura, Lucy, Joanne, Rebecca, Amy, Kelly, Gary, Toby, Michael, Sam, Matthew, Robert

Dc - Olivia, Paris, Tabitha, Molly, Melissa, Samantha, Isla, Lewis, Dylan, George, Oliver, Harry, Edward.

Me:

Richard
Mark
Matthew
Alison
Jo
Helen
Rebecca
Sarah

Kids:

Leo
Freddie
Jack
Alfie
Mia
Ava

Then

Steven/Stephen, John, Andrew, Anthony, Louise, Marie-Louise, Lisa-Marie, Emma

Now, Zachary, Kayden/Caden, Jayden, Jenson, Sam, Olivia, Sophia/Sophie, Evie, Violet

Me- boys-Steven, John, Darren, Christopher, David, Richard, Michael, Nigel, Colin, Andrew, Peter, Alan

Girls- Jane, Susan, Julie, Amanda, Louise, Denise, Michelle, Nicola, Lesley,

DDs are now mid 20s-names in their cohort were:
Eleanor, Amelia, Holly, Natalie, Molly, Grace, Laura, Louise, Rebecca, Pippa, Chloe, Hannah, Daniel, Jake, Jacob, Joseph, Ethan, Callum, Oliver, Matthew, Reece, George, Henry, Alfie, Harry, Harrison

Then - Sarah, Karen, Emma, Helen, Hannah, Louise
James, David, Thomas, Samuel, Peter

Now - Olivia, Isabelle / Isabella, Sophie / Sophia, Lily
Oliver, Henry, George, Alexander

Mine were Alison, Sarah, Denise, Helen, Gill, Joanne, Karen, Debbie, Lisa, Mark, Paul, Stephen, Chris, James, Andrew

My sons cohort were Evie, Jessica, Erin, Lucy, Charlotte, Hannah, Ben, Tom, Jack, Max, Dan

Born in the early 90s it was any name beginning with J (James, Jamie, Jason, Jack, Joseph, Jordan, Jemma, Joelle, Jodie)
Alongside William (Billy), Lee, Adam, Hannah, Hayley, Rebecca and Louise.
(This was in north west London) as I got older into high school a lot of the names were Mohammed, Hamza, Kashish, Suraj, Pooja, Priya, Arti, Agnieska, Gosia. So deffo a cultural impact.

Dcs school (dc in y1 and y4 atm) the most common names appear to be Seth, Leo, Bobby, Esme, Florence, Grace, Lyla. (We live in Kent)