For fun - school admissions list central London, children born c.1890

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I've been doing my family tree and came across a school admissions list for a relative born in 1890. It gives a parent name too (mostly dads), so born circa 20 - 30 years earlier, which were pretty much the same but with more Johns and Richards. The only name I can see which really wouldn't fit today is Herbert! Also there isn't an Eve, Eva or Evie.
There were multiple dch called William, Alice, Louisa, Henry, Dorothy, Richard, Florence, Emily, Elizabeth, Alfred, Rose. Here are the others (one of each):

Ivy
Thomas
Sidney
Annie
Susan
Violet
Charles
Charlotte
Maggie
Fred
Eliza
Laura
Ellen
Daisy
Laurence
Grace
John
Robert
Ned
Herbert
Caroline
Maud
Pearl
James
Ada
Lily
Benjamin
Joseph
Harold
Sophia
Minnie
Harry
Agnes
Frederick
Matilda
Frances
Edward
Jane
Jessie
Clara
Catherine
Albert
Alexander
Walter
Sarah
Madeleine
Rhoda
Helena
Celia
Amelia
Leonard
Harriet
George
Ethel
Esther
Joseph

I have two Herbert’s in my school, an Esther, Ida and a Cecilia .

I cannot believe there is not a single Mary in that list!

My great grandfather was called Herbert born 1894.

Very interesting, thanks OP. The biggest surprise for me is the number of “nickname” names on the list - maybe not as many as today, but still interesting. And I’m assuming you’ve accidentally left off Mary? But yes, apart from perhaps Rhoda, Herbert, Ethel, Harold, Richard and Susan it could easily be a class list today- a mix of diminutives, classics and vintage/hipster comebacks.