Names in your class when you were at school

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Inspired by the ‘names in your kids class thread’ what were the names (or some of the names) in YOUR class as a child? Feel free to add the decade or let people guess :)

Mine:
Girls- Katie, Zoe, Holly, Natalie, Danielle, Lauren, Rebecca x2, Eleanor, Laura, Chloe, Bethany, Lydia, Kayleigh

Boys- Joshua x2, Samuel, Ryan, Daniel, David, Christopher x2, Luke, Reece, Liam, Andrew, Adam

Caroline Charlotte Sharon Lynne Sally Donna Helena Michelle
Martin Andrew Kevin Michael Richard Alan

boys-Lee, Adam, Liam, Joe, Chris, Kyle, Mark, Matt, Daniel, Nicolas, Gareth, Carl,

Girls-Sarah, Charlotte, Catherine, Jenny, Hester, Josie, Laura, Kirsty, Clare, Katie, Rebecca, Heather, Le-Anne, Kelly Chloe,

They all work with me! I have had multiple colleagues of each of these names over the years, all in their 30s or 40s now.

Kylie, Kelly, Kirsty, Katie, Sarah x2, Rebecca x2, Paula, Jolene, Tracy, Nicola, Lisa, Claire, Melanie, Melissa, Amber, Erin, Louise, Jodie

Paul, Andrew, James/Jamie, Timothy, Matthew, Christopher, Benjamin, Mark, Philip, Adam, Nicholas, Daniel, David, Peter, Samuel, Stephen

All born 1980

Reception Class 1984…

Girls: Louise x2 Vanessa, Catherine, Hayley, Emma, Stephanie, Rebecca, Danielle, Lucy, Helen

Boys; James x3 David x3 Steven, Benedict, Robert, Peter, Richard, Stuart, Gary

Susan, Suzanne, Sharon, Rachel, Victoria, Jackie, Tina, Joanne, Stephanie, Claire, Cathy, Sam

paul, Mark, Richard, Steve, David, Simon, Lee, Andrew, Robert

In my primary school there were 3 Lindsey's in my class (various spellings) and Mark and David were popular for the boys.

Emma, Paula, Joanna, Anna, Victoria x2, Lizzie, Kelly, Nadine, Emily, Stephanie

Gary, Robert x2, Nicholas, Roger, Luke, Wesley

Girls - Elizabeth, Nicola, Joanne, Lisa, Donna, Rachel, Louise, Sarah, Allison, Hazel, Keri, multiples of Katherine and Sally.

Boys - Michael, Martin, Andrew, Christopher, Henry, James, Matthew, Robin, Dominic, Adam, Ben, Jonathan, multiples of Simon and David.

We were born at the end of the 70s. None of these were all that unusual (I had the most unusual name in the class!) but Henry seemed really old-fashioned in the early 90s when we were at secondary school.

George
Alex
Ray
Micah
Wayne
Roy
Paul
Joe (y,)
Rick
Mike
Buddy
Jamie
Jack
Peter
Calvin
Tony
Dan
Jim

Lina
Connie
Wendy
Louise
Jennifer
Debbie
Sue
Linda
Gail
Joanne
Lynn
Lisa
Nancy
Dorothy
Judith
Toby
Candy
Keja

So I was at school in the 60's. Most prolific names for girls were Susan, Anne, Sharon, Jacqueline, Yvonne, Wendy, Carol and Pauline.

Boys were Kevin, Michael, John, Paul, Simon and Christopher.

Throughout school we had loads of: Matthews, Rebeccas, Ryans
We also had: Adam, Jessica, Holly, Alice, Chloe, Daniel, David, Georgina, Georgia, Samantha, Philippa, Laura, Kayleigh, Joshua, Megan, Oliver, Olivia, Thomas, Rachel, Emma, Sarah, Hannah, Lucy.

Any guesses which decade?

I don't remember there being that many duplicates except there were two Emilys, two Daniels, a couple of Sams and a few Kate/Katy/Catherine variants.

The ones I remember were the unusual ones, like Cleo and China and Rio.

There weren't that many non British born kids in my primary school, so I guess foreign or ethnic names were less common.

Girls:
Sarah
Sian
Laura
Charlotte
Claire
Jodie
Megan
Jessica
Alice

Boys:
Jonathan
Liam
Kieron
Richard
Andrew
Luke
Michael
Daniel
George
Thomas

Girls: Holly, Ellen, Manisha, Claire, Abina, Elizabeth, Edina, Philippa, Kathy, Emily, Amy, Busola, Olivia, Emma, Jade.

Boys: Harrison, Connor, Jaroslaw, Callum, Ajay, Reece, Babatunde, Luke, Gavin, Andrew, Thomas, Matthew, Benjamin.

I went to three different primary schools so there are several more, but these are the ones I definitely remember!

Sharon, Tracey, Michaela, Claire, Clare, Carol, Tina, Helen, Jenny, Stephanie
Gareth, Guy, Neil, Michael, George, Andrew, Colin, Lee, Wayne, Richard, Stephen

Girls - Jenny, Karen, Cheryl, Helen, 2x Lyndsey, Fiona, Samantha. My name is much more unusual and didn't fit in!

Boys - 2 x Kevin, David, Simon, Clwyd (back when Flintshire was called Clwyd), Darren, William.

Laura, Lauren, Rebecca featured heavily, as did Sarah, Sophie and the many variants of Catherine. I swear most girls had the middle name Louise.

Boys were Chris, Dean, Jason, Joel, Sam, Ben.

Girls - Lesley, Gillian, Paula, Tracy, Roslyn, Rachel, Karen, Julie, Catherine, Sarah, Stephanie, Mary, Susan, Amanda, Caroline, Dawn, Jennifer
Boys - Ian, Keith, Andrew, Mark, Paul, James, Robin, Robert, Nigel, Ashley, Adrian, Christopher, Simon, Michael.

Girls: Sarah, Becky, Claire, Hannah, Laura (several of each!), also a few more unusual names including Bethany, Sian, Lois and Talitha
Boys: Paul, Daniel, Lee/Leigh, Stuart, Thomas, Ben, Alex, Anthony, James.

Lots of the following: Michelle, Karen, Amy, Jane, Melissa, Joanne, Christine, Laura, Catherine, Jennifer

I can’t imagine meeting a baby Joanne

Paul, Mark, Colin, Derek, Francis, Shane, Christopher

Jade, Stacey, Holly, Bryony, Abigail, Ruth, Catherine, Leanne, Gemma, Lucy, Danielle, Emma, Laura

Samuel, Joseph, Peter, McKenzie, Louis, Joshua, Kester, Stephen

Girls - Linda, Sophie, Georgina, Kimberley, Ruth, Melanie, Emma, Sally, Caroline, Katherine, Shelley, Karina, Zoe, Alison, Rachel, Steph, Louise,

Boys - Danny, Alex, Alec, Nick, Peter, Rick, Jason, Oliver, Steve, Gavin, Phil, Alistair, Tim, Martin, Kevin, Matt, Mark, Stu, Simon,

Girls: Hannah, Helen, Sarah, Stephanie, Jessica, Laura, Emma, Kerry, Natasha, Kylie, Carly, Cara, Jenny, Kirsty, Vicky.

Boys: James, Adam, Craig, Steven, Josh, Ed, Paul, Joe, Nick, David, Allen, Jordan, Ian, Alex, Jake.

Girls , Michelle, Beverley, Catherine, Elaine, Karen, Judith, Caroline, Julie, Barbara, Bronwen. Others I’ve forgotten
Boys, Stuart, Robert, Ian, Steven, Jonathon, Kevin, Nigel, Gary, Geoff, Andrew, Tony,Plus others
Year - have a guess