1960s-1990s Girl Names

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I'm looking for girl names that were common between the 1960s and 1990s that I may not have considered yet. An example would be names like Joanna and Stephanie. Majority of the modern popular names just don't do it for me. I want a name that feels familiar. A name where I have actually met an adult woman called that.

Alison, Deborah, Claire, Louise, Sarah, Jennifer, Julie Suzanne, Caroline, Helen, Catherine, Melanie?

Rebecca, Rachel, Laura, Natasha, Emma?

I think those are all really nice but a lot of people will just shout them down as 'dated'. With the possible exception of Emma which still seems to be fairly popular.

Amanda Jane
Sarah Jane
Julie
Emma
Penelope
Rowena
Camilla
Sian
Fiona
Tracey
Sharon
catherine
Gillian
Paula
Rebbeca

Gemma
Hayley
Davina
Lisa

Then there are the timeless names, which don’t date:
Eleanor
Francesca
Emily
Rebecca
Charlotte
Lucy

I love Joanna.

Susannah
Caroline
Louise / Louisa
Katherine / Kate
Marianne
Helen
Claire
Elizabeth
Theresa / Tess
Lauren / Laura / Laurel
Claudia
Victoria
Audrey
Margaret
Frances
Serena
Lydia
Tamsin
Juliet / Julia
Corinne
Belinda
Fiona
Adele
Rebecca
Harriet

Thinking back to my 90s primary school class

Hannah
Jessica
Harriet
Alexandra
Emily
Emma
Lucy
Victoria
Charlotte

Here’s a list of 1960s born women that I know
Sally
Sarah
Joanna
Lynda
Louise
Catherine
Susan
Caroline
Wendy
Claire
Helen
Rochelle
Emma
Elizabeth
Victoria
Adele

I think it’s a great idea to pick a classic name like these.

Diane
Andrea
Alison
Valerie
Yvonne
Annette
Christine
Dawn
Jacqueline
Melanie
Kimberley
Suzanne
Paula
Beverley
Anita
Zoe
Kerry
Kirsty
Vanessa
Sara
Donna
Tanya
Marie
Leanne
Ruth
Sonia
Lindsey
Holly
Jade
Naomi
Heather
Tamara
Danielle
Amy/Aimee
Georgia
Shannon
Amber
Leah
Beth/Bethan/Bethany
Ashley
Gabrielle
Jasmine
Caitlin
Georgina

Frances
Julie
Karen
Natalie
Victoria

Courtney
Karen
Lorna
Kimberly
Lynne
Julie
Sheena
Chloe
Sophie
Jodie
Nicola
Nicole
Angela
Kerry
Kelly
Anne
Anne Marie

These lists are like reading my 80s school register. I suppose the names will be coming back as “old lady chic” soon. 😱

Nicola
Deborah
Victoria
Rachel
Amanda
Claire
Helen
Christine
Fiona

Jean
Marian
Anne-Marie
Gillian
Angela

Popular names in my year (80s) were

Andrea
Clare / Claire
Debbie
Joanne
Kelly
Kim
Louise
Lynsey
Lisa
Rachel
Sarah
Samantha
Sharon
Tracy
Victoria

Melissa
Donna
Denise
Michelle
Kelly
Dawn
Lisa
Isabel
Sarah
Caroline
Elaine
Amanda
Fiona
Lindsay
Linda
Vanessa

My 80s/90s schools had:

Lucy
Emily
Katie
Rebecca
Crystal
Jade
Chloe
Corinne
Amber
Philippa
Donna
Kelly
Loretta
Sally-Ann
Rosanna
And a lot of Emma, Laura, Samantha, Sarah.

I have multiples of many of these in my Facebook friends list from that era!
Emma
sarah
claire
caroline
gillian
helen
susan
joanne
elaine
elizabeth
fiona
ruth
deborah
rachel
amanda
victoria
christine
kerry
lisa
katherine
jennifer
anna / anne
lindsey
lorna
laura
wendy
alison
charlotte
jane
rebecca
louise
natalie
jessica

Victoria
Nicola
Pamela
Judith
Alison
Tracy
Angela
Sharon
Jill
Fiona
Dawn

Waynetta

My class at school included Sally, Joanne, Tina, Julie, Jeannette, Tracey, Sharon, Caroline, Karen, Diane, Jenny, Kay.

Jocelyn
Sandra
Rachel
Lynne
Julia
Deborah
Janet
Nicola
Anne
Helen
Jacqueline
Joanna
Melinda
Sarah

Amanda, Carol, Julie

Some random names from my year at school (born early 70s)

Julie
Nicola
Sarah/Sara (loads of them)
Stephanie
Emma (loads of them!)
Alison/Allison
Anita
Claire/Clare/Clair (loads of them!)
Sophie
Karen
Lisa
Ann/Anne/Anne-Marie/Anna (loads of them!)
Amanda
Kerry/Ceri
Kirsty/Kirsten
Chloe
Catherine/Katherine
Elizabeth
Cherie
Suzanne
Ruth
Philippa
Emily

Amanda
Emma
Jackie
Nicola
Patricia
Kelly
Laura
Veronica
Jennifer
Michelle
Danielle
Annabelle
Georgia
Jane
Katie
Rebecca
Charlie
Carly

Suzanne
Sarah
Kirsty
Laura
Amanda
Melanie
Nicola
Claire
Rachel
Wendy
Angela
Katherine
Emma
Caroline
Rebecca

Laura
Sarah
Emma
Vicky
Joanne/a

I’d estimate 50% of girls in my school year had one of those names