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.

Catherine
Beverley
Susan
Caroline
Emma
Rebecca
Louise

Claudette

I started secondary in 1990 and in my class we had

Abigail
Anna
Beth (Elizabeth)
Clare
Claire
Jenny
Joanna
Karen
Kimberley
Laura
Naomi (the rest of us were a bit star struck by such a name!)
Pippa (Philippa)
Rachel
Sally
Sarah
Sarah Jane

Stacey
Lorraine
Deborah
Louise
Paula
Dawn
Sarah
Julia
Wendy
Caroline
Lisa
April
Tania
Amanda
Stephanie
Danielle
Carly
Shelley
Anita
Hannah
Francesca
Tamsin

I spent some time with a teenage Alison last weekend, really like the name! She's lovely too.

Gemma
Sarah
Hannah
Louise
Samantha
Joanne
Caroline
Marcia
Nicola
Georgina
Elizabeth
Rachel
Madison
Tamara
Charlene
Jennifer
Danielle

In my 90s class, i knew

Claire
Gemma
Lisa
Kimberley
Emma

Doesn’t it just 😂

Hannah
Jeanette
Leslie
Alexia
Alexandra
Rachel
Anne
Jane
Claire
Christina
Jennifer
Julia
Isobel
Amanda

To be really authentic, the middle name has to be Louise
Some names need to have the middle name Ann/Anne

Nearly every Julie, Sally and Tracey I know are Julie Anne, Sally Anne or Tracey Anne.
The others if ending in -a need the middle name Jane or Louise depending on whether the name is 1960s or 1970s/80s.
Laura must be Laura Jane and Claire must be Claire Louise. Emma or Sarah could be either.

Jane
Jayne
Janet
Karen
Sharon
Tracey
Claire
Clare
Tina
Belinda
Sarah
Sara
Lesley
Rachel
Nicola
Susan
Susanne
Suzanne
Susanna
Suzanna
Angela

These are the people I went to school with in the 70s and 80s:
Lucy
Emma
Victoria
Clare
Rachel
Karen
Caroline
Catherine
Elizabeth
Stephanie
Julie
Louisa
Sarah
Kate
Joanna
Josephine

Avril
Edel
Marie
Martina
Carmel
Gillian
Jill
Annette
Pamela
Jacinta
Majella
Pauline
Sonia
Tanya

Michelle

My favourites are Caroline, Clare, Rachel, Jane, Natalie, Catherine, Justine, Leah, Zoe

I love these names! Nothing too frilly or cutest like nowadays.

I was born in 79 and the most common names at school were:

Anna
Sarah
Katherine
Rachel
Laura
Louise
Emma
Joanna/Joanne
Claire

Helen
Frances
Harriet
Lisa
Gina
Tiffany
Chloe
Penny/Penelope
Antonia
Charlotte

I've been looking through my Facebook friends list ;

Hayley
Kayley
Shauna
Stacey
Ailsa
Suzanne
Leanne
Melissa
Jill
Sinaed
Chardae
Charmaine
Lesleyanne
Zoe
Natalie
Lisa

Some of my classmates - born early 60s

Susan
Mary
Linda
Tina
Hilary
Judith
Nicola
Hazel
Helen
Patricia
Dawn
Joanne
Alison
Pauline
Claire/Clare
Sheila
Elizabeth
Jaqueline
Anne/Ann
Julie

Sarah
Amanda
Clare
Carol
Melanie
Patricia
Nicola
Davina
Donna
Frances
Ruth
Theresa
Karen
Rachel
Deborah
Jacqueline
Tracy
Tina
Joanna
Julie/Julia
Janet
Helen
Sharon
Alison
Lesley

I like plant names like Veronica, Rosemary, Hazel, Willow, and Heather.

Clare, Claire
Emma
Hayley
Jillian (Jill)
Joanne (Jo)
Victoria (Vicky)
Diane (Di)
Denise
Louise

Dawn (lots)
Maria
Elaine
Lucy
Jodie
Josey

Sarah, a gazillion Sarah’s, Sara’s

Nina
Brandy
Amanda
Katie
Sharon
Zoe
Kendra
Heather
Ginny
Bernice
Elaine
Lyndsey
Megan
Orla
Penny
June
Melissa
Cindy
Esther
Natalie
Anna
Francis
Michaela
Robyn
Tilly