1960s top names

[pandavark]

i was just looking at a list of the usa's most popular girls names for the 1960's. They're really normal names and i know lots of people with these names, but I dont think anyone would give their baby those names now. I wonder will they become fashionable again. Would you use these names? do you know any babies with these names? Here's some examples:

karen
susan
kimberley
patricia
donna
michelle
cynthia
sandra
deborah
pamela
b renda
angela
barbara
sharon
teresa
denise
tina
carol
tracy
stacey
sonya
sheila

I was late 60s. almost every girl in my school had the middle name of Ann, Jane or Louise!

michaela, melissa and samantha were considered unusual names in my day.

In fact, Melissa was used as a boy's name in 70s America!!

I'm a Michelle, 30 this year. Only came across perhaps 2 others throughout school (though I did go to a mainly muslim school.) Maybe four others since.

Did go to school with lots of Sarahs, Karens, Debbies and Angelas. Most of them known by their inital (e.g. Sarah J) or most obvious phycial feature; Poor old Fat Kaz and Ginger Deb. I reckon I got off lightly.

Almost all of those names I recognise from my school days. I'm there as well it was the early 60's .More than half of us had the middle name Elizabeth.

Im a Michelle. Im 21. (and my middle name is tracey!)
my lil sis is a Kimberley and shes 19.
I have friends aged 21 called stacey, susan and Deborah. But thats about it.

Referring to this list posted by NottanOtter

Claire - Is my other middle name
Rachel - I know a 21yr old, a 3 yr old
Penny - A 20yr old
Jane
Karen
Catherine - A 20yr old.
Kate - A 14yr old
Natasha - A 22yr old
Miranda
Noel
Nicola - A 22yr old.
Bethany - A 12yr old
Eleri
Lucy - Lots, ranging from 16-22
Laura - Lots ranging from 4yrs - 31yrs
Paula
Caroline
Katrina - My BF whos 20yrs old
Anna - A 22yr old
Sally - A 25r old
Serena - 1 aged 36
Miriam - A 19yr old
Sarah - Lots ranging from 4-22yrs.

Had fun reading this thread!

I'm a 72 baby, Nicola (no middle name!)

My best friends were:

Linda
Amanda
Marianne
Sharon
Jodie
Heather
Caroline
Susan
Samantha
Paula
Brenda
Karen......

I also know a 3 yr old called Maribella???? Anyone else heard of it?

I think alot of 20+ yr olds are named after a 60's name as alot of our mums would have been born then and grew up around those names.

I had an interview with a 'Maribelle' a couple of months ago, she was mid 30's!

I knew a Maribela. She was Spanish and it was short for Maria-Isabela, who I think was queen, but I am not entirely sure..

I'm a 1975 and I remember there being loads of Lucys, Zoes, Carolines, Lisas, Claire/Clares, Sarahs and, funnily enough, Rachels, which is me

It was my great granny's name, so my mum thought she was being original. So did everyone else's I think!

Quite a few of these names were considered for our dd1's name. She was almost a Pamela and a Sheila. She ended up as a Nicola. I think that Kimberley, Cynthia, Michelle and Stacey are all reasonably popular nowadays. I know babies called all of these. I certain places, though, Walter and Ophelia are common names.

Oh, I just realised how old this is.

Born in 63.

I am not in OP's list...but I am in NotanOtter's list.

I was named after a song that was in the charts at the time

I know a baby Susan and a baby Pamela! These names will come back, mark my words. I recently met a baby Caroline and a baby

In my day (late 70s baby) all the girls were:

Sarah
Emma
Rachel
Rebecca
Michelle
Leanne
Kerry / Keely / Kelly

They are already coming back - lots of Sarahs and Emmas about, and starting to see more baby Rachels.

should have said and a baby Jennifer

The Fat Slags are Sandra and Tracey (San and Tray). You owe Sharon an apology. Kitty! :o

I just realised I have been on mn for over 3 years![I namechanged from pranma a little while ago].I have the same name as Julian Clary's dog!I will be 68 very very soon.

At least you're not called Fanny The Wonder Dog.

I have a 3yo Angie- do I win £5?

I know a Kimberley who is 2 and about 10 others (inc. Kim's) aged between 16 and 45.

I know at least one Sandra, Pamela, Sharon, Angela, Sonia and Stacey who are 20 to 30.

The rest I don't know anyone under 30.

Official Top 30 (Goes up to 100) from ONS for 1964 UK

Excuse caps - C&P

SUSAN
LINDA
CHRISTINE
MARGARET
JANET
PATRICIA
CAROL
ELIZABETH
MARY
ANNE
ANN
JANE
JACQUELINE
BARBARA
SANDRA
GILLIAN
PAULINE
ELAINE
LESLEY
ANGELA
PAMELA
HELEN
JENNIFER
VALERIE
JEAN

Sorry, that was 1954. Now for 1964

SUSAN
JULIE
KAREN
JACQUELINE
DEBORAH
TRACEY
JANE
HELEN
DIANE
SHARON
TRACY
ANGELA
SARAH
ALISON
CAROLINE
AMANDA
SANDRA
LINDA
CATHERINE
ELIZABETH
CAROL
JOANNE
WENDY
JANET
DAWN
CHRISTINE
NICOLA
GILLIAN
SALLY
MARIA

We had 3 Kims at primary. Kim is no 56 on that list.

I am a late 70s baby and went to school with loads of girls called Sarah, Emma, Louise, Jane and Samantha. And boys called Dean and Robert.