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 like Tina and Cynthia too.

I know a few Karens who are teenagers, and DD1 had a Kimberley (Kim) in her class. Two of the DDs had Jacqueline/Jaclyns in their classes. All the DCs had/have Rachels, Sarahs and Emmas in their classes, several in each class in fact. Katherine, Elizabeth and Margaret (usually Maggie) also well represented.

I had lots of Lindas, Brendas, Anne-Maries, Geraldines, Nicolas, Carolines, Helens, Jacquelines, (in Ireland)

Some of the names from the list have modern equivalents:
Susan -- Susannah
Angela -- Angelina
Teresa -- Tess/Tessa
Sonya -- Sofia/Sophia/Sophie

My dd's middle name is Denise. She's 21 months.

I wanted to use Denise for DD1's mn but was talked out of it. Her first name is French and I thought they would go nicely.

my names have already been mentioned loads of times (born late 60's).

Don't forget Katherine as well.

the thing is when I was little I imagined I might name a daughter a pretty name like Claire or Joanne after my friends at school!

Only read pages 1 and 5, so apologies if there's duplication. These were my classmates, born 1966-67 (primary and high school).

Sharon x3
Tina
Denise x3
Karen x2
Alison x2
Helen x4
Anne x3
Debby x2
Anne-Marie x2
Amanda x2
Nicola
Joanna
Andrea x2
Angela
Jacqueline
Caroline
Rebecca
Lois
Julia
Philippa
Jane
Cheryl x3
Julie x4
Deena
Victoria
Charlotte
Sara
Sarah
Anna

The weirdest thing about that list is that my name was the only one that came up as a mis-spelling! It's quite a traditional name too!

Forgot Louise x2!