scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Jul 22, 2014 14:46:08 GMT
Heather and Jennifer. I am a product of the 70's.
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Post by auntkelly on Jul 22, 2014 14:52:16 GMT
I'm from the class of '78.
Karen, Lisa and Susan were very popular.
Scott and Mark were trendy boys' names.
Unisex names like Tracey and Kelly were also very popular.
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Post by pretzels on Jul 22, 2014 14:53:57 GMT
Amy and Jennifer. I graduated high school in 1990.
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ReneeH20
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Post by ReneeH20 on Jul 22, 2014 15:00:14 GMT
Born in the late 60's. Popular names were Lisa, Michelle, and Jennifer.
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Post by BGsMom on Jul 22, 2014 15:00:26 GMT
Jennifer and Amy. Several classmates had younger siblings that were Jessica or Ashley.
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Post by PenandInk on Jul 22, 2014 15:01:29 GMT
I was born in 1960 and my name is Debbie. It was a very popular name. There were four in my class. 1954 baby here. SO many Debbie's my age! Most were Debra, I was the only Deborah. There were always a few Debbie's in my classes. I was "Debbie S" for my whole student life. Then when I was 14, my older brother married a Debbie. So two of us with the same first and last name running around. Aargh! I changed the spelling to Debi then. My little attempt at being unique.
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Post by kimpossible on Jul 22, 2014 15:05:05 GMT
I was one of 8 Kim's in my middle school. However, by far the most popular names were Jennifer and Liz (Elizabeth) I had multiple friends with both of those names.
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Nicole in TX
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Post by Nicole in TX on Jul 22, 2014 15:46:50 GMT
This is interesting because you can tell how old people are just by the popular names. But, some of this is obviously regional. As in the OP, I have never met a Shona. As someone who delivers babies for a living, I can also say I have never delivered or heard of someone delivering a Niamh or an Eilidh! I believe the OP is in Scotland. There were 16 Jennifers in my college dorm. Most Nicole's I know are around my age. In my classroom now we are moving past the Ashley phase in to the Brianne/Breanna/Briana/etc. phase. All spelled and pronounced differently, of course.
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MaryMary
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Post by MaryMary on Jul 22, 2014 16:26:10 GMT
Jennifer, hands down. But, there were also a lot of Heathers and Michelles.
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Post by colleen on Jul 22, 2014 16:30:10 GMT
Debbie. There were a lot of ie or y names.
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bomo
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Post by bomo on Jul 22, 2014 16:37:55 GMT
I remember lots of Marys, Carols and Barbaras.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 16:39:13 GMT
Late 70's and I know there were at least 5 Jennifers in my class, a few Christines or some variation of the spelling, a few Michelles, and a lot of Sara or Sarahs.
I was the only one with my name in my class.
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Post by cakediva on Jul 22, 2014 16:41:05 GMT
I went to a very small grade school. Our grade 8 graduating class had 20 students. I was one of two Kellies. Except the other Kellie was a Kelly,
The year behind us also had a Kelley - and with a split class all three of us were often in the same room. We also had 2 Lisas and 2 Davids.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jul 22, 2014 16:46:28 GMT
Jennifer, Heather and Sarah. We were friends with a family with all three.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jul 22, 2014 16:49:39 GMT
Jennifer Jessica Ashley
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Post by njinkerbelle on Jul 22, 2014 16:50:34 GMT
In my class we had Susan, Kathy, Mary, Michael, Robert and Peter as popular names. That was in late 50's and 60's.
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Trixie Bender
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Post by Trixie Bender on Jul 22, 2014 16:50:40 GMT
I was born in 1960 and my name is Debbie. It was a very popular name. There were four in my class. Recently my friends and I were talking about our names and how we never hear these names being used now a days. The names were Linda, Pam, Susan, Judy, Janice, Karen, Margie, Teresa, Wendy and Carol. I wonder if any of them will make a come back. They will make a comeback when we are old enough to be great- grandparents. Their grandkids will remember them fondly and want to name a child after them. Popular names for my school and age was Diane/Diana and Terri. We had two Terries (both girls) and two Dianes with a Diana which doesn't sound like a lot but with 12 girls in the class it is a bunch! I'm another one with a name that very pointedly is tied to a specific decade. Yes, they will make a comeback. But, the names will not be spelled anything like the way your friends spell their names.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Jul 22, 2014 17:07:29 GMT
Born in the mid-sixties and the most popular names in school were Julie, Linda, Mary, David, John, and Mike.
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Post by grammyj64 on Jul 22, 2014 17:22:17 GMT
I was born in the '40s and Judith (Judy) was a very popular name. My classes had many girls named Linda, Carol, Mary, Betty, and Ann. In my college cohort of 42, 7 were named Judy.
Can't remember the site, but I searched most popular names by decade one time and found that my grandmothers' names (one was Minnie, one was Maude) were among the most popular names for the year they were born. I doubt we'll see those coming back any time soon, even with the revival of Emma, Emily, Olivia and other "older" names. Somebody asked my mother one time why she didn't name me after my grandmothers, to which she replied that she couldn't see saddling a baby with a name like Minnie Maude. Thanks, Mom.
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Gravity
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Post by Gravity on Jul 22, 2014 17:28:43 GMT
I graduated from high school in 1981 with 52 other kids. In my small class, there were four kids named Kelly (2 girls and 2 boys, spelled various ways) and three boys named David.
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ashwyness
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Post by ashwyness on Jul 22, 2014 17:39:52 GMT
Born in the early 70's, popular names were Lori, Lynn, Jennifer, Lisa, Michele, Heather
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blue tulip
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Post by blue tulip on Jul 22, 2014 17:42:28 GMT
i'm 34 and the most popular names in our school for girls were jennifer and sara(h). for boys there was a lot of jason and chris.
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kelkel
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Post by kelkel on Jul 22, 2014 18:59:21 GMT
I went to a very small grade school. Our grade 8 graduating class had 20 students. I was one of two Kellies. Except the other Kellie was a Kelly, The year behind us also had a Kelley - and with a split class all three of us were often in the same room. We also had 2 Lisas and 2 Davids. I could've wrote this word for word except I'm the other Kellie known as Kelly
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 22, 2014 19:11:28 GMT
Jennifer was by far the leader (Mom swears she didn't know anyone else with a Jennifer), followed by Stephanie and Kimberly. I rarely had a class without another Jennifer when I was in school. Same here...My mom only even knew of one other Jennifer. I was always with at least 2 other Jennifers, one year it was 5 of us! According to the SSA data, my husband and I are just super popular. For US births in the 70s, I was #1 and he was #2. I'm glad our kids are traditional but far less popular names! As to the original question, Jennifer was definitely the most popular. We seemed to have a lot of Amys, Michelles, and (at one school) Mollys. (the name, that is!) Boys were Michaels/Mikes, Chris, Scott, and Matt/hew.
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Post by birukitty on Jul 22, 2014 19:14:09 GMT
Hey! I was born in 1960 and my name is Debbie too! Although on my birth certificate and formally it's Deborah, but I never go by that. We had ton's of Debbies in my classes in school. Once there were 4 Debbies in one class of 28 kids. We always went by Debbie and then our last initial. It was a PITA! I was named after Debbie Reynolds. My sister was born in 1962 and is named after Jacqueline Kennedy.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 19:22:36 GMT
Jennifer and Michael, I swore I'd never give my kid such a common name. You called one of them in the hallway and a couple always turned around...
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Post by formerpea on Jul 22, 2014 19:23:16 GMT
I was born late 50's - I went to school with a lot of Debbies, Susans, Cathys and Carols
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 19:25:59 GMT
HS Class of 72 most popular name was Debbie. And I had 3 Irenes in my homeroom.
Ann
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Post by magenta on Jul 22, 2014 19:29:29 GMT
Jennifer and Michelle were the most common names in my school. For boys it was David and Michael.
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Post by sarahyoo72 on Jul 22, 2014 19:34:02 GMT
I was born in the early 70's,and I had 4 Tracy/Tracey's in my class in primary school. And they all sat on the same table LOL. Nicola was another popular name. Richard, Mark and Christopher seemed to be the popular boys names.
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