No longer used baby names

Jazzy1

Jazzy1

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What are some first names (male or female) that were popular while you were growing up but rarely used today?
 

Back in the '50s, we seemed to have a surfeit of Michaels and Williams. Every third girl was either a Linda or Sue. All very nice names but they seem to be too normal for today's young parents. :rolleyes:
 

It's funny how names come around again... names that were popular when my mother was a child..and lost favour for decades are now popular again..

Na,es after flowers for example...

Ivy
Rosie,
Daisy
Lily
Violet
Iris



other very popular old names currently are
Olivia
Isabella
Florence
Evelyn
Matilda
Ada
Mabel
Harriet

1,100 Popular Girl Names in the UK | Pampers UK

Same with Boys names..the current most popular boys names in the uk are


  • Oliver
  • George
  • Noah
  • Arthur
  • Harry
  • Leo
  • Muhammad
  • Jack
  • Charlie
  • Oscar
  • Jacob
  • Henry
  • Thomas
  • Freddie
  • Alfie
  • Theo
  • William
  • Theodore
  • Archie
  • Joshua
  • Alexander
  • James
  • Isaac
  • Edward
  • Lucas
  • Tommy
  • Finley
  • Max
 
In the 60's when I was at school.. there was surfeit of Linda's.... Pamelas, ( I had 3 Lindas in my class alone... 2 Pamelas....)... Ann's..... Christines'... ..Elizabeth's....Jaqueline's..Maggies (Margaret).... Janette's....

I never hear any little girls being called any of those names today....
 
Altho' I was in an all girls class at school... I knew the boys as well.. and also I have brothers...

The boys names back then that were very popular that we don't hear children called today...

Allan
Brian
Charles
Bert
Graham
Duncan
Roger
Peter
Lionel
Alistair
Douglas
 
CallMeKate said:
My best friend as a little girl starting in the mid 60s, had a name that is not generally used any longer... especially with the negative attachments it has today. That would be Karen.
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there's still quite a few little girls here called Karen... and it was very popular in my daughters' years at school..the mid 80's to mid 90's....
 
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My son is called Paul. Not a new fashion name. He's named after his granddad. Lately a woman on the phone said: How do you write that?
In my time popular names were:
Marieke, Dick (never hear that one anymore, since the English influence most changed it to Dirk,), Esther, Monique, Jacqueline, Leo, Robert. I don't hear these anymore. Gijs, Henk, everybody was called Henk, half my family is called Henk.
 
I went to school with a girl named Gebra, and I had a friend named Tod, but I've not known of anyone these days using those names.

My cousin named her daughter Alyssa in 1994. It may still be used, but she's the only female I know with that name.
 
People seem to give their kids names of states, (Dakota, Montana, Nevada). objects, animals, or use a last name for a first name.
Sometimes they pull one out of thin air, in an attempt to give their kids a unique name.
My grandkids are McKennah, Xander and Adilynne, but by the time they hit high school, there will be a dozen of each.
We named our kids Cody, Zachary and Brittany, and at the time, those names were very unique, now they are everywhere.
I went to school with Tims, Terrys, Mikes, Petes, Loris, Sharis, Lisas, Beckys, Joes, Scotts, Daves and the occasional Harry or Todd.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I went to school with a girl named Gebra, and I had a friend named Tod, but I've not known of anyone these days using those names.

My cousin named her daughter Alyssa in 1994. It may still be used, but she's the only female I know with that name.
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Alyssa Farah Griffin is a cohost on The View.
 
hollydolly said:
It's funny how names come around again... names that were popular when my mother was a child..and lost favour for decades are now popular again..

Na,es after flowers for example...

Ivy
Rosie,
Daisy
Lily
Violet
Iris
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So true!
In my circle of friends and family, I know an Ivey, Rose, Daisee, Lilli, Violet, and Iris!
 
Tommy said:
Back in the '50s, we seemed to have a surfeit of Michaels and Williams. Every third girl was either a Linda or Sue. All very nice names but they seem to be too normal for today's young parents. :rolleyes:
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My wife could attest to that. She stopped using Sue and swtiched to her middle name Lia.

My first name was dirt common with at least one of us going by Marcus or Marko for the teacher's convenience. My older brother was a David. Not that was a very common name in the 50's and is still common. I think Mary has been one of the most common women's names.
 
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