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01-24-2013 at 4:12 PM
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80's names you like?

Are there any late 70's-> 80's names you like or would use? Just wondered if anyone was choosing among all the Jennifers, Tiffanys, and Heathers. (I'm not knocking those names, as I am a child of that era and have a very common name myself).

Personally I like Jessica and Rachel. Also like Blair (Facts of Life!). :) 
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01-24-2013 at 4:19 PM
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I really like Krista and Alyssa...in fact, both are on my long list and DH loves them as well, so if I can't get him on board with Niamh, Briony, Rowena etc we just may use one [or both, if we have two girls]. I'm also a Jessica fan.

For boys, I like Tyler and Jason a lot. And Brett.
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01-24-2013 at 4:19 PM
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Hahaha, one of those names is mine and one is my sister's MN. My parents were trendy.

From my actual list the only ones that were used by people my age are Monica, Regina, Elizabeth, and Margaret. But those last two are timeless not 70s.

For boys I have Gregory, Anthony, and Martin on my list.

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My kids are Jonathan and Lauren. But for next baby I think we are going with Mason.
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I love Kristin.
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I've always loved Kristen. But it is my BFFs name so I could never use it. 
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01-24-2013 at 4:55 PM
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Love 80's names!
Allison
Lauren
Blair
Are my favorites.

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01-24-2013 at 5:04 PM
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Lauren, Kyle, Eric. I use to really like Samantha.
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This is why I am obsessed with unusual names: I was always one of at least four Jennifers in the classroom! We didn't have as many Tiffanys or Heathers. We were a Christy/Kristie, Jessica, Erica town.

Some 80s names I like: Rachel, Nicole, and Erin.

 
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My favorite 80's name is Blaire! Karen is a name I've always loved but I think it's more 70's.
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01-24-2013 at 5:59 PM
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I like Christa, Rachel, and Monica.

DH likes Jessica, Heather, Amanda (but that's my sister), Rebecca.
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01-24-2013 at 6:26 PM
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Erica, Christa, Rachel

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01-24-2013 at 6:55 PM
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I am a child of the late 70s. In my high school class of 57 there were 6 Heathers! My grade school class of 55ish had four Phillips and four Jennifers. I also noticed that almost every Jennifer I knew had a sister named Jessica and in every case the Jennifer was oldest and Jessica was younger.
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01-24-2013 at 8:00 PM
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Jaclyn

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01-24-2013 at 8:54 PM
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I like Rachel and Erin .... :) 
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01-24-2013 at 9:30 PM
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I love Lauren and we are considering it for a middle name. 
 
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01-24-2013 at 9:49 PM
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Rachel and Samantha are nice. And Erica.
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01-24-2013 at 10:44 PM
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Jessica and Autumn. 
 
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01-24-2013 at 11:42 PM
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monlyn9:
I am a child of the late 70s. In my high school class of 57 there were 6 Heathers! My grade school class of 55ish had four Phillips and four Jennifers. I also noticed that almost every Jennifer I knew had a sister named Jessica and in every case the Jennifer was oldest and Jessica was younger.

That's really interesting, I never noticed that before. I had a friend named Jessica with an older sister named Jennifer.

I like the names Stephanie, Danielle, and Lauren.

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01-25-2013 at 4:56 AM
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Erica, Blair, Monica, Kristin, and Jessica.
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01-25-2013 at 4:59 AM
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I like Rachel and Justin.  I wouldn't use them but I like them.
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01-25-2013 at 7:07 AM
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Here are the top 20 names of the 1980s. I think the boys names hold up a lot better. I like every single one of them. As far as girls, I like Jennifer (my sister's name), Elizabeth, Rachel, Kimberly (my name), and Lauren.

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Name

Name

1

Michael

Jessica

2

Christopher

Jennifer

3

Matthew

Amanda

4

Joshua

Ashley

5

David

Sarah

6

James

Stephanie

7

Daniel

Melissa

8

Robert

Nicole

9

John

Elizabeth

10

Joseph

Heather

11

Jason

Tiffany

12

Justin

Michelle

13

Andrew

Amber

14

Ryan

Megan

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William

Amy

16

Brian

Rachel

17

Brandon

Kimberly

18

Jonathan

Christina

19

Nicholas

Lauren
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01-25-2013 at 9:53 AM
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Wow both of my sisters names and my own were mentioned in this thread. Apparently my parents were not very creative!
 
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