Mine was Stuart. My first kiss, in the bamboo trees after "wedding Wednesday" at the local hippie & very German school. Guess I could start filing as married. We never had an "unmarried Thursday" group,

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SWLondonLife@reddit

At one point in my high school year group, I had 6 Matts. Out of 48 guys. Class of 1996.

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bridge1999@reddit

Had so many in my class, we just called them by their last name.

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j48u@reddit

That's actually weird considering it was one of the top 3 boy names for like 8 years straight around your age.

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thepuncroc@reddit

I know about 12 Matts that are 44-45 right now.

If you need some introductions, I'm sure they'll let you into the clubhouse.

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who_even_cares35@reddit

I had two other Matt's with the same last name as me in highschool. I don't think I was ever the only Matt in any of my classes and my best friend growing up was also a Matt.

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mmoonbelly@reddit

We had three in a class of 28 kids, 14 boys so we were like 21% matts in maths lessons…

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GiraffeCalledKevin@reddit

I am 41 and I’ve dated two Matt’s.

Good eggs usually.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Whhhaaaaatttt!?! How'd you get by with that. The Matt's I'm thinking of are older than me. I'm also 44. So they'd be genXers for real. I did have a lot of older guy Matt's in life, though.

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mattchewy43@reddit

Sorry.

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

Not you, Matt, calm down. It's those other Matts.

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mahdroo@reddit

I legally changed my name from Matt to Mahdroo. I just NOPED right out of this one.

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username32768@reddit

"Mahdroo" is pronounced "Matt" though, right?

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mahdroo@reddit

Closer to Matthew

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Eikthyrnir13@reddit

Not your fault. You're good my dude.

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reds3reds@reddit

Is Chewy your nickname? I graduated around the time of a Matt with the nickname Chewy

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mattchewy43@reddit

Kinda. I had a coworker call my Mattchew, when I was in high school and it kinda morphed into Mattchewy.

But I never really went by anything than Matt. A couple people I worked with call me Chewy still.

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avalonfaith@reddit

A singular Matt is cool. Multiple Matt's, just, not cool.

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ambasciatore@reddit

No, you’re cool.

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EducationalBread5323@reddit

Just 8?

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avalonfaith@reddit

So done with Matt's. Since junior high.

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Seemed like there were three at one point in my class.

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SilverIsFreedom@reddit

So many Matt’s that I started going by my middle name.

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

I would, but it’s Todd… that’s a stripper’s name.

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SilverIsFreedom@reddit

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

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JennaHelen@reddit

My brother went to school with two Matts who had the same last name so one randomly decided to go by “Russ”. No part of his name contained Russ, I don’t know where he came up with that one.

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kg51113@reddit

Most have a brother named either Mike or Mark.

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No-Cell-3459@reddit

My husband is a Matt with a brother named Mike.

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BocaChica073@reddit

Hello, are you my SIL?

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No-Cell-3459@reddit

Anything is possible.

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Lazy_Mood_4080@reddit

My BIL is Matt (Matthew) and my husband's middle name is Matthew.

To make it even more fun, my husband's first name is the same as Matt's dad.

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

I have a set of cousins who are twins: Mike and Matt. He speaks truth.

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Fodraz@reddit

Does their last name start w a G? I knew twins w those names

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LarryBuds@reddit

I have twin cousins Matt and Mark.

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Fosad@reddit

I, too, know Matt and Mark Xenniel twins

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InsideCelebration293@reddit

My mom also had twin cousins names Mike and Matt.

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JLLIndy@reddit

I went to school with a Matt, he had 2 older brothers. Mark and Mike.

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Chris968@reddit

My childhood best friend is Matthew, his brothers are Mike and Christopher lmao yup

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JLLIndy@reddit

My husband is Matthew with a brother Michael.

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ouijahead@reddit

What is the deal with all the Michaels

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Michael_Mc_79@reddit

I wish I knew.

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thorsbeardexpress@reddit

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Loingsign@reddit

So many people confuse my name with Mark. 9 out of 10 people say "what was your name again, Mark?"

No - Matt.

Odd

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againandagain22@reddit

Maybe this thread kinda explains it. People have too many of those in their lives and mix them up.

Also, the whole New Testament thing.

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crazydude5000@reddit

I’m a Mark and everyone thinks I said Mike. Nobody is winning.

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OKStormknight@reddit

Had that happen when a job I had created my computer ID... They were convinced my name was "Mark ." When I changed roles in the job they made "New" IDs and realized their mistake. It was two years later where I became "Matt" in the system.

Thankfully they didn't screw up my paychecks.

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Loingsign@reddit

Good story, Mark!

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metmerc@reddit

I am a Mike. My brother is Mark.

For Michael/Mike, though, the name was the #1 boys name in the US for decades.

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El_Guapo_Supreme@reddit

I have so many friends named Matt and Chris that we just called them all by their last name.

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Same. Or I go by Mat the W.

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JohnnyWeapon@reddit

The Matts have now all gotten together and mutually agreed that there will be no more Matts.

Mission accomplished because NOBODY is naming their kid Matthew anymore. I haven’t seen a child Matt since I was a kid.

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Insomniac_80@reddit

Too many dads named Matthew these days, if you named a kid Matthew starting in 2010, he would be teased for a dad name!

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Ouch. I feel attacked.

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anonymoose_2048@reddit

I was one of 4 or 5 Matts at my high school.

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Went to HS with 750 kids in my grade (9th) and at least 20-25% were Matts.

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Coolest name ever! But, yeah… too damn many Matts.

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

I knew a Matt. He and his brother David, came from a Dick. Best friends I've ever had. RIP DICK. You did well.

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

I always really liked the name Matthew (and Matty for short). But then I went ahead and briefly dated a Matthew and that name option went out the door. Lol

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Chris968@reddit

In middle school for me there were close to 10 if not more Matthew’s in my class. As a Christopher, another common name from that era I feel that. Even my cousin is Matthew.

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Lunar_Canyon@reddit

I'm Gen X amd Matt is the most common (in the USA) name in my cohort. Didn't take long to recycle that one I guess

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VenusBlue78@reddit

TooManyMatts is literally the password for our March Madness pool at work.

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GreenZebra23@reddit

There are zillions of us. As I explained to a gen Z person recently, if there is a white guy around my age, there's like a 25% chance he's named Matt

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inabighat@reddit

I worked in a place with about 120 employees. We had 15 Matt's. It was ridiculous.

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ausmaid@reddit

At one point, we had 10 Matt's at work (IT).

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Nicotheintern1@reddit

My Matt SUUUUCKS now.

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Meander86@reddit

39 y/o Matt here… thankfully it’s less common of a kids name these days. I was one of three Matts in my grammar school grade.. the other day I met another Matt around my age and he said “Let me guess you drive a Toyota Tacoma too”… yup. Were we created in a lab or something? My mom said my name was supposed to be Shane, but was changed to Matthew at the last minute. Often wonder what my life would’ve been like as a Shane.

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Insomniac_80@reddit

The Matt lab!

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who_even_cares35@reddit

My mother literally opened the baby book name and chose the number one name "Matthew" because she hated how rare her name "Melinda" was.

Dear Mom, There is this thing called a happy medium.

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AEternal@reddit

r/matt would disagree (as would I!)

That said, I have many Matt and Mat friends. I rather like it.

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stlredbird@reddit

For some reason I read that as Mantis and I thought “damn that is a cool ass name.”

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Fosad@reddit

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

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6BigZ6@reddit

Bible names. Matt, Luke, Joseph, John, Philip, Thomas, Andrew, Peter, James.

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SuperRocketRumble@reddit

Still in the top 50 most popular names.

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GreenZebra23@reddit

Really?? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, it's a Biblical name and has existed forever. But I guess it's like maybe your kid Debbie or Crystal, it's so tied to a certain generation by this point

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murakamine@reddit

My best friend and i actually made a pact to never hook up/get in a relationship we anyone named Matt ever again. Not only is there a LOT of them, they seem to share a common interest in making their partner miserable…

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Adelaide_Farmington@reddit

My brother is a Matt. Born in 81

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Bourbon-No-Ice@reddit

Fuck my friend Matt like dude. Go by your middle name doc already.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Soooooo many Matt's. Matt's and josh's.

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lilacsmakemesneeze@reddit

And Peter’s

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Coffeetimewithcats@reddit

Stephanie, Carrie Michael, Kevin

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Evabythewater@reddit

I had a lot of Lynns and Julies in my classes. Lots of Erics snd Jasons too.

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knivesofsmoothness@reddit

I knew so many Sara/Sarahs. So so many.

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Melissimasaurus@reddit

TOO MANY SARAHS

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AMugOfPeppermintTea@reddit

I had teachers who had to say "Sara 1/Sara 2" when there were two Sara sat right in the same row so they'd know which one he was calling on.

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Mememememememememine@reddit

I was in class with a Sara, and I’m Sarah. So they called me Sarah H. Not my last initial.

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Flaky-Garlic7890@reddit

At one point, there was 6 Sara(h)s in my grade, including me. It was madness! lol

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_awk_girl_ward_@reddit

I'd stop turning around when I'd hear my name called. Friends would get annoyed when they were actually calling for me, but you try hearing your name called 10 times a day, and it's not you they're calling for! Also, when I used to go to department stores, I'd always hear a parent calling for a Sarah, lol

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Mememememememememine@reddit

I’m a Sarah and had a roommate named Sarah lol. Then it wasn’t so bad bc if SHE was calling my name, I knew it was for me. When we had a third roommate - that’s when it got annoying 🤣

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Flaky-Garlic7890@reddit

Yes! I know how you feel lol. It’s not as bad anymore but this past season on my daughter’s softball team there was a girl named Sara. For 11-12 year old girls, it’s not as common I feel. I didn’t realize my daughter’s name was as popular as it was when we named her. She will be the Sara of her generation. Her name is Emma. lol

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Mememememememememine@reddit

My niece is Emma 🤣

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woodenmittens@reddit

In school I had 4 Sara's, out of 20 people. I've worked at places with 3+ Sara/h's too. There's so many

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_awk_girl_ward_@reddit

That's fucking weird. Not even "Sarah with an H?" I'm a Sarah, so they always used my last initial because ofc there were always like 5 Sarah's in one grade.

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Mememememememememine@reddit

We were both last initial D. I didn’t think it was weird. It was like a jokey way of making a thing out of the H.

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InvestmentMain8414@reddit

My sister is a Sara...Im still annoyed by the Sarah spelling

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Mememememememememine@reddit

I’m Sarah. When two Sara/hs meet each other we’ll ask this question and if it’s not the same we side eye each other like “hm I see” and silently accept that we will never be friends.

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greenhillin@reddit

Yesssss! Xo, Sarah

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Mememememememememine@reddit

Team SaraH!

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_awk_girl_ward_@reddit

100%, if you know, you know. I always say, "H is for awesome!" Either you get it or you don't.

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seffend@reddit

100% accurate

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La_Croix_Life@reddit

This is so real.

Sara and Sarah are two completely different breeds. IYKYK.

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Pumperkin@reddit

This is totally reasonable and believable.

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mountainsanddeserts@reddit

My sister is Sarah and I think Sarah without an h looks weird—like it’s missing something. Funny how that works.

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_awk_girl_ward_@reddit

Totes agree, haha maybe I'm biased

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greenhillin@reddit

I was one of 5 Sarah/Sara’s in my fifth grade class. The teacher made us all use first + middle ie Sarah Catherine, Sara Lindsey, etc. I was the only ‘just Sarah’ because my middle name is weird 😬

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lemonheadlock@reddit

My elementary school was full of Chris B, Chris G, Chris J, Chris T, etc.

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Unable_Apartment_613@reddit

I played on a middle school basketball team where four of the five starters were named Chris.

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gypsyjacks453@reddit

Oh the Chris’s! Yes, we had so many Chris’s.

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NotJustMyDisorders@reddit

3rd grade we had four Sara(h)s, two even had the same last initial

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LittlehouseonTHELAND@reddit

That’s so interesting, where I lived Lauren was THE name, lol. We had 4 Laurens (3 with the same last initial) in my class and 3 in the other same grade class. I never met a Sara or Sarah until college. Born in 1982.

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Go_Corgi_Fan84@reddit

We had Lauren/Laura and Sarah/Sara

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Insomniac_80@reddit

Same here, loads of Allisons and Jennifers, but maybe one Sarah per grade!

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ssssobtaostobs@reddit

I feel like for a while on the Bachelor there were 2-3 Laurens per season.

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llammacheese@reddit

And their middle names are all Elizabeth.

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Duranonymous@reddit

Otherwise middle names were: Marie, Lynn. Nicole, Michelle, Beth(or Becky).

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Crafty_Accountant_40@reddit

There were 3 Sara(h) Elizabeths in my hs class of 100. Ridiculous. And like 5 Jennifer Lynns.

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Blackberry518@reddit

lol my middle name. and I have a sister, Sarah 🤣

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Electronic_World_894@reddit

Or Jane.

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No9No9No9No9@reddit

I knew so many girls with this middle name, it was always weird to me

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pumpkinhead9000k@reddit

IDK, I’ve known a lot of Sarah Ann’s

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Beautiful_Cause_9600@reddit

Lol I am Sara Ann, and my Sister in law is Sarah Anne 😆 you are on to something!

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

I lost my virginity to a Sarah Anne. Manic pixie dreamgirl, that one.

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

That has to be one of if not the most popular girl's middle name there is.

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Zenis@reddit

Or Marie

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MissMomomi@reddit

Ha! I replied a few comments up before seeing this. https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/s/6APLdD6rd2

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Mr_Coach_Pat@reddit

I dated a Sara Elizabeth in college

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ArchitectVandelay@reddit

Sarah and Rachel for sure.

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When_pigsfly@reddit

Yes! The Sarah’s and Rachel’s seem to always be sisters or sometimes twins.

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_awk_girl_ward_@reddit

Lol those are mine and my sister's names 😂 Though she is a Gen Xer

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BethiePage42@reddit

And Kate/Katie/Catherine/Cates so,so many

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ArchitectVandelay@reddit

💯 forgot that one.

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

I was going to be named Rachel but instead named Melissa. My best friend was also a Melissa. I went by Mel and she ended up a Missy.

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sar_Mc1979@reddit

Yup, I’m Sarah Elisabeth. But spelled with an “s” instead of a “z” so I’m not the same.

My hubby’s name is Jason and my brother is also Jason.

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hockey_chic@reddit

I have 5 friends named Sara(h)

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EcstaticMiddle3@reddit

Came here for this. 3 sara(h)s in my class. So confusing bc we all sat in the same alphabetically ordered row.

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Fuckspez42@reddit

Sara seems to be having a bit of a renaissance these days. I have had 5 co-workers over the last year named Sara (all without the H), all of whom were born after 2000.

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PicklesDillyPickles-@reddit

Yep, and Sarah with an “h” is the only correct spelling! Haha

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Beautiful_Cause_9600@reddit

Sara with no H, because H's are

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Yes, I am a Sara no H!

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Mememememememememine@reddit

Came here to say this. I am one of many Sarah’s.

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pursnikitty@reddit

I was nearly a Sarah but my mother decided I didn’t look like a Sarah when I was born.

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Insomniac_80@reddit

Not as bad as Jennifer or Allison!

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bendybiznatch@reddit

It was in the top 10 of girl names in the 70s but it’s been in the top 100 for like a century.

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The_Queen_Zsofia@reddit

When I was in college, I shared a suite with 7 girls. 3 named Sara/Sarah and 2 named Annie/Anna.

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

No time is a good time for goodbyes!

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LoveWitch6676@reddit

Won't you smile a while for me...

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La_Croix_Life@reddit

I'll never find another girl like you

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MissMomomi@reddit

Two of my best friends growing up were Sarah and Sara. Also briefly dated another Sarah. All three of them had the middle name Elizabeth lol.

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patient_brilliance@reddit

Very country specific. My name is in OPs list for girls but I was the only one ever and it's still not very common in Australia.

It was so fun to go to the US on holidays and finally find my name on keyrings and magnets!

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Available-Maize5837@reddit

I had so many Kylies and Kellys. Sarahs were everywhere. I can't remember a single Jennifer so it seems very American to me. Had a bunch of Jacquis. Boys were Scott, Matthew, Brad.

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fangirlengineer@reddit

Andrews everywhere. I was in a school project once with three of them out of a group of five. Sprinkling of Matts and Chrises and Michaels and Daves.

There were at least four Jodies in my senior year. Two Sarahs, two Kellys, one Kylie, one Kristy, three Jacqui/Jackie's, two Joannes, two Lisas. No Jennifers for us either. I'd say Louise was the most common middle name.

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Available-Maize5837@reddit

As soon as I saw Louise I thought "nah, that's a middle name". 😂

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patient_brilliance@reddit

We had 2 Jacquis and 2 Kristys in a class of 18 kids!

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My_11th_Account@reddit

Jennifer, Jessica, Nick, Jason...

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tommytraddles@reddit

All the J names.

We ran out of initials for all the Jonathans in my class.

Had three Joshuas and two Jordans (one boy, one girl).

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pburydoughgirl@reddit

Isn’t that just New Kids on the Block?

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Firm-Quote6187@reddit

We had a group of guys we just called The Jays: Jason, Justin, Josh, Jamey, and Seth (an honorary Jay). I'm probably forgetting a Jay or 2.

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Letsgogehls@reddit

This reminds me of Daria and her sister Quinn had the 3 guys who were always fighting over her:

Joey, Jeffy, & Jaime

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stm602@reddit

Same! My name is Jamey, and my best friends were three brothers named Josh, Jeremy and Jerad

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

Seth was an honorary Jay? Must have been a pretty good guy.

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birchblonde@reddit

Loving the Seth inclusion

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VenomousVenting@reddit

There’s a lot of J names now, too. Last year, I had 28 students in one of my classes - only 2 did not have J names.

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ouijahead@reddit

We had to start categorizing by size. Little Mike and big Mike.

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

This… https://youtu.be/1nN_5kkYR6k

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Spamberguesa@reddit

Tons of Jennifers and Jessicas at every school I went to.

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quickblur@reddit

I knew a ton of Jessicas

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Letsgogehls@reddit

Yuppppp. One of 1982’s most popular names

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Ok_Spring7034@reddit

My name is Jennifer, I'm always getting called Jessica

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poplartwin@reddit

My sister’s name is Jessica. Im glad my parents hated her and not me

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d3dk0w@reddit

As a Jennifer I dated both a Nick and Jason.

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dcphoto78@reddit

I was never the only Jennifer in class

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funatical@reddit

I’ve had sex with more than one Jennifer. Well, I’ve had sex with two Jennifer’s, but that feels like a lot.

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WhatToPutHere@reddit

Me either. Then again, my name's not Jennifer.

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onion4everyoccasion@reddit

Jen. Discussion closed

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MKUltraFeast@reddit

So many Jennifers. I think it’s interesting that’s it’s the Cornish version of Guinevere.

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Tall-Problem-6183@reddit

Was looking for Jessica. And Jennifer. All my besties were Jessica or Jennifer. Lots of Tiffany's and Stephanie's - spelled normally. They didn't start spelling names "uniquely" until about 15-20 years later.

I never knew anyone else with my name growing up. Except a very famous - in that era - young supermodel and actress with think brunette eyebrows and starred in what we now-consider to be very age inappropriate roles and commercials. And she's almost 10 years older than me.

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sweetrhythm@reddit

Brooke!?

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BasvanS@reddit

Yeah, Blue Lagoon was fucked up

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nneighbour@reddit

There were 7 Jason’s in my grade in my high school class of 130.

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frederichenrylt@reddit

I have 3 cousins named Jennifer, 2 cousins named Nick, 2 uncles named Nick, 1 cousin each Jennifer and Jason. (Mom is one of 9, Dad is of 7)

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SoSoOhWell@reddit

My homeroom had 5 Jennifer's in it alone. My grade it had to be over 30 Jens. All the other girls were Jessica or Michele. A few Shannon's and Melissa's tossed in there.

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mmts18@reddit

Im a Xennial Melissa who had 4 Jennifers in mt class growing up in a very small catholic school. 35 kids in my whole grade lol

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muffmonster80@reddit

My fifth grade class had 4 Jason’s and it was In alphabetical order of last name, Jason 1, 2, 3, and 4. Don’t hear any Jason’s in my kids schools.

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Gypsyfly6@reddit

Were you born in 1970?

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Gorkymalorki@reddit

I am an older xennial, I have had 4 Jennifers as girlfriends in my life.

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schleepercell@reddit

2 Jennifers and 2 Lauras over here lol.

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Charlotte_Martel77@reddit

Seriously, my family must have shared this list. Just about every girl born btw 1972-1989 was given a name from this list. The boys lucked out since many of them were given less trendy names for some reason.

Is this the case for anyone else?

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ConundrumMachine@reddit

Michael

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Mike, Matt, and Josh are usually friends with a Cody…

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middleageyoda@reddit

Michael is not specifically xennial though. It was popular for like 50 years

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Jennis8108@reddit

My dad was a Michael born in 1942, popular for a long time.

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michaelHIJINX@reddit

Can confirm... #1 boy's name of 1981

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SwissCheese4Collagen@reddit

My uncle got in at the beginning, he was a 64 vintage.

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MetricJester@reddit

That explains why everyone has an Uncle Mike

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CultKitchen@reddit

I’m a Michael, and I always had multiple other Michaels in my years/classes.

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balding_git@reddit

we had so many mikes and michaels that most went by their last name

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Michael_Mc_79@reddit

That was my High School experience.

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IT_dood@reddit

Here!

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

I once worked at a place where 7 of the 30 or so employees were name Mike. About a third of the guys.

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MickeyMatters81@reddit

And for the girlie's, Michelle wad a big one

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msnowxs@reddit

Michelle, always to be confused with Melissa.

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Vancouverreader80@reddit

A former pastor called me Michelle a number of times (my name is Melissa).

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Awkwardpanda75@reddit

I still get confused with Melanie. I just answer to it.

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VelocityGrrl39@reddit

And Michele, the rarer spelling.

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ChaoticCoffeeBean@reddit

In college I used to work up to random houses having parties. When they’d ask who I’d know I’d always say “I’m friends with Mike”. Always got in

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michaelxmoney@reddit

Yes

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ConundrumMachine@reddit

I meant the other Michael, sorry.

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Spezisapatheticcuck@reddit

https://youtu.be/aPPI2yyxrOM?si=pJgeHAk1MZgUyjq1

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MCA2142@reddit

Bears, beets, battlestar galactica.

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CantaloupeAsleep502@reddit

Ah, the three Bs

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Global-Jury8810@reddit

Few have my first name, nobody but family calls me this name. It’s supposed to be Sonia/Sonja but Mom (Boomer Jones) put both the I and J in it, so since no one pronounces it or spells it properly, I ask people to call me Erin instead. Dad (Beatnik Silent) made that my middle name.

There was one Sonya in junior high with whom I shared a class, and there was one Erin in high school but she graduated a year after me and was in a different grade.

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CelestiallyCertain@reddit

Deanna, Jessica, Matt, Kent (my grade had SIX of them alone), Justin

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Unusual_Plum_4630@reddit

Kristin/Kristen/Christina and Laura/Lauren

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Key-Wrangler7818@reddit

Heather

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MissMomomi@reddit

I never went to school with a Laura, but several Laurens. I just learned to answer to Lauren.

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MrsAstronautJones@reddit

Hi Name Neighbor—I’m a Lauren, and I had the exact opposite. I still get Laura/Laurie almost as much as I get Lauren.

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Strange_Airships@reddit

I am a Laura. I never went to school with another Laura, but have been called Lauren my entire life. I worked with one guy for 6 years and he called me Lauren no matter how many times I corrected him. I finally had to start calling him by a name that was close to his name, but not his actual name.

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MissMomomi@reddit

Ha! Serves him right. After high school, where I worked they hired two more Laura’s that we a couple of year younger than me. Then we all got nicknames, but at least mine was OG Laura.

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Key-Wrangler7818@reddit

Stacy

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greenbeer317@reddit

27 Jennifer’s

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vitacorleone@reddit

Marie for a middle name.

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countessofgroan@reddit

Marie/Lynne/Ann(e)/Elizabeth

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Fodraz@reddit

Also Lynn for a middle name

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Commercial-Tea-4816@reddit

Around where I lived it was Ann /Anne

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Nicotheintern1@reddit

I got Anne from mum. It was her middle name too. To this day, if any random person I don't know approaches and asks my my name, it's Annie.

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sandillera@reddit

We have Maries, Anns, and an Ann Marie for good measure.

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ok_soooo@reddit

The “we have to pick something” of middle names

(checking in)

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Jasmirris@reddit

My mom came from a family of no middle names so I think she just did what you said because she didn't want me nor my siblings to feel left out. I understand the sentiment but still...

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ok_soooo@reddit

My dad on why he picked my brother’s middle name: “I wanted him to have the same initials as me but not be a junior so I gave him my middle name”

My mom on why she picked my middle name: “I don’t really remember”

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poplartwin@reddit

Every SINGLE girl.

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Farewellandadieu@reddit

Marie, Lynn or Ann.

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Vintagemuse@reddit

I'm Jessica Marie

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PicklesDillyPickles-@reddit

🙋‍♀️

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

That's my daughter's middle name. Carrying on the tradition.

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themrsfreeze@reddit

Me and obvious first name to that

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fancybeadedplacemat@reddit

Pretty sure 70% of the girls in my elementary class had Marie as a middle name.

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CandiceSewsALot@reddit

Came here for this one! 🙋‍♀️

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ebzees@reddit

Me

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AdagioSilent9597@reddit

Present!

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nellienuke@reddit

Class of 1996. My grade had 100 kids and 9 of them were named Andrew. All of them went by Andy. We also had several Jennys, Amys, Joshs and 2 Trishas.

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nellienuke@reddit

Plus so many kids named variations of Chris/Kris/Christine/Cristy/Krissy

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DevilsLettucePrey@reddit

Kevin...Not sure anyone has been named Kevin after this era.

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Go_Corgi_Fan84@reddit

I knew 1 Kevin between elementary and grad school. I know a few 1960/70s Kevin’s

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Low-Fishing3948@reddit

Amanda, Jennifer, Stephanie, and Alisha

Matt, Chris, Cory, and Brian

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CharlesGarfield@reddit

Alisha has never been popular at all around here (especially with that spelling).

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PlaidChairStyle@reddit

I grew up (in a small town) with many Alicias. Moved to the big city and haven’t met a single one. I asked my husband a couple days ago if he knew any, and he said no. Didn’t remember any in school either.

Did I grow up in a weird Alicia area? Anybody else grow up with abundant Alicias?

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Go_Corgi_Fan84@reddit

I knew a handful small Midwest metro

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Classic_Breadfruit18@reddit

I had Alicia, Alisha and Elisha in my high school class.

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Low-Fishing3948@reddit

Me too!

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poplartwin@reddit

My Mom’s name, she was born in 59, so uncommon for her time.

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neogrinch@reddit

Small school, but we had an Alisha, close enough

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probablyatargaryen@reddit

Upper Midwest USA here, had 6 Alicias in my graduating class of 150

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Low-Fishing3948@reddit

I haven’t seen anyone named Alisha as an adult but I went to school with several with that spelling, one spelled Elisha, and a few spelled Alicia. I wonder if it’s regional, I grew up in north Texas.

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TransportationOk657@reddit

My school had quite a few girls named Alicia. Never had any Alisha though.

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joeyjojojrshabadoo13@reddit

Finally someone mentions Cory. I knew several as a child. I know none as an adult. There must have been a Highlander thing with them.

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Throw-away17465@reddit

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Late-External3249@reddit

Holy shit. There were a few kids named Cory at my school and I haven't met a Cory in years. What happened to them???

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helicopter_corgi_mom@reddit

i was just having this conversation with some friends about how we all knew at least one Todd in grade school but not a single one of us has ever known an adult Todd. I worked for a company with 120,000 employees for 15 years, and even there I never ran across the name Todd.

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OrangeAugust@reddit

The only Cory I’ve ever known was from Boy Meets World 😆

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TransportationOk657@reddit

There were a number of Cory's in and around my class. All Cory's I've met in adulthood are either Gen X or older Millennials.

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kg51113@reddit

My friend has a sister named Amanda. She was friends with at least 3 more Amandas.

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Low-Fishing3948@reddit

There were 11 Amanda’s in my graduating class of 250.

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elbr@reddit

I'm "Bryan"

I was in a classroom with a bunch of 18-22 year olds last year and they all laughed that all of them had dads, step-dads, or uncles named Brian/Bryan.

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Love_for_2@reddit

Oh yes! So many Cory/Coreys and Amandas
I'll add Ashley to that.

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KellyGreen55555@reddit

Samanthas too

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hisamsmith@reddit

Amber, Heather, Stephanie, Amanda, Ashley, Courtney, Rachel, & Sarah are the big hitters for xennial girls in my part of the Midwest

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

I told myself I’d scroll down until someone mentioned Amber (my name) 😂 very specific to xennials!

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Vintagemuse@reddit

There was one amber in my class

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Go_Corgi_Fan84@reddit

I was one of two in my school

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_The-Amber-Show_@reddit

I’m a 44 year old trans woman. I waited a long time to change my name to Amber 😂

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No-Championship-8677@reddit

Welcome to the Amber club♥️♥️♥️♥️

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_The-Amber-Show_@reddit

💖💖💖 Thank you! Best club I’ve ever been in! 💖💖💖

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SeasonIllustrious629@reddit

Yes! Same lol Amber here, too 🤷‍♀️

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hisamsmith@reddit

I listed names of the girls I remember there being two or more of in my grade. Funny enough my great aunt ditched her birth name and goes by amber. So I know one 78 year old Amber.

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Spamberguesa@reddit

When I was in elementary school, there were no less than 6 Stephanies in my grade. Much like the Jennifers, they all had their own nickname, or else went by their middle name.

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EmmalouEsq@reddit

I'm a Heather. There were 4 of us in my 10th grade world history class.

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

I am also a Heather from '81.

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hisamsmith@reddit

Im a Samantha which was #40 on the girls name charts in 1983 when I was born. Never had another Samantha in a single school I went to until my senior year of high school a freshman had the same name. First, middle and last name

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Stitchin_Squido@reddit

So many Ashleys

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Foxy-Knoxy@reddit

Graduated high school with 8 other girls named Heather out of a graduating class of around 300.

Other top nominees from my class were: * Jennifer * Andrea * Michelle * Melissa

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_Internet_Hugs_@reddit

There were 5 Heather's is my 5th grade class.

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FormalMarzipan252@reddit

Heavy hitters here in the Northeast too. I’m one of those names and was always at least one of 2 in any class growing up despite my mom insisting it wasn’t a popular girl’s name when I was born. 🙄

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Miserable-Way6902@reddit

It’s hard to find a Lisa under the age of 35

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Wrong-Jeweler-8034@reddit

Brian

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fancybeadedplacemat@reddit

I know three distinct guys named Brian Harris.

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Wrong-Jeweler-8034@reddit

Do you refer them by number? BH1, etc? 🤣

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fancybeadedplacemat@reddit

I call them all Brian Harris. Never just Brian.

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Wrong-Jeweler-8034@reddit

Love it

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ZoDeFoo@reddit

I think we're the last generation to get that name. Youngest Brian I've met is 30 now.

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blue-eyed-zola@reddit

"He had arms and legs and hands and feet This boy whose name was Brian

And he grew, he grew and grew Grew up to be, yes he grew up to be…"

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Wrong-Jeweler-8034@reddit

Agreed. There were four of us in my class of 70 students. One time I worked someplace with six of us! I’m a teacher now and have never had a student named Brian in nine years.

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yeuzinips@reddit

No Brians... but dozens of Jaydens, I assume

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Wrong-Jeweler-8034@reddit

The Jayden wave seems to have passed but used to have a lot. Also Mackenzie, always spelled different. Destiny. Isabella. Noah. Luke.

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Valadrea@reddit

Also, Brent

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Whatchab@reddit

I swear 2 of every 20 people was a Matt or Jenny

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CantaloupeAsleep502@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN_5kkYR6k

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Came to post this as well! Someone of culture and taste!

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

Nice!

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

I don't even have to click it to know what this is.

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Whatchab@reddit

It was my first time with 27 Jennifers!

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ashlyn42@reddit

I know two couples named Matt and Jenny

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ALightPseudonym@reddit

We have couple friends named Matt and Jen (Jenn) too, that’s so funny

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Magicguy226@reddit

My brother and his girlfriend are Matt and Jen. Yikes.

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beers_georg@reddit

Wow, now that you say this I actually do too.

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JeanEtrineaux@reddit

Came here to say this

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AllyCatMama42014@reddit

Heathers

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quailfail666@reddit

Travis and Melissa

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No-Calligrapher3043@reddit

Ashley and Melissa were the most common at my school. Also Justin and Dustin for the boys.

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HermioneMarch@reddit

Melissa’s, Michael and Brian’s

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MLDaffy@reddit

Matt John Justin Jennifer Amber Elizabeth

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MathematicianLost365@reddit

Jenny, Holly, Nick

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SenseAndSaruman@reddit

Josh. I know soooo many Josh’s

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llammacheese@reddit

Which is weird because I’m pretty sure I don’t know a single adult Josh.

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CosmicallyF-d@reddit

The same could be said for adult Cody's. Where the hell did they all go?

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dj_underboob@reddit

I knew so many boys named Cody, Brandon, Brendon, and Jordan. Haven't met a single adult by any of those names.

Same with Stephanie, Heather, Amanda, and Tiffany.

There were four Amanda's in my grade.

Where did they all go?

I think they switched with the below names who are my cohort and I know as an adult, but not as a kid:

Sarah's, Lizzie's/Elizabeth's, Drew's/Andrew's, and David's

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blellowbabka@reddit

Trevor is another one

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Late-External3249@reddit

Not one Trevor ever had their shit together

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probablyatargaryen@reddit

All 4 Trevors (and 2 Travis’) I grew up with are dead or in prison. Just realized that. Crazy

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

I worked with 2 of them awhile back at the same time. Haven't seen any others since then.

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Patches_Mcgee@reddit

Jail

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SenseAndSaruman@reddit

gif

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Classic_Breadfruit18@reddit

I didn't know any Cody's, but had at least three friends named Cory. Also a lot of Carrie/ Kari.

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ThatEvanFowler@reddit

They all went into the west… to diminish… yet remain Josh.

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SenseAndSaruman@reddit

Truly the age of Josh has begun.

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abarm1@reddit

I’m an Amy married to a Josh. He’s an adult sometimes!

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puzilla@reddit

They all go by their last names to avoid confusion

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SenseAndSaruman@reddit

Really? I know at least 7 over the age of 40.

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llammacheese@reddit

I seriously cannot think of a single Josh that I know personally now. But I definitely knew Joshes back in elementary school.

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brandt-money@reddit

I know like 6

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

I didn't know very many growing up but I seem to have met a lot more recently.

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TransportationOk657@reddit

A lot of Josh's in my school too!

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Ok-Reflection-6207@reddit

lol my dad wanted me to be a Sarah, but my mom won that debate…

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killedmygoldfish@reddit

SARAH

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mondo636@reddit

Pretty sure I could rattle off 10 different Katie’s, Kate’s, and/or Kathryn’s.

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supergirlsudz@reddit

Surprised I had to scroll this far to see Katie!

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cellrdoor2@reddit

Same. I was surprised enough that I looked up the ranking for the name in 1980 and it was at #44. Seems like it should be higher. I can think of at least 10 that I went to school with.

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Old-Maintenance-8301@reddit

Might be because of the multiple spellings (Catherine, Katherine, Kathryn etc). The sum of all different spellings would probably make it rank higher

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Robossassin@reddit

And occasionally Kathleen.

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kathatter75@reddit

Growing up, I was the only Katie I knew. Of course, a lot of that clearly had to do with where I grew up - I grew up on the west side of Houston, near the Katy Freeway, which gets you to Katy, TX. I was born out of state and had the nickname when my parents moved to TX when I was 6mos old.

Anyway, I get to college, and there are 3 other Katies (all spelled differently) just on my side of the floor in my residence hall.

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flittingly1@reddit

Kristin, Kirsten, Kristy, Kirsty

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Ok-Tennis-5737@reddit

We had 4 Krist_ns in my grade in middle school. When I moved across the country for high school, I was the only one in the school.

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Motherboy_TheBand@reddit

Yes I know a million of this. Also Tina.

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Leadpipe@reddit

I don't know if there were tons of Katies in my cohort, but in high school like five of them clumped together into a mean girl clique.

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MeepleMaster@reddit

Same, I dated so many over the years that it become a joke among my close friends ds

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CindyBijouWho@reddit

Yep, came here to say Katie

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Even-Possession2258@reddit

There were several Elizabeth's in just my grade alone. I think there were 5 or 6 in the grades above and below mine, including mine. (Sorry if that doesn't make sense. I haven't been fully caffeinated yet.)

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zonie77@reddit

Bryan?

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RetailBookworm@reddit

Katie, Ashley, Brittany, Bethany, Crystal, Caitlin, Emily

Brett, Derek, Brandon, Nick

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FirePaddler@reddit

As a 1983 Kaitlin, I believe that name (by any spelling) is more of a 90s name than an Xennial name. When I was little I ran into a lot of adults (especially older) who had never even heard it before, and I never had other Caitlins/Kaitlins in my classes. But it really took off after that. I run into 30 yr old Kaitlins everywhere now.

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RetailBookworm@reddit

I’m 1985 and just in my immediate friend group I had Caitlin, Katelynn, and Kaitlyn. There were at least 5 or 6 others in my grade and the year below me and I didn’t go to a large school, my graduating class was under 100. Maybe it is partially regional? I also was in a Catholic school so there were at least ton of Katherine/Katies so that could be part of it too.

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RetailBookworm@reddit

I’m 1985 and just in my immediate friend group I had Caitlin, Katelynn, and Kaitlyn. There were at least 5 or 6 others in my grade and the year below me and I didn’t go to a large school, my graduating class was under 100. Maybe it is partially regional? I also was in a Catholic school so there were at least ton of Katherine/Katies so that could be part of it too.

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SBMoo24@reddit

Brian. And they all suck.

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Express_Camp_4280@reddit

Chris, Jenn, Mike, Sarah.

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abirdreads@reddit

Ashley, Renee, and Jennifer were ubiquitous, as were Jason and Kevin. I swear, these five names comprised half my high school every single year!

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Crafty_Accountant_40@reddit

Sarah

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bgva@reddit

I didn't realize how popular the name Brandon was until I got to college. There were several other guys with that name in my dorm freshman year, and I later found out it was one of the most popular boys names in the 80s.

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ThrowawayTrump420@reddit

There were 12 boys in my kindergarten class and 6 of them including me were Brandon, my 2 closest friends are both Brandon

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bgva@reddit

One of my closest friends married a Brandon as well. Even though they’ve known each other since high school, I’ve been in the circle longer so he’s “New Brandon” lol

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AstronautNo0809@reddit

I'm one of the Jennifers and in my 6th grade classroom, my assigned seat was between 2 Brandons. My best friend, Nicole, called me "Jenny between the Brandons".

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tjdux@reddit

My little brother was gonna be a Brandon.

Then like a month before he was born, my dad's 3rd or 4th cousin (same last name) had a baby they named Brandon lol. Would have had 2 kids with identical names if my folks hadn't heard the news.

I think my mom is still a bit pissed about it.

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episcoqueer37@reddit

And then the parents of kids born after 1983 threw us the Brenden curveball.

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probablyatargaryen@reddit

So accurate. No Brendans in my class, 3 in my little sister’s

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Usirnaimtaken@reddit

Every where I go are Brandon and Joshua’s. Somehow I didn’t meet Brandon’s until post college - but now they are everywhere in our age group. I’ve always had a friend named Josh - my entire life who is the same age as me.

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Myotherdumbname@reddit

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

They’re a little older than Xennials though

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Blackberry518@reddit

lol especially when you go to Catholic school!

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randomuser5667@reddit

Any iteration of Brittany.

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Almc27@reddit

I'm surprised I had to scroll almost tot he bottom to see Lindsay/Lindsey/Lynzie (yes, I knew one of these). I had SO MANY friends named Lindsay growing up.

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MoonlitBlossoms@reddit

Sarah, Megan, Jennifer, Heather, Jessica, Nicole, Amanda, Rachel, Stacy and Katie.

Matt, Chris, Andrew, Steven, Brian, Ryan, Sean, Jon, Justin, Jason, Nick and Mark.

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Blackberry518@reddit

Covers me, my siblings, and all our spouses 🤣🤣

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No-Muffin-2786@reddit

I collect Heathers!

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Federal-Zebra7702@reddit

I think Mark is t getting enough attention.

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MissMomomi@reddit

The names you’ve listed cover seven of my Xennial cousin’s names! Plus one young millennial cousin. Just need a Darryl, a Joseph, and an Anthony to complete the set.

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4AlohaMama@reddit

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

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WhatsMyPassword2019@reddit

David and Ricky. Mike and Mark. Chris. All my crushes

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JelloRamone@reddit

Crystal

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kimid123@reddit

Came looking for this. There were so many Crystals.

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Nature_Hag@reddit

And Krystal and Kristal and Krystle and Cristal....

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maculated@reddit

Kristin. I had eight in one class. Lindsay - but I never see them in the wild.

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Swimming-Squash-3573@reddit

Lauren, Jennifer, Jessica, Megan, Sarah, Nicole, Tiffany, Gretchen

David, Scott, Brian, Zack, and maybe it was Catholic school-skewing but I knew SO many Martins (who went by Marty)

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Low_Cake_2802@reddit

Can't believe it took this long to find Lauren!

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DrenAss@reddit

I'm surprised nobody else has said Tiffany! We had I think 5 Tiffanys in my grade alone.

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FUCancer_2008@reddit

Megan

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Natural-Screen-3925@reddit

Yes! All spelled different ways. My name is Meagan and there were 4 others in my class, but we all spelled them differently

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sandillera@reddit

Were we in the same class? /s… maybe

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Diligent-Resist8271@reddit

My graduating class of like 145 in '98 had like 4 or 5 "Megan's" all spelled differently. We also had a lot of Johns, and Chris's and Jennifer's.

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happymeg@reddit

Why hello there

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Jasmirris@reddit

Easy way (like above) or are you constantly correcting?

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happymeg@reddit

The easy way! My parents were simple people. When I meet another one I make a point to ask if they have an H or not bc they seems to be just as common

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Throw-away17465@reddit

Heather

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Peaches-n-Pirates782@reddit

My name is Megan and in elementary school I consistently had at least one girl with the same name in my class. Some years two there were two other Megans! As a result I was always known as “Megan S.”

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Echterspieler@reddit

Lynn for a middle name. I swear half my graduating class's girls had Lynn as a middle name

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Hillbillygeek1981@reddit

Jamie, Jessica, Jeremy and Jodie for some reason in my area. Lotta J's lol.

My first name is Jamie and my first wife's was Jessica and the four names above covered 3/4 of the Anthro class in high school where we met.

There were a ton of Ashley, Aaron, Dustin and Melanie kids too.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Mambo #5 pretty much covered this for the ladies

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hatesbiology84@reddit

Stop. I lol’d at this.

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Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit

My name is in there.

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No-Gas5342@reddit

What are the odds that I read this post just as 3 seconds of the song played on TV

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Not zero, apparently. 😂

Funny, used to DJ wedding dances 20 years ago and we used to play this.

Went to a wedding recently and a little bit of Jessica, here I am showed the fuck up.

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hatesbiology84@reddit

How come I’m not seeing Kimberly and Tiffany? Classic xennial names.

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Crowedsource@reddit

Lots of Nicoles, way too many Matts, lots of Megans as well ..soooooo many Megans. And a lot of Nathans/Nates too.

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really_robot@reddit

Jessica

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jennifer_m13@reddit

Flair checking in.

Also a lot of Michaels

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tigerlilie43@reddit

Jennifer

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koneillp@reddit

Jessica

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Flaky-Garlic7890@reddit

Joe and Justin! I know so many these days too!

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maryummy@reddit

Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Kristen Matt, Jason, Justin, Chris

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lemonsprout1@reddit

This is the list with addition of Katie and Michael

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marathonrunner79@reddit

I’m a Nicole.

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Diligent-Resist8271@reddit

I didn't know a single Nicole growing up (also 79) but named my now 14 year old Nicole. It's a great name!

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copyrighther@reddit

I went to a huge state university (35K) and during my freshman orientation in 1999, they announced that 10% of our class was named Jennifer.

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Diligent-Resist8271@reddit

That's crazy.

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Astrazigniferi@reddit

Boys: Mike, Matt, Brian, Nate, Josh, Tom

Girls: Heather, Lindsey, Britney, Stephanie, Jessica

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wozo57@reddit

In a class of 200, I was one of 3 Brians. Not only were our names spelled the same, but our last names all started with W.

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bobnifty76@reddit

Jessica

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ZeldaHylia@reddit

Jason

Bradley

Kyle

Jennifer

Amanda

Shannon

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Nancy-Drew-Who@reddit

Lauren

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TheSheDM@reddit

Maybe it was just my town, but I knew like, seven Lindsay's in my high school.

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Nanashi_Kitty@reddit

On my 8th grade softball team there were 5 Jessica/Jess/Jessies

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outofthegates@reddit

I think our generation was the last that gave William/Bill/Billy as a name in large numbers.

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PacificKestrel@reddit

So many Nicoles, Jessicas, and Jennifers in my classes as a kid! Definitely lots of Erics, Jasons, and Mikes too.

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elphaba00@reddit

My name and my spouse’s name is in that list. Yes, we were in the same class

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PacificKestrel@reddit

Ha, I am also a fellow 1978 kid, so that makes sense.

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elphaba00@reddit

And we named our son Alexander. In his small class, there were at least two other boys named Alex. There was also a Xander and a Zander

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VisibleCoat995@reddit

Jennifer. I have like four friends with variations of jen.

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Ridere_et_nutu@reddit

We had a ridiculous number of girls around my age called Kristy, Kirsty, Kelly, Jenny, Stacey, Amanda, Michelle, Megan, Nicole, Natalie, Natasha, Melissa and Rebecca.

For the boys it was Steven, Mark, Brett, Damien, Paul, David, Jason, Michael, Matt, Greg, Daniel, Adam, Andrew, Luke, Chris and Craig.

I'd only ever met 2 other people with my name until I was 20, when I met my first husband. His mother and her best friend both had the same name as me!

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TheDivine_MissN@reddit

Would Brittany be Xennial? Had a lot of those in my class.

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KnockinDaBoots@reddit

Christina, Kristina, Chrissy, Krissi, Geoffrey, Jeffrey, Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nate, Lisa, Rebecca, Heather, Courtney, Jessica, Erin, Sarah, Stephanie,

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Jimlish@reddit

Names that start with the letter J (my dad has described it as a plague)

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North_Experience7473@reddit

Kim, Jessica, Nikki, Matt, Mike, Jeff, Jason

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brilliantpants@reddit

My classrooms were always overrun by:

Jennifer, Nichole, Lindsey, Jessica, and Keisha/Lakeisha.

Michael, Sean, Paul, and Josh.

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newhappyrainbow@reddit

Far too many Mikes in this world… I think that’s multi-generational though.

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actualelainebenes@reddit

We always had at least 2 Michaels

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Boys: Jared, Matthew, Andrew, Alex, Benjamin, Colin, Kyle, Daniel, Christopher

Girls: Amanda, Emily, Emma, Jennifer, Jessica, Tiffany, Brittany, Stephanie, Tiffany, Kristen, Christina, Lauren, Laura

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MaybeSwedish@reddit

So many Christy’s

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thosefriesaremyfries@reddit

Sarah, Shawn, Shaun, Sean. For both sexes: Ashley, Shannon, Shelby

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Phoniceau@reddit

Ashley, Megan, Steph(f)anie, Brad, Bri(y)an

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fionaapplefanatic@reddit

andrea and dawn for women. steve for men

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VegetableReturn643@reddit

Brian

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Letsgogehls@reddit

Jessica.

I believe I was one of four in my grade in elementary school.

Never just went by “Jessica” always was “Jessica B”.

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Asleep_Onion@reddit

I've dated 5 different Nicoles in my life. And 2 other girls with the middle name Nicole.

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poplartwin@reddit

Ive scrolled this whole comment section twice and did not see my name once. Thanks mom and dad!!!

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xRVAx@reddit (OP)

Is your name Rumplestiltskin?!

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ucantharmagoodwoman@reddit

Stephanie, Melanie, Bethany

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wildkatrose@reddit

It's always Sarah.

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roc1@reddit

The amount of Melissa’s I went to school with is super high

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ObjectiveFlatworm645@reddit

same

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phreum@reddit

Back when myspace was a thing, I had maybe 100 friends or so on there, and the top friends, I was able to put ALL girls named Amanda... which was like either 6 or 8 people.

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phreum@reddit

My first grade class had 3 Marks (1 marc) and 3 Jeffs (1 Geoff). So those need some recognition.

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ObjectiveFlatworm645@reddit

Everyone is named Melissa or Nicole or Jessica or Jennifer or Elizabeth or Becky.

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Electronic_World_894@reddit

Yep. And Matt, Laura, Sarah.

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geekdeevah@reddit

I was Jennifer #2 out of three total.

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TheGreatHogdini@reddit

Lindsey

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cmajka8@reddit

Chris here. I remember a lot of Matts and Amys

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Life-Finding5331@reddit

Michael

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ellecamille@reddit

So many Stacies.

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PineappleZest@reddit

Megan, Tiffany, Katie, Andrea

Kevin, Jason, Brandon, Craig

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castortroys01@reddit

Twice I've been in a band with 3 or more Chris's. Not by design, just coincidence.

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Eikthyrnir13@reddit

Michael. But that name might span multiple generations.

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Middle_Function2529@reddit

83 baby named Amy. I’ve only known 4 other Amy’s in my entire life. But I can count at least two dozen Ashley’s, countless Jennifer’s and Laura/Lauren’s.

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Willing_Ant9993@reddit

I’m a Xennial Jessica and I’ve dated a dozen fellow Xennial Michaels/Mikes over the decades. We are many.

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

Heather. I went to a very small school and there were 4 of us.

There were also a lot of Bens.

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johnnloki@reddit

I opened this thread to see someone talk about all the Lindsays they knew in high-school. Didn't find that. Weird.

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towndrunkislandslut@reddit

Mike, was a big one where I grew up.

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mossytangle@reddit

How is no one saying Josh?

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cthulhu_on_my_lawn@reddit

Katie. One of my classes (not my graduating class, a single writing class of like 25 people) had 4 Katies.

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sauceymama@reddit

When I lived in the South, there were a lot of Kristen/Kirsten variations

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oronder@reddit

Michelle Megan Katy Heather Danielle Brandy

Mike Matt Justin Ian Adam Seth

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fourofkeys@reddit

i don't think it's quintessential xennial but once i did wind up in an english class with three rachael g's, and all that different spellings of rachel.

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ames6254@reddit

Lindsey, Lindsay, Lynsey

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fatstupidlazypoor@reddit

38% of boys born in 77/78 are Ryan

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Last-Presentation-11@reddit

Ashley, Ryan

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LunaSea1206@reddit

Being an Ashley, I feel like the name became more popular among millennials. I only knew one other Ashley in the xennial age range the entire time I was in school (K-12). I noticed it picked up steam in the classes some years below me. My youngest brother was born in 85 and I remember he had tons of Ashley's in his classes growing up (and he is a Ryan lol).

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Last-Presentation-11@reddit

I’m 84, my grade 8 class had 4 Ryan’s and 3 Ashley’s

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elegantlywasted1983@reddit

Ha. I know a pair of Xennial siblings close in age who are Ashley and Ryan.

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craftyiscool@reddit

Justin, Chad, Chris, Todd Kristi/christie/Christy, Amanda, Angela/Angie, Kimberly/Kim

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CantFindMyWallet@reddit

I went to school with 27 Jennifers

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Nature_Hag@reddit

Hello, fellow Husky!

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Rosemadder19@reddit

All of my friends were Laurens, Sara(h)s, Lisas, Chris and Matts.

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jones_qc@reddit

Erin/Aaron

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onion4everyoccasion@reddit

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AdQuirky1318@reddit

At one point we had 6 Erins in our sorority, by far the most of any first name (including all variations of Jennifer).

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Commercial-Tea-4816@reddit

It's funny, I've always loved the name Aaron... and hated the name Erin. Even i dont understand it.

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KittyWrongTime@reddit

We had three Aarons and an Erin in my tiny class of ~40

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jones_qc@reddit

There are so many in my age bracket it’s crazy.

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UpperPossible9694@reddit

I went to school with at least 5 other Katies, so I changed mine to Katy to try to be different 😆

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j_g_g22@reddit

Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny and Brian

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witchbitch_55@reddit

There were so many Heathers!

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yourlilneedle@reddit

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to many fucking Kristin, Kristen, kristyn, Christine, Kristina, Christina, crystals for my liking..the fuckin 80s, man.

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Feisty-Extension-20@reddit

I went to school with 27 Jennifers

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DirtyBirdDawg@reddit

So. Many. Amandas.

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Budget_Assistant1425@reddit

1983- Jessica, Julie, Angela, Matt, Chris

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pinkmooncat@reddit

Definitely Jennifer, Stephanie, Jessica, Nicole, Lisa. There were lots of these names in my classes.

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GregTheHammerFL@reddit

Katie

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HortonSquare@reddit

John

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

Jennifer, Erin, Laura

Kyle, Matt, Joel

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besufern@reddit

Matt, Sarah, Emily, Meredith, Jessica, Alan

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mindpivot@reddit

So many Emily’s

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dontletyourcrownslip@reddit

We had 3 Emilys in our grade just in elementary school

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mindpivot@reddit

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leeloocal@reddit

Emily I think was a “younger” name. I never knew ANY Emilys until the 90s.

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mindpivot@reddit

Outliers exist

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

So many and I'm one of them.

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ebzees@reddit

Present

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besufern@reddit

I know at least a dozen born between 1976 and 1984.

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PengwinPears@reddit

I've known at least 3 Emilys at a time at any given point in my life.

I currently work with 5.

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ValaniceOfDaventry@reddit

Kate and Emma (‘81, Australia)

I was a rare one who could never get a souvenir… Tiffany. (Naeds after the lamps, not the diamonds)

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ValaniceOfDaventry@reddit

Was at an all girls school, but the brother school had many a David and James,.

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Wisconsimmy@reddit

Definitely. Matt, Josh, Andy for boys. Jessica, Angie, Sarah for girls. My class had a lot of these.

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JaseDroid@reddit

I'm Jason

Just like 2 other Xennials I work with

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Aescwicca@reddit

There were 8 Jennifers/Jens on my floor freshman year of college.

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Th0mX@reddit

In the UK at least, nearly every Xennial/millennial woman has the middle name Louise.

I tested this at work and the two nearest women turned around and said "yep!".

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Opposite_Floor7735@reddit

Andrea, Karen, Mike, Justin

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Milehighboots@reddit

I’m and Amy (‘82) and my sister is a Kelly(‘85), bonus that 2 of my childhood best friends were Lisa(‘82) and Nikki (‘84)😆

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psychedellen@reddit

Wr had lots of Jennifer, Lindsey (all with different spellings), Matt, Shawn, and Brad.

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henryhungryhenry@reddit

Kylie, Belinda, Anita. Darren, Luke, Tim. Because Australia.

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fangirlengineer@reddit

I knew it was Australia before I registered your last line. I forgot the Lukes in my list!

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henryhungryhenry@reddit

Happy Cake Day!! 🍰

I’m thinking Kylie was the giveaway? The blokes would have obviously been nicknamed Dazza, Lucky and Timbo - as is tradition.

We also had a lot of Marks, which I completely forgot about, because they were only ever referred to as “Skid”.

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EnvironmentalAge9202@reddit

Gotta add Andy to the list.

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Hour-Elevator-5962@reddit

Jessica, Amanda Nicole

Travis Chris and Tyler

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This_hoe_dumb@reddit

Me and another girl in my middle school class were both named Lindsay M. It was very confusing for all parties involved. I saw a lot of Robert’s, too.

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Grand-Try-3772@reddit

Jessica and Amanda

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bethany_notstephanie@reddit

I would add in Lindsay and Nicole

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legojoe97@reddit

I've known four Joshuas (Joshui?) and all have David for a middle name.

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ashabash1985@reddit

Ashleys.. 🙋🏼‍♀️

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fangirlengineer@reddit

In my city you'd need to add Jodie and Andrew to that list.

So. Many. Andrews.

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dorky2@reddit

My name is Jill. I have a sister named Jessica. I worked with two women named Jessica and Jennifer. Jessica had sisters named Emily and Jill, Jennifer had sisters named Jessica and Emily. All of us Xennials.

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goddessofwitches@reddit

It's me....jeeeesssiicaaaa

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janseny7@reddit

Let’s break this down further by tax brackets. You will see trends

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Fuckspez42@reddit

I had one class in high school where, of the ~20 students in the class, there were 5 Jennifers and 6 Jasons.

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aenflex@reddit

Sherri. Jocelyn. Beth. Lisa. Matt. Rebecca. Justin. Scott. Danny. Sarah. Kristi/Krissy. Jimmy.

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Blackbird136@reddit

Adding Amanda and Jessica for girls, Josh and Chad for boys.

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No_repeating_ever@reddit

Jessica…. And David. I had 4 Davids in my graduating class of 24 (small parochial school)

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korbendallas13@reddit

I went to school with 27 Jennifers…

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Brent_L@reddit

Look at my username

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smikkelhut@reddit

Everyone I know, knows at least 10 people named Mark or Marc.

Vincent as well

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jdl5681@reddit

There were quite a few Lindsey’s or Lindsay’s

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demonspawn9@reddit

Michael, Jennifer, Kimberly, Michelle, David.

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monsterdaddy4@reddit

I knew, what seemed to be, a LOT of Crystals, growing up

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nonexistentnight@reddit

Here's the top 5 US baby names each year from 1977-1983 as compiled by the SSA.

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Vintagemuse@reddit

It's funny, I'm a Jessica but it's pretty rare I meet another. I was the only one in my grade school class too. Born 82

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reverepewter@reddit

Lauren, Laura, Lara

Kristy , Christine, Christina

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Jonesy1138@reddit

The unpopular answer is Jeremy.

We peaked from 77-81 and then disappeared off the map. If you know a Jeremy, he is a Xennial.

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Vintagemuse@reddit

Class of 2000 we had at least one Jeremy

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findtheclue@reddit

Steve? No way. But Matt and Amanda/Mandy for sure. Also Sarah/Sara.

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Vintagemuse@reddit

I was born in 82. I'm Jessica. I was the only Jessica in my grade in my 1st-8th grade school. We had 3 Amanda's that I can recall atm and one Mandy. We had 3 Amy's but one spelled it Amie . We had two Shannon's. 1 Kristin and 1 Kristina. 1 Christy. I think Amy and Amanda were the most popular names in my grade. For boys we had two adam's. I can't recall other duplicate boy names off the top of my head.

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RODREEZUS@reddit

I’m an elder millennial named Chris

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Late-External3249@reddit

We just called every Chris by their last name. Way too many of you .

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GMane2G@reddit

Same but I think we’re outside of this conversation. Just not that dated, are we?

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CantaloupeAsleep502@reddit

My nickname is Cdub. I tell people there were too many of us so we all ended up with a nickname

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MetricJester@reddit

I chose Metric Jester for my nickname

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Chrisman614@reddit

Checking in!

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RODREEZUS@reddit

Great user name man

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Chrisman614@reddit

Thanks! It started as a nickname years ago. Now it’s in every account I have in some form.

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expos1994@reddit

Fellow Chris here. Born in 1980.

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rawonionbreath@reddit

My brother in arms.

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RODREEZUS@reddit

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CharlesGarfield@reddit

Me too! Most popular boy name in the US for my birth year.

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Cool_Dark_Place@reddit

Do you have a younger brother named Hunter or Dylan?

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Just_Another_AI@reddit

Same. So many of us

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PhiloLibrarian@reddit

Jessica, Danielle, Nicole, Kate, Karen, Lisa, Tiffany, Brittany, …

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reds3reds@reddit

Jessica, Ashley, I went to school with a lot of Jason's and Scott's but I don't think they are Xennial specific

There's an adorable song by Mike Doughty on the topic, "27 Jennifers"

https://youtu.be/1nN_5kkYR6k?si=5PuvrRl2SIWWUXJi

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MoonGrog@reddit

To many David’s

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Dickrubin14094@reddit

Jennifer, Jessica, Kelly, Matt, Steve, Andy.

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Perfect-Factor-2928@reddit

Andrea, Elizabeth/Liz/Beth/Betsy, Leigh Ann, Katherine/Catherine, Courtney, Ashley, Emily, Daniel/Danielle, Adrian/Adrienne, Kristen (for more Xers) and Kirsten (more millennials), Lauren/Laura, Brittany (many spellings), Brook/Brooke, Steve/Stephanie, Sara/Sarah, Luke/Lucas, Brian, Aaron/Erin…we all had the same names, but I guess that’s better than a tragedeigh! That’s such a fun sub!

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rohan_rat@reddit

I think there were 5 girls named Ashley in my 5th grade class. 2 of them looked nearly identical. I had a hard time.

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rollem@reddit

A lot of good info here: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1980s.html

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qpid@reddit

Jessica also for girls, I know I think like 8 in my town of \~25000

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Petraaki@reddit

Katie, Sarah, Becky/Rebecca, Josh (I had 4 in one 25 person class), Matt

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207Menace@reddit

Megan, 6 different ways to Sunday.

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Nicotheintern1@reddit

My childhood besties are Amanda (Mandy) and Jen. It wasn't til adulthood I realised I know an INORDINATE amount of Amys. Tho, Mandy's older sister was also an Amie.

I'm Marisa but all the 2S Marissa's I've met who are contemporaries kinda fucking suck.

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LatinBotPointTwo@reddit

I was one of four Chrises in my class, but I was the only girl with that name.

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CD274@reddit

Heather is #1 girls name hands down

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UbuntuElphie@reddit

Sean/Shaun/Shawn. I once met up with a group of mates (like 6 or 7 of us) and I was the only one not named some variant of Sean.

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Dees_A_Bird_@reddit

In my elementary school we had multiple Jessica’s and Michael’s

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Vancouverreader80@reddit

There was another Melissa in my grade 4 class

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dream-grey_gaze@reddit

Amy. Dean. Simon.

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Suspicious_Round2583@reddit

Males: Chris, Ben, Dave, Steven

Females: Jessica, Emma, Sarah, Amy

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AnonUser3216@reddit

Heather

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Enge712@reddit

Jeremy spoke in claaaasssuuuh todaaaaayyy.

There were 60 kids in my grade and three Jeremy’s

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bloodpriestt@reddit

Every Jeremy I’ve ever met was born between 72-82

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Either_Debate_4953@reddit

I was one of 5 Rebeccas (Beck/Bec/Becky/Becca) in my class. 1982 Australia babies.

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Insomniac_80@reddit

Jennifer, Allison, Laura, and Lauren always had to be known by their last initial!

Same for Matthew, Daniel, Michael, and David!

And their mothers were all Debbie, Linda, Susan, Lynn and Nancy!

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scottrobmartin@reddit

Born in ‘81, also named Scott, I feel seen

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NukeTheEwoks@reddit

You don't see a lot of other Scotts older or younger than us

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Available-Maize5837@reddit

That would've been my name if I was a boy.

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Love_for_2@reddit

Matthew, John, Sean, Jennifer, Kelly, Kristin, Jessica.

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Hippadoppaloppa@reddit

In the UK:

Sarah

Laura

Rebecca

Katie

Michael

Mark

David

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Aggressive-Zone6699@reddit

Rachel. There were five girls called Rachel out of a total of 30 people in my year 10 English class.

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Imaginary-Mix-5726@reddit

Don't forget Melissa.

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MegaMissy@reddit

Yup! Im Melissa and nickname is missy

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P5ammead@reddit

UK here - we had four Jameses in my secondary school class of thirty (admittedly a boys school). Thomas and Jonathan also very popular, for girls Claire, Elizabeth and Sarah were top I’d say.

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sunkistandsudafed3@reddit

I'm one of the girls names on your list!

I went to school with what felt like a hundred girls named Laura.

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QuietNene@reddit

Boys top five: • Michael • Christopher • Jason • David • James

Girls top five: • Jennifer • Amanda • Jessica • Melissa • Sarah

They have records of these things.

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wtfftw1042@reddit

Sarah, Rebecca, versions of Katherine.

John, Tom.

(UK)

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Salt-Contact-3414@reddit

Ex boyfriends: 5/6 of OP's list plus Matt, Dave, Tim and Dan

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atomicgirl78@reddit

I had three Emily’s 1st-5th grades.

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VladMpaler@reddit

Well you got me and my wife in there so I guess it’s accurate!

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Unable_Apartment_613@reddit

Dustin wasn't wildly popular but I feel like there are none outside of our generation.

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Idislikethis_@reddit

I don't think Elizabeth is really Xennial but there were 4 in my year in high school and they all went by different nicknames. Beth, Betsy, Liz and Elizabeth.

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fubo@reddit

Michaels and Jennifers. One class had Jen, Jenny, and Jennifer.

3.7% of all boys born in the US in 1980 were named Michael.

And 3.3% of all girls born in the US in 1980 were named Jennifer.

No name has been that popular since then.

On the other hand, I was once in a class with two Howards, which was not a particularly common name for our generation. Same for Cameron, which became much more popular in the 1990s.

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neogrinch@reddit

Tiffany and crystal, Jennifer

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Classic_Ad545@reddit

Lol, my name is Tiffany Crystal

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Normal_Profession_13@reddit

Jamie. It’s a very late 70s/early 80s name

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OutcomeLegitimate618@reddit

No one here went to school with 4 people named Devon? That's just me I guess, and one was a girl.

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Daphne-odora@reddit

We had a few Devins (boys). I have since known several female Devons of similar age.

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MissMomomi@reddit

Two Devins and a Devon lol.

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Glass-Marionberry321@reddit

"Is Devon here?"

https://youtu.be/_X6Xo8scLf0?si=veGstvp7Lwx6pAmO

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_Valeria_@reddit

I'm a Laura and I always several in my grade.

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Express-Cow190@reddit

Kristy and all its various spellings.

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Daphne-odora@reddit

We had 3 Christy / Kristys in my elementary class

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FUCancer_2008@reddit

David, had so many in school they were all called by last name, the one with a hard to pronounce last name got called David.

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Daphne-odora@reddit

I had 3 different consecutive David/Dave boyfriends in my teens/early 20s 😬 luckily I did not marry any of them haha

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

They all had their own hands but they came from different moms

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aubreypizza@reddit

I knew multiple Steve’s 😆 and my name is on your list 😆

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Dazzling_Oil6460@reddit

I can’t seem to see anyone who mentioned Andy/Andrew or all the Laura/Lauren/Lori girls I went to school with

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Puzzleheaded_Ant6653@reddit

Jason

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Puzzleheaded_Ant6653@reddit

Crystal. Chris

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Robosl0b@reddit

Sara(h), Lori [or Laura], and Rob.

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Valadrea@reddit

The end of having Louise for a middle name!

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Susan_Bee_Anthony@reddit

Just her to say I really never met a Jessica I enjoyed and I have met many. Jessica and Josh should be eliminated from naming.

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chicahhh@reddit

There were often at least two in a class back then: Jennifer, Amanda, Amy, Lisa, Stephanie, Jessica, Alicia, David, Mike, Chad, Derek, Chris, Adam, Mark, Jason

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al_rey503@reddit

Josh and Jessica

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ronnieberries@reddit

Erin, Jessica, Bryan/Brian

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Mondoweft@reddit

In my friends, there are 7 guys. 5 of them are called Michael.

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mom2rka@reddit

My nightmare class was Sean, Shawn Shaun

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neogrinch@reddit

Came from a small school and we had all the variants too

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Decent-Ad-5110@reddit

In my classes there were more than one: Kate, Lisa, Sarah, Ben, Stephen

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Vault_92@reddit

Dave and Dan.

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PassiveHurricane@reddit

Jennifer. So many Jenny's in school. Daniel and Nathan for boys. Those names were extremely popular.

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Kindly-Emotion-5083@reddit

Ross. Seems to have always been a rare one.

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sal101010@reddit

I'm a 1978 Sarah - I spent my childhood despairing of ever getting souvenirs with my name on. I still check the racks to make sure I'm actually in stock at last!

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Imagination79@reddit

Ashley, Jessica, Matt. The last of the Michael’s too.

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AdComprehensive7939@reddit

Not sure what year you are but Matt, Nick, David, Mike, Eric, Jason and Nate. For girls, def Nikki, Jennifer, Jamie, Sarah Jessica, Amanda and Emily.

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Verbull710@reddit

Michael, Christopher, James, David

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episcoqueer37@reddit

Michelle. Mickey, Shelley, the occasional Chelle. But they all started as Michelle. And Rachel, especially with the -ael spelling.

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LiteratureVarious643@reddit

It was the Beatles song.

Coincidentally, a cousin is named Rachel Michelle.

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episcoqueer37@reddit

Thanks so much for the earworm.

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AdComprehensive7939@reddit

Matt, Nick, and David in addition to your guy names. Girl names are spot on but I'd add Jamie, Sarah and Emily for late xennials. That said, my '77 BFF is also a Sarah.

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GMane2G@reddit

Dustin. Btw always bullies or troublemakers, that name.

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PiratePilot@reddit

Can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a couple Stephanies in my peers

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fragileflowr@reddit

Nick I have so many Nicks in my phone that I’ve given them all nicknames

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moooghan703@reddit

Meghan, Megan, Meggan, Meaghan, etc…

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perfumefetish@reddit

Jessica, Kelly, Stephanie, Jennifer

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Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit

Jennifer, Heather, Melissa, Erin, Amy

Michael, Matthew, Bradley, Christopher, Ryan, Adam

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schoolisuncool@reddit

Lisa Jennifer Steve Mike

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bendybiznatch@reddit

I have one of these names and suddenly last week I realized…it’s an old lady name. I never see a little kid with that name.

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Justkeeptalking1985@reddit

Justin

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Glitter_Sparkle@reddit

Michael, Scott, Christopher, Lauren, Katie, Sarah/Sara, Jessica, Amy, Jonathan, Justin, Katie, Kelly.

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heyitscory@reddit

First name? Iunno.

Middle name...

I don't know if there's more Lynns or Maries, but that was everyone's middle name and nobody's first name.

What the heck was up with that?

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ParsnipDecent6530@reddit

Jessica. Waaaaaaaay too many Jessica's have hurt me

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Nofunsciatica@reddit

Chris and Jennifer, Stephanie, Scott, Jeff

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wrenb77@reddit

Finally someone mentions Jeff! My college roommate (1 of 4 Elizabeths) was in a small class with 5 Jeff/Geoffs.

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UDontWinFrendsWSalad@reddit

I was looking for Jeff on this list! We had so many Jeff’s at summer camp.

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carcer_a@reddit

Amanda

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Meander86@reddit

39 y/o Matt here… thankfully it’s less common of a kids name these days. I was one of three Matts in my grammar school grade.. the other day I met another Matt around my age and he said “Let me guess you drive a Toyota Tacoma too”… yup. Were we created in a lab or something? My mom said my name was supposed to be Shane, but was changed to Matthew at the last minute. Often wonder what my life would’ve been like as a Shane.

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Motherboy_TheBand@reddit

I know six Rachels

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Otherwise_Stand1178@reddit

My first and middle name are two of the names listed (male)

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osddelerious@reddit

Andrea?

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Forever_Forgotten@reddit

Kevin, Bryan, Jeremy, Nicole, Danielle.

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meldondaishan@reddit

Oh the Dave’s I know…

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Odd-Amount-5127@reddit

Lauren, Jessica, Nicole, Emily, Katie, Kristen Michael/Mike, Brian, Jeff, Josh

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Illustrious-Lead-960@reddit

At my high school we had nine different Ashleys.

It wasn’t even that big a school!

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7empestSpiralout@reddit

Ryan checking in lol

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ac578@reddit

Stephanie, Samantha, Anna/Anne, Lisa, Erica James, John, Jason, Kevin, Chris

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pdx_via_dtw@reddit

Lisa

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MetricJester@reddit

I went to school with a bot named Ashley.

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be_loved_freak@reddit

Kelly for girls, too!

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gypsyjacks453@reddit

Megan, Amber, Jennifer, Amanda; Matt, Mike, Jason, Justin

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yeahokayuhhuhsure@reddit

So many Mikes...

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Meisterlex@reddit

So many Josh’s

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stangAce20@reddit

Bryce, brayden….. stuff like that. It sounds like a surfer/skater name.

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forgethim4@reddit

Rachel, Jennifer, Heather, Julia, Cindy, Stacie( and all its whack spellings), Andrew, Aaron, Michael.

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dogtor_howl@reddit

Crystal, Becky, Jessica, David, Brad

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Abby, Aaron, Alex, Andrew, Ben, Chris, Casey, Chelsea, Danny, David, Doug, Erin, Elizabeth, Lee, Leigh, Jennifer, Jessica, John, Mike, Nick, Robert, Scott, Trey, Tiffany.

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Kind-Feeling2490@reddit

Jesus you just named about 75% of my family!

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

I forgot Kevin.

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Barracuda_Recent@reddit

Chad and Allison.

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Sparkle8022@reddit

Michelle... there were so many in my school, I had like 3 friends named Michelle at the same time.

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yeuzinips@reddit

My name never shows up on these lists because there are so few of my name. I only ever met 1 other person with my first name in k-12. It was weird and I finally understood how all the makes katies and Matts felt.

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Resistiane@reddit

Michael and Christopher. I know so.many Miles and Chris's!

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smm----@reddit

Stephanie. I had 3 in my class of 36.

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DustedGorilla82@reddit

Uh Michael??? Top boy name of the v80s

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ancilla1998@reddit

Heather!

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ChiefsChica@reddit

Cory.

When was the last time you met a Cory?

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pimento_mori@reddit

Jessica and Chris

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Myotherdumbname@reddit

Not saying mine but the only people who have my name or old white guys or young black guys. So not mine anyway

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LissyLTA@reddit

Hi Jerome!!

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Avena626@reddit

I was the only Vanessa (class of 2001), but there were three Vanessa's in the class behind mine (class of 2002).

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ConsciousChicken1249@reddit

40 and at least 5 Matts in my class. Lot of Lindsay, Jen, Jenna, Lauren, Laura, and Katie

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projectkennedymonkey@reddit

Ben, at one point I knew 4, now I'm down to 0. Most of them were jerks.

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jakejakesnake@reddit

Mark, Daniel

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jasonmoyer@reddit

My graduating class in 1995 had around 150 people in it and I think there were 5 Jasons. Guess boomers really liked that movie. The Argonauts one, not the other one which wouldn't have been out yet.

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Ocron145@reddit

My name is Jheff!

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MMB1000@reddit

Tiffany, Megan/Meghan, Michelle, Tamara, Keisha, Nicole, Christina, Janelle << those were VERY COMMON in my age bracket where I grew up.

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Cid_Darkwing@reddit

Jeremy peaked in popularity in 1977

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somuchbotox@reddit

Three Amys in my kindergarten class, including me. By 4/5 the Aimees joined.

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rabidturbofox@reddit

In my HS government class, there were 5 Amy/Aimees, a Jamie, and a Maime (pronounced Maim-ey, an early tragedieh.) Trying to call on raised hands was total chaos.

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somuchbotox@reddit

And I just remembered the Jamie/Jaimes… c’mon parents — get an original idea! 😂

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somuchbotox@reddit

Did they do last initials? The other Amys got last initials, I (somehow?) got middle initialed, and the Aimees got last named. I was and still am irritated at the lack of consistency.

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FreeElleGee@reddit

I have one of those names. There were 6 of us in my first grade classroom. Just the room of 20 or so. I have no idea the grade.

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twilightswimmer@reddit

Jessica, Stephanie, Courtney…

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twilightswimmer@reddit

Oh and Justin for the guys.

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PlaneAd8667@reddit

Mike

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CannedDuck1906@reddit

Ashley Marie amd Ashley Nicole.

A good number of Xennial women have one of those 2 middle names.

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TheMysteriousSalami@reddit

Josh

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MolassesDifficult645@reddit

Names starting with J

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No-Cell-3459@reddit

For girls: Amanda, Brandy, Jennifer, Ashley (Ashlee/Ashleigh).

For boys: Josh, Jason, Derek, David Matt and Michael.

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GlittrBeach@reddit

Some variation of Michael or Mike. I have so many "Mikes" in my life that my boyfriend knows just to wait for context when I'm venting at this point. Is it my ex, my brother, my coworker...? 😂

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mcd2900@reddit

Amanda, Ashley, Kelsey, Katie Stephen, Kyle, Robert/Bobby/Bob, David

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Loud-Feeling2410@reddit

Lots of Jennifer's, Michelle's, Stephanie's, and Tamika's. Lots of Jason's, Eric's, Dave's.

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Kind-Feeling2490@reddit

I know at least 6 people named Chris, 3 Matts and about a dozen Michaels. I don’t know how many Dougs and Robert’s but it’s a lot.

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CanLate152@reddit

Australia

Girls: Katie, Jessica, Michelle, Amy. Rebecca, Lisa

Boys: Matt, Nick, Chris, Josh

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MateoScolas@reddit

Mike Matt Mark. Always more than one of at least one of those in each classroom

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Late_Being_7730@reddit

Katie and Emily

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GenericDave65@reddit

There were so many Sarah’s and Megan’s growing up

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Ersh777@reddit

Seemed like 80% of girls in my high school were names Melissa, Jennifer, Jessica, or Stephanie.

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OceanWaveSunset@reddit

In my year, in my state, Alex was the most common name for boys. There are three of us in our group of 5.

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Eureka05@reddit

Micheal, Michelle, Jennifer, Amy, Chris

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Soggy_Porpoise@reddit

Jennifer was a top 10 name for like 3 generations. Not really. Xennial thing.

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ladyeclectic79@reddit

Jennifer, Sarah, Gina, Megan, Beth, Jordan, Jason, Matt, Nathan, etc.

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Optimusprima@reddit

As someone who never had fewer than 3 other people with my name in every fixing class: Sarah

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senbenitoo@reddit

Megan

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amafalet@reddit

There were 4 David’s in my first grade class

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Tyler_Durdens_Sister@reddit

Dustin and Justin

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drrevevans@reddit

Surprised I had to come this far down to find Dustin. I met a guy named Dustin and I asked if he was born in 82 and was 1 year off.

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gabbobbag@reddit

So many Brian/Bryan in my life.

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FinallyKat@reddit

We had a bunch of Nicks, Stephanies, and Danielles

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Western-Corner-431@reddit

Too Many Dave’s

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geohempseed@reddit

In our town it was Lindsay or Lindsey

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apocalypsechicken@reddit

Grew up with like 8 Travis’s

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problyurdad_@reddit

Travis. Justin. Chad. Kevin. Nick.

Shannon. Heather. Kelly. Ashley. Stephanie.

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Ill-Description8517@reddit

Laura/Laurel/Lauren

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TheyCallMeSuperChunk@reddit

In South America (maybe just Colombia?) = Andres

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PeladoCollado@reddit

I’m pretty sure Michael and Jennifer is the single most common combination of names for couples my age.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I am one of those boy names and had a crush on every one of the girl names, so yeah. Xennial AF

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daddyneedsaciggy@reddit

My class had 3 Adams, 3 or 4 Scotts, a bunch of Mikes, 3 Chris's, and some Jeremy's. I was the only Bill hahaha

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lrdwlmr@reddit

Jennifer and Jason.

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Prossdog@reddit

Xennial Ryan checking in 🤘

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Havah_Lynah@reddit

Allison/Alison/Alyson, Jessica, Danielle, Lauren.

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refrained@reddit

All of the "Jo" middle names!

And lots of Amandas in my experience!

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sak3rt3ti@reddit

Trey

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Croused@reddit

Darrell.

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flittingly1@reddit

& Daryn. Always got those confused. And Cody and Corey

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OutcomeLegitimate618@reddit

I'm Darrell and this is my brother Darrell...

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kg51113@reddit

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OutcomeLegitimate618@reddit

Damnit got the quote wrong!

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kg51113@reddit

It was close enough to jog my memory to look for the picture

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_buffy_summers@reddit

Amber.

A few years ago, my daughter finally caught on that all of the stories about "Amber" I told her were actually about five or six different women. In my daughter's words: "This lady has been through A LOT."

That lack of a surname in my stories came back to bite me the other day, when one of my sisters said in a group chat that she had seen Amber recently. I had to ask which one she was referring to. I know at least half a dozen, but my sisters also each know half a dozen different women named Amber.

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AmbitiousBread@reddit

Emily

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Poison_Ivy_Rorschach@reddit

Ryan/Brian and an ocean of Chris’. Tim, Sean/Shawn, and Brad. Jennifer in every possible form, Sara with or without the H. Lots of Christy, Kristy, Christa, Krista, Kristin, Christin nonsense. One school I went to had a ton of girls named Brooke. Someone named Ashley or Amanda was in every class in high school.

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CerebralAssassin88@reddit

Carrie/Keri, Amanda, Amber, Brandy/Brandi, Stephanie, Courtney, Crystal

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telos2020@reddit

Where did all the Kyles go? I knew so many as a kid.

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Accurate_Use_2432@reddit

Heather

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BiscuitsWithGroovy@reddit

Lindsey/Lindsay

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dorkus1244@reddit

My graduating class (2001) had four Matts, three Mikes, three Jens, and three Christina/Kristinas

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Flaky-Garlic7890@reddit

Jessica! So many!

Also Sara(h), Jennifer, Christopher, John

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Dazzling-Pace-7134@reddit

Girls: Tiffany, Heather, Deanna, Cassie, Cory, Jessica, Kendra, Brenda, Sarah, Shawna, Dana and Tonya. Boys: Matt, Brad, Chad, Sean, Luke, Todd, Brady, Travis, Brian, Mark, Justin, and Anthony.

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thewilldog@reddit

Johns & Jennifers for days

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the_kid1234@reddit

Jason is the Xennial boy’s name. Every year and in every friend group to this day they are all known by last name.

For girls it has to be Jessica and Jennifer.

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jasonuhlaw@reddit

I concur!

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

Yes I knew so many Jasons and married one lol

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upnytonc@reddit

I knew so many boys named Shawn growing up. Some were Shawn. Others were Sean. One was was Shaun.

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GreedyComedian1377@reddit

Jeremy here! I feel like we are a slept on name

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Melodic_Expression90@reddit

Lindsay/Lindsey

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NoneOfThisMatters_XO@reddit

Katie, Jenny, Sarah, Amanda, Lisa… that right there was half my grade school.

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AKEsquire@reddit

Melissa, Jessica, Jennifer and a variation on Christine/Kristen.

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FunkyChewbacca@reddit

Melissa. Lots of Melissas out there

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Classic_Breadfruit18@reddit

My roommate in college was Katie dating Josh, then I moved to a new city and the first great friend I made was also a Katie with a husband Josh.

Bryan/ Brians were also thick in my life.

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Strange_Airships@reddit

Michelle, Natalie, Brian, Kyle

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Drslappybags@reddit

Ashley.

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OrangeAugust@reddit

I knew multiple Brians

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cjbr3eze@reddit

A lot of these names persisted until the late 80s too

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TransportationOk657@reddit

Adding onto your list

Girls: Rachel, Katie, Jessica, Nicole

Boys: Michael, Josh, Andy/Andrew, Nick

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sed2017@reddit

Sarah

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harlembornnbred@reddit

Definitely Jennifer. I lost track of how many I know and pretty much all born between 77 and 84

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BayouLuLu@reddit

Girls: Megan, Ashley, Jessica, Jennifer, Nikki, Chelsea, Christy (and other spellings), Danielle, Emily, Brittany

Boys: Matthew/Matt, Josh, Adam, Jason, Justin, Jeremy, Brandon, Michael, Trey, Derek, Corey, Ben

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SadAcanthocephala521@reddit

Chris for sure.

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beelze_BUBBLES@reddit

Lindsey

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lagomorphed@reddit

Jessica. I have existed in a pack of Jessicas from kindergarten to present.

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Putrid_Appearance509@reddit

Wedding planner here, from 2010- 2015 I had a "Sara(h) & Ryan" couple every year, with the exception of 2014, when I had two!

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bloomdecay@reddit

Amanda and Jessica.

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putitontheunderhills@reddit

I had several Barry's and Vanessa's in my graduating class ('98)

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Eredic@reddit

I was once in a class with 5 Erics.

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Sad-Structure2364@reddit

Matt, Kyle, Kristen, Jennifer, Jason, Amanda

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LaFlamaBlancakfp@reddit

Justin.

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TheBr0fessor@reddit

ERICGANGSTANDTHEFUCKUP

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

Maybe this was a Southern thing but we had soooo many Brookes.

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wheresmolasses@reddit

Heather was huge where I grew up.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

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HoyAIAG@reddit

Mike

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TheTipsyWizard@reddit

Megan/Meghan, Jennifer, Brad, Mike sooo many lol

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write_rite_right@reddit

Heather, Jennifer

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Alternative_Art_9502@reddit

Ashley and Melissa. So many Ashley’s in my graduating class.

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TheThrivingest@reddit

Every other girl in my grade were either Ashley, Erin, or Jennifer

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adawnb@reddit

Josh. In 4th grade there were 4 in my class.

I took a poll and made everyone vote for their favorite, made a sign, announced the winner.. I still feel bad about that, what a shitty thing to do, can’t imagine how much it sucked for the last place Josh….

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