My mom is 60. She grew up in a really small town (her graduating class was 75 kids), and in her fifth grade class there were three girls named [name_f]Mary[/name_f]…in fact, all of the girls named [name_f]Mary[/name_f] that year were in the one class out of three 5th grade rooms. She said they had to go by [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-middle name or [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-last initial.
In my kindergarten class we had two boys with almost the same first name ([name_u]Tyler[/name_u] and [name_u]Kyler[/name_u]), so the teacher called them first-and-last name. Pretty soon, they wouldn’t even answer you if you just called them by their first names!
I’ve been in classes with multiple girls named [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f], and [name_u]Jordan[/name_u], and boys named [name_m]Ben[/name_m], [name_u]Jordan[/name_u], and [name_u]Jaden[/name_u].
Ooh, I forgot about [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_m]Gavin[/name_m], [name_u]Julian[/name_u] (one spelled it [name_m]Julien[/name_m])… did I mention [name_f]Violet[/name_f] in my first post?
I’m a 2020 grad. In my music class alone, there were 4 Alisons, 2 Elizabeths, 2 Chloes, and 3 Logans–2 boys and a girl. Additionally, there were multiple variations on the [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] / [name_u]Kyler[/name_u] / [name_u]Skyler[/name_u] spectrum, which made roll call really complicated.
Alex - both genders
[name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f]/Katherine/Kathryn - any name that could go by [name_f]Kate[/name_f] or [name_f]Katie[/name_f]
[name_f]Megan[/name_f] - every spelling and every girl called [name_f]Megan[/name_f] got offended if you spelled their name the wrong way
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u] - sooooo many [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]’s
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]/Hana
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]/Sarah
[name_f]Lauren[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]/Nikki
As a middle school teacher now:
Jackson/Jack
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] - although all of mine went by widely different nicknames or a middle name so that helped
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_u]Skyler[/name_u]/Skylar - girls
[name_f]Kylie[/name_f]/Kylee/Kaylee/Kayleigh
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Brayden[/name_u]/Jayden/Hayden/Aiden - more confusing then students that actually have the same names
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]/Harlee/Haley - in one class which was a trip
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], and [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] are the big ones; we just started calling kids by their last names in high school because there were so many repeats in our class.
Also: I had at least two of these in a class [name_u]Jackson[/name_u]/Jack, [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] (g), [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_f]Ana[/name_f]/Anna, [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_u]Aidan[/name_u], [name_m]Cayden[/name_m]/Kaden, [name_u]Peyton[/name_u] (b&g), [name_f]Rachel[/name_f], [name_m]Jonathon[/name_m], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_m]Jake[/name_m], and [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] (or some variation). (Keep in mind I went to a small school my whole life)
I’m in Australia. [name_f]My[/name_f] kids are in primary school and kindy. We’ve currently got three Amelias in my daughter’s class, and in my son’s class there are two Jacks. Last year there were three Evies in my daughter’s class.
Every class seems to have a [name_m]Will[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Tom[/name_m], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/Isabella, [name_f]Ella[/name_f]…
All lovely names. It does get confusing when your child says “[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] invites me for a play date” and you have to try and work out which parent to contact!
I graduated a few months ago, so 2020. Most of these classes are in the US from 2010 to 2020.
Brianna (two spelt this way with one [name_f]Bryanna[/name_f])
[name_u]Madison[/name_u] (yet again two spelt like this with one [name_f]Madisyn[/name_f])
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] (also again two spelt like this and one [name_f]Jenifer[/name_f])
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
Justin
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] (four spelt like this and one [name_m]Micheal[/name_m])
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m] (myself and one who spelt it [name_m]Erick[/name_m])
The basketball team at our school included an [name_u]Aiden[/name_u], a [name_m]Kaden[/name_m], a [name_u]Jaden[/name_u] and a [name_u]Hayden[/name_u].
Greg
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_u]Jordan[/name_u] (though that was used for several boys and one girl)
[name_u]Julie[/name_u] (technically [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_u]Julianne[/name_u] and [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] but all three went by [name_u]Julie[/name_u])
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] (suprised me because I had never met one until college and then there were 3)
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Megan[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
I’m sure there were more but I can’t think of them
We had multiple girls named [name_f]Sara[/name_f] at one point too so many they decided to choose different names. took me two years to find out that [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]’s real name was [name_f]Sara[/name_f]
Most common names at my school in [name_f]England[/name_f]:
Girls: [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_f]Georgia[/name_f], [name_f]Katie[/name_f]/Katy
Boys: [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
Most common names in my schools in Australia:
Girls: [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
Boys: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]