I’m a sucker for a girls name from the 70s/80s, and would love to here some of your favourites!
Mine are;
Stephanie
Kelly
Courtney
Amber
April
Amy/Aimee
Melissa
Christie
Kristina
Julie
Michelle
Kimberly
Desiree
Bethany
Brittany
What names from the 70s and 80s do you love?
ETA: If anyone’s unsure of what names did peak back then, check these links out for US results:
and these for the UK;
I like Amy and Julie, too!
Laura
Rebecca
Christina
Monica
Teresa
Veronica
Renee
Valerie
Diana
Megan
Alicia
From your list I love Kelly (my fiance’s mom’s name; she passed in 2013).
I also like Amber, Melissa (my “second mom’s” name), and Desiree.
Kristol (my mom’s name, she passed in 2018)
Heather
Elizabeth
Renee
Veronica
Amy
Jenna
Melanie
Nadine
Heather
Natalie
Natasha
Erin
Tammy
Cynthia
Vanessa is my favourite 70s/80s name. To me it sounds so gorgeous! I am all for revitalising “dated” names. I also really like Valerie, but I think it peaked in the 50s/60s rather than the 70s/80s.
I also like:
Claire (this name was super popular in the 70s/80s here in the UK. Sometimes “dated” names can be different in the UK compared to other English-speaking countries.)
Samantha
Stephanie
Melanie
Melissa
Natalie
Natasha
Rebecca
Victoria
Danielle
Christina
Tamara
70s: Sherry, Brooke
80s: Vanessa, Victoria, Brandy
UK 1974: Claire
UK 1984: Gemma
@choupette Someone I went to school with just named their baby girl Valerie, and to me it sounded so 80s. I looked it up and was surprised to hear that it peaked more in the late 50s/early 60s - and that it was still so highly ranked today!
I’ve really been liking Christine lately. I went to school with a few Christines that went by Chrissy then, but go by Christine now.
Always liked Amber. So pretty but way too overused.
Veronica
Victoria
Natalie
Julia
Joy
Whitney
Kara
Tabitha
Priscilla
Claudia
I’ve always thought Vanessa was pretty. I also have a soft spot for Danielle now, as it’s my MIL’s middle name.
I also love April and Amy, and I’ve always had a real soft spot for Jessica.
heather, renee & elisabeth all have a little magic to them for me 
My mom is gen X and I’m a millennial and honestly I’ve never been fond of most of the names that were trendy in this time frame, at least for the US. Though there are a few:
From the US top 100 1985
Jennifer
Elizabeth
Emily
Samantha
Mary/Maria
Vanessa
Tara
Holly
Natalie
Victoria
Cassandra
Catherine
Cynthia
Valerie
Veronica
Diana
Margaret
Looking over your links it seems there’s alot more names from the UK that were trendy at the time which I like:
Claire
Helen
Samantha
Louise
Victoria
Caroline
Catherine
Elizabeth
Jane
Zoe
Jennifer
Lucy
Charlotte
Mary/Marie/Maria
Fiona
Natalie
Wendy
Ruth
Gillian
Vanessa
Diane
Elaine
Georgina
Emily
Sophie
Tara
Sonia
Anita
Gemma
Holly
Kate
Eleanor
Abigail
Alice
April, Amy, Julie and Bethany are lovely!
Without looking at the UK lists, these spring to mind:
Gemma
Rachel
Megan
Beth
Katie
Helen
Louise
Rebecca
Emma
Victoria
Caroline
Naomi
I love so many of the ones you guys have listed! It’s interesting to me too how some names are so different between the US and the UK in terms of popularity - Gemma and Claire are just becoming popular here while they peaked 30-50 years ago there!
I probably don’t have a lot, but there are some that I do really like:
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_f]Danielle[/name_f]
[name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Lisa[/name_u]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
I really like [name_f]Amy[/name_f], mostly because of the meaning and the link to [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women. I also like:
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Stephanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Michelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Donna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lori[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Tonya[/name_f]
[name_f]Deanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_u]Connie[/name_u]
[name_f]Sherry[/name_f]