Names for background characters-teenagers?

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I am writing a screenplay. I have named my main characters but I will need some names for background characters.

Without going into too much detail. The basic plot line of this screenplay is kind of teenage soap (something that would be seen on the CW) Everwood meets [name]Dawson[/name]'s Creek, maybe. That is not a great description but that is the short of it. But I need some popular names…not names that are popular now…names that would have been popular in 1998-1999. The two main characters names are [name]Genevieve[/name] and [name]Christopher[/name] (not popular names I know, but names I like). I need about 3 -4 girls names and 3-4 boys names. [name]Just[/name] first names (They are going to be friends and potential love interests for my main characters.

Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.:slight_smile:

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I’ll list some out so you can pick and choose.

Girls
[name]Jessica[/name]
[name]Ashley[/name]
[name]Samantha[/name]
[name]Brittney[/name]/[name]Britney[/name]
[name]Jennifer[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Taylor[/name] (my name ^_^)
[name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Amanda[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]

Boys
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Joshua[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Brandon[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Austin[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name]
[name]Sean[/name]/[name]Shawn[/name]
[name]Connor[/name]

Here’s the top names of the 1900s if you wanted to get more ideas.

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Thanks so so much. These will work out perfectly. I appreciate it.

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[name]Stephanie[/name] ([name]Steph[/name])
[name]Rebecca[/name] ([name]Becca[/name])
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] ([name]Kat[/name]/ [name]Kate[/name]/ [name]Katie[/name])
[name]Haley[/name]
[name]Kaitlin[/name] ([name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katie[/name]/ [name]Lin[/name])
[name]Amber[/name]
[name]Allison[/name] ([name]Ally[/name])
[name]Courtney[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name] ([name]Nat[/name]/ [name]Ali[/name])
[name]Danielle[/name] ([name]Danni[/name]/ [name]Nelle[/name])
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]

[name]Benjamin[/name] ([name]Ben[/name]/ [name]Jamin[/name])
[name]Thomas[/name] ([name]Tommy[/name]/ [name]Tom[/name])
[name]Kevin[/name]
[name]Nathan[/name] ([name]Nate[/name])
[name]Cameron[/name] ([name]Cam[/name])
[name]Hunter[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]
[name]Eric[/name]
[name]Caleb[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Cody[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]

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Thank you.