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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quoteAre most of these 60s names? I think I would call most of them 70s/80s.

The names you listed, for the 60's/70's are really 80's names!
popular names from 60's/70's: so, so many: Susan/Sue, Karen, Lisa, Diane, Kathy, and yes, some Cindy, Debbie...[/quote]

A lot of '80s names started to take off in the mid or late '70s.

I was born in '78 & had a Lindsay , a Courtney, a Tiffany, & 2 Ashleys in my (fairly small) high school class. The class above mine (born mostly in '77) also had a Courtney & a Lindsay & the class below mine (born mostly in '79) had 2 Lindsays, 2 Courtneys, an Ashley, & a Brittany.

Some big '70s names not listed in the OP include Amanda, Sara(h), Katie (usually short for Katherine/Kathryn), & Heather.

Michelle/Michele & Amy were also extremely popular in the '60s & '70s (in both my class & the one above it, the Amys actually outnumbered  the Jennifers; there were 3 Amys  but -- shockingly enough --only 1 Jennifer in the class above mine while my class had FIVE Amys & "only" 3 Jennifers).[/quote]

^Oh, & Melissa! It was really popular starting in the '60s & into the '70s &, to a somewhat lesser extent, the '80s.[/quote]

^Kelly, too. I know sisters in their mid-40s through early 50s named Michelle, Lisa, & Kelly & feel like their parents just needed another DD named Jennifer & they would have had [b]the Peak Gen X Sister Set [/b].[/quote]

^ Heather or Amy would also fit into/could replace any of the names in that set (except for Lisa or, especially, Jennifer -- no set of Peak Gen X female names is complete without a Jennifer!). And the Brother version would be Michael, Jason, & either Christopher or Matthew. Ryan could work, too, but only if he is the youngest brother.

Pretty sure the Peak Millennial Sister Set would be Courtney, Ashley, & Brittany with Jessica  (or perhaps Lauren, Lindsay, or Katie) as a feasible alternative to either Courtney or Brittany (but not to Ashley; just like any set of Peak Gen X female names obviously needs a Jennifer, every set of Peak Millennial female names MUST have an Ashley!).

The Peak Baby Boomer Sister Set would definitely be Linda, Karen, Susan, & Debbie...Barbara, Mary, or Cheryl could all be thrown in there, as well, just in case there is a fifth sister in need of a name that someone from the Greatest Generation might have chosen for a daughter. Their brother would probably be Dennis, though Kevin or Bruce (perhaps called "Butch"?) might work, as well.[/quote]

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