You know how there are just some names you don’t hear on people under, say, 50? Names like Ian. Ron. Larry. Rodney. Duncan…

Monty recently told us that while listening to Chrissie Swan‘s brekkie show the other day, a 25-year-old caller named Brian rang in. Brian. Up with the Rodneys and the Larrys of the world, Brian feels like a fully-fledged dad name; one that peaked a couple of generations ago and has remained pretty dormant since.

Stace and I both agree that our names have also passed their use-by date. They ain’t cool and they ain’t classic – they scream 80s, and just like stirrup pants, they won’t be getting a second run any time soon.

This made me curious as to what the most popular baby names back in the 1980s were and unsurprisingly, poor Brian didn’t even make the top 100 back then!

Here’s the top 20 for girls and boys…

The Girls:

1. Sarah
2. Jessica
3. Rebecca
4. Melissa
5. Lauren
   

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6. Emma
7. Nicole
8. Amanda
9. Kate
10. Laura
11. Michelle
12. Amy
13. Lisa
14. Stephanie
15. Samantha
16. Emily
17. Natalie
18. Kylie
19. Danielle
20. Erin

The Guys:

1. Daniel
2. Matthew
3. Michael
4. Christopher
5. Andrew
6. David
   

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7. James
8. Benjamin
9. Luke
10. Adam
11. Nicholas
12. Timothy
13. Mark
14. Robert
15. Paul
16. Joshua
17. Jason
18. Steven
19. Thomas
20. Peter

Here’s a bit of us chinwagging about good old Brian on the pod…

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