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Same here, and I'm in the UK. Amanda was top 100 from the 1950s to the 1980s, & in the 70s it was top 20. I have known a ton of them. Never once would it have crossed my mind to think of it as posh! (especially as a lot of them are Mandy, which is decidedly Not Fancy)

Same, here. Tracy wasn't used as much as Amanda, but they were both pretty common names.

Same here. I grew up with a ton of Amandas, Kristens, Jennifers, Ashleys, Taylors .... I don’t consider these names upper class or lower class, just “80s/90s trendy.”

I'd personally say that Amanda was fairly ubiquitous in the UK as well (though not nearly as popular as it was in North America). I was at school with several Amandas in the 80s and 90s. Some very middle class, others from a council estate and some in between. I can see it being used by posh people though. I suspect it started out as being upper class and then spread when it became popular.

Maybe I’m wrong in saying Amanda is incredibly posh, I’m sure it’s used in most demographics like Tracy is, but I’ve only ever encountered it on the kind of posh where I hardly dare speak around them for fear of them laughing at my commonness!

This message was edited 12/31/2017, 6:51 AM