Amongst other things, I like my kids' names to be well known but not common in their generation, so my two girls have names that were probably more common amongst the baby boomers. They are also fairly classic names: Helen and Heather.
We don't need to stick with H names but it would be good to keep a similar style (maybe keeping to two syllables would help with this??).
What would you suggest?

If DS2 was a girl he'd be Susan.

Elizabeth
Jane
Joanna
Susan

Robyn
Margaret
Wendy

I named my daughter a very old school name - Scarlett

But it looks like it is becoming popular again!

How about Ellen?

Helen and Ellen for siblings?



Some suggestions:
Helen, Heather and Katherine
Helen, Heather and Karen
Helen, Heather and Robyn
Helen, Heather and Jennifer
Helen, Heather and Nicole
Helen, Heather and Alison
Helen, Heather and Rebecca
Helen, Heather and Anne
Helen, Heather and Katrina
Helen, Heather and Sally
Helen, Heather and Danielle
Helen, Heather and Deborah
Helen, Heather and Louise
Helen, Heather and Kathleen
Helen, Heather and Elaine
Helen, Heather and Susan
Helen, Heather and Gillian/Jillian
Helen, Heather and Margaret
Helen, Heather and Patricia
Helen, Heather and Penelope
Helen, Heather and Rachel
Helen, Heather and Vanessa
Helen, Heather and Belinda
Helen, Heather and Theresa/Teresa/Therese

Helen, Heather and Maree
Helen, Heather and Jennifer
Helen, Heather and Nicole
Helen, Heather and Lucinda
Helen, Heather and Rebecca
Helen, Heather and Jacqueline
Helen, Heather and Penelope
Helen, Heather and Sarah
Helen, Heather and Megan
Helen, Heather and Gemma
Helen, Heather and Catherine
Helen, Heather and Leah
Helen, Heather and Kara
Helen, Heather and Belinda
Helen, Heather and Stephanie
Helen, Heather and Josephine
Helen, Heather and Michelle
Helen, Heather and Natalie
Helen, Heather and Hannah
Helen, Heather and Danielle
Helen, Heather and Fiona
Helen, Heather and Lucy
Helen, Heather and Ruby
Helen, Heather and Louise
Helen, Heather and Tegan
Helen, Heather and Rachel
Helen, Heather and Samantha
Helen, Heather and Amy
Helen, Heather and Kimberley
Helen, Heather and Amanda
Helen, Heather and Debra
Helen, Heather and Sandra
Helen, Heather and Sharon

we narrowed our choices down to 'older' names as well. Classics. We were thinking along the lines of Meredith, Melody, Lydia is also nice. We ended up with Gwyneth.

a list of "old lady" names my husband came up with when we were looking is here: Dorothy, Delphine, Constance, Phaedra, Juliet, Gwendolyn, Genevieve, Adelia, Beatrice, Candice, Eloise, Amelia, Gwyneth, Lydia, Phoebe, Penelope, Charlotte, Fiona, Hazel, Alice, Violet, Ivy, Iris, Ruby, Vivian, Yvette, Vanessa, Clara, Evelyn,Anastasia, Eleanor, Daphne, Delma, Lyndel, Caroline, Jacqueline, Pearl, Clementine, Giselle, Sabrina, Sadie, Ophelia, Portia, Estelle, Stella, Celeste

Hilary
Patricia
Deborah
Dianna/Diane
Suzanne
Christine/Christina
Maggie


Here's a fun link:

The four generation rule in baby naming

That's the thing though. Old lady names are very much in fashion, they sound great to everyone! Finding a name that people called their baby in 1950 (baby boomers), which sounds good today, is a little trickier.

I love your DD's names!

Some of these are awful, but when I think baby boomer name I think:

Margaret
Marion
Jean
Valerie
Pauline
Christine
Suzanne
Angela
Robyn
Linda
Beverly
Frances
Barbara

Great link motomoto, can't believe I forgot Denise and Sandra!

I think Margaret would be a beautiful fit. Otherwise, how about Donna?

Rhonda and Barbara strike me as being babyboomer names (although Barbara might be a bit earlier).

I think Heather could well be due for a comeback (esp amongst fans of 80s teen movies! ).

Shelly, the term is "old lady chic!"

moto:

Fabulous link! From that list (late 60s - early 80s names), I like almost all of them. Kristin/Kristen is a particularly fabulous choice.

AMY
DANIELLE
ERICA
ERIN
HEATHER
JENNIFER
JESSICA
JULIE
KAREN
KATIE
KELLY
KIM
KRISTIN
LAUREN
LINDSAY
LORI
MEGAN
MELISSA
MICHELLE
STEPHANIE
TRACY

Sally
Jennifer
Diana/Dianne
Gillian
Caroline/Carolyn
Susan/Suzanne
Alison
Elizabeth
Joy
Rosemary
Adele
Wendy
Denise
Irene
Annette
Linda
Sandra
Elizabeth
Christine
Annette
Patricia
Janis/Janice
Janet
Janette/Jeanette
Robyn
Anne
Vicki
Lois
Jane
Glenda
Catherine
Pamela
Lorraine
Frances
Elaine
Marilyn
Marion
Deirdre
Marie
Brenda
Erica
Janine
Paula
Julie
Rhonda
Kay/Kaye
Fay/Faye
Barbara
Jill
Gail
Leigh
Lynne
Donna
Joanne
Bronwyn
Carol
Judith
Kerry
Lesley
Marlene
Maureen
Melinda
Nola
Roslyn/Rosalind
Valerie
Ursula
Vivien/Vivian/Vivienne
Virginia
Yvonne

Hayley. It would be a shame not to continue with the 'H'

My mother was born in 52, she is Fay, which I think is a lovely name.

What about Hannah? Might not be a baby boomer name but,
Helen, Heather and Hannah sound like a good sibset.

Margaret

Some suggestions:

Diane
June
Patricia
Maggie
Pamela
Carol
Maureen

Jocelyn is lovely

Marie
Ursula
Sally
Deirdre
Candy

Denise!

What about Sherralyn, Silvia, Catherine, Mary, Marie, Mariah, Elizabeth, Anna, Sharon?

Thank you . What a mix of names! Some good suggestions to consider.
Some of those names I really like (e.g. Margaret), but were already ruled out last time or are family names that I don't want to use. Perhaps I can revisit some and persuade DH!

I know a gen Y family with a Sally, Wendy and Robyn.

Helen and Heather are superb. I think the best baby-boomer names with them would be:

Marion
Frances
Robyn
Gillian
Rosemary