What names do you think will die completely?

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I think Gary.

Ive only met one and he’s in his 50’s now. Never met a baby Gary

Doreen
Kenneth
Gale
Eamon
Frank
Joan
Linda
Dawn
Wesley
Wayne
Clive
Norman
Richard

If you have a nose around on darkgreener.com you can see the trends for various names.

i know of an 8 year old Hector, i think it is a lovely name

Trend setters.

Haven’t come across a Hester or Hazel since my school days many moons ago (when there seemed to be four Susans and three Sharons in every class).

Mavis has had a revival.

I have a soft spot for that name as I loved Hector’s House as a kid. 😁

I like the name Hamish but I don’t think you see it much outside Scotland.

I think all names come in and out of fashion. I know several olives, Audrey’s, one Ian and one Gary in my daughters nursery.

Makes me think of Mavis Riley so I couldn’t get passed that.

Cyril and Sheila. Cyril is just awful.

Aren't all names made up?

Brian

I just looked. One of mine is in the top 100, the other is nearer 3000.

Bertha got a 0, no surprise there

All of these are reasonable names if currently unfashionable. I should imagine that the parents of the future may once again love Deborah Trevor and Kelvin and consider many names popular right now to be beyond the pale.

I really disliked the name Olive because of the character from On The Buses, but actually it's really popular now and a nice name.

A lot of the -een names - Maureen, Kathleen, Doreen, Noreen, Eileen, Irene

A boyfriend of mine back in the day cheated on me with a really beautiful girl called Hester. She’d be about 26/27 now. But I have to say, she’s the only one I’d ever heard of. Beautiful name but I couldn’t bring myself to suggest it for my daughter, so put Esther on the shortlist instead 😂
And a friend of mine had a little Hazel a couple of months ago. I’ve heard it a few times recently. It’s funny how it varies!

So true!

I know a baby Ian and I laugh in my head whenever I think of his wee face.

I don’t think they’ll die, they’ll have a resurgence and the young, trendy folk with think they’re beautiful names while older people will remember them as their Granny and Grandad’s friends.

20 years ago you’d never have expected to ever see another Frank, Alfie, Reggie, Ronnie, Archie, Agatha, Evelyn, Elsie, Ivy, Florence, etc. They were another level of dated, yet here we are!

I think the Garys and Sharons will make a comeback.

I know two Olives! One is 14 months and one a newborn.

surely Karen has now missed the revival boat, Sharon and Wayne were yuk first time around.
A lot of the others people have mentioned:
Basil
Maud
horace
vincent, seem really popular at the moment.

I work with Lisas who are in their early 30s. I haven't taught one since about 2005.

Percy? Are you serious? I can’t think how any parent could call their child Percy!

Honestly, it's true! Percy is back!

Oh no!!