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

Karen

Also, when naming my 6yo twins I floated Eileen, Gladys Doris and Morris (thos least two not together, obviously!), all of which have been mentioned here.

40s and 50s style names are ripe for reuse now, and I think we'll start to see quite a lot of them reappearing over the next 10 years or so.

I’ve got an Olive…it’s basically ended up the modern day Louise! Baby Sensory there were 3 Olive’s in our group. And I thought it was so unique 🤪

Agree Gary. Keith. Martin. Kevin. Karen. Colin. Alan. Julian. All hideous imo!

Mark, Paul and Stephen are classic saints’ names, that will never really date.

Apparently John is now making a (IMO overdue) comeback.

I think Wayne might die the death, but not sure I’d put money on it. I always dreaded dds telling us they were going to marry a Wayne, a Kevin or a Darren. Just as well they never did!

Olive?! I know so many baby Olives, it's in the top 100 girls names I'm sure!!

Bonnie is in the top 20 most popular baby girls names in the UK, I have a 2 year old and 2 of her friends are called Bonnie

I know a Gary, an Olive, a Frank, a Frankie, a Trudy, and two Pearls who are all under 11.

Keith has outstayed its welcome by about a hundred years. I wouldn't call my worst enemy Keith. As was once said on Family Guy, it is the most unattractive male name in the English Language.

Bruce, Barry and Patrick need to disappear for humans' sake but do make good names for big dogs like Labradors.

Mildred is a good name for a cat, not a person.

Gemma. I don’t think I’ve come across any younger than me (im mid 30s)

I really love Martin! And Alan and Julian were also on the list if we'd had a boy!

I actually like Gary too. Don't understand the hate.

I don't like Keith (or any names ending in th), or Kevin though.

Karen is nice. I refuse to use it as slang. So rude.

Keith just always reminds me of The Chicken Song.

Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
Paint your left knee green
Then extract your wisdom teeth
Form a string quartet
And pretend your name is Keith.

I don't think there will ever be a Tarquin again. I think Dennis and Derek should be allowed to die.

Same😂
I was a blonde, ponytailed Susan too but through school/uni/almost three decades of work I've only ever come across one other Susan (also blonde and ponytailed)

Griselda
Dwayne

Minnie

Why? All pretty normal names

I'm Anne ... with the very important " E"

1956 baby .
My name was very popular because of Princess Anne ,although I am called after Great Grandma.

I have always been very, very happy with my name .
I really like it.
However, noone has called babies Anne for decades...myself included... my second daughter is Anna .
I'll wait to see if I come back into fashion.

Derek, Darryl and Darren. They feel sharp and unpleasant to say.

I know an Edgar and I know 3 boys called Dennis/Denis. One has a sister called Denise! 😂

I actually know a few 10 yo boys called Stanley

I know a baby Julian. I really like it.

I can't imagine a baby Jean these days.
Or a Josephine.
Lovejoy/Loveday also probably gone for good.
It's a great pity about Karen, I have a good friend with that name and it's ruined it for her. It was a nice name before all the nonsense.

Depends where you are.

in Scotland you are definitely more likely to get an Allan, Colin or Mark as these names tend to be passed down.

here we are less likely to have Piers or Sebastian

My friend's son is called Julian, he's 12 years old. But both her husband a.d her are not from here.

I once worked with a man called Frank, he was so nasty, rude and aggressive, he was known as Brutally Frank. He ended up being sacked for threatening other staff. That sort of kills the name for me.