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

I teach a girl called Sally, she's in yr12.

Karen now it's used as an.insult.

Those are nice names, especially Elaine.

That's such a shame, isn't it? Awful for women called Karen.

Larry
Basil

I like a lot of those old names but can’t imagine liking a lot of them listed here. But who knows in 59 years time if they’ll be attractive again.

I agree with Mildred and Fanny. Also Dick.

A lot will definitely come back though. Gary and Barry will sound fresher than Harry in a few years. Anything biblical like Mark or Susan(nah) will cycle back round too.

Adolf

Donald
Gary
Barry
Ethel
Julian

I campaigned really hard to call my daughter Deirdre but DH vetoed it

Hopefully Chardonay , anything-Mae and ''names that are- not- really- names'' type names. Daft things like Apple,

Cant see Alexa being very popular in the future either
think Vicotria Wood Killed Nicola!

We know a 2 year old Percy.

Without timescales. the question doesn't really make sense.

Also there is the perverse nature of humanity. And that is before you blend in the usual ignorance of the age.

https://www.ukbabynames.com/girls/myra

I would have laid money that would be off limits in my lifetime ... and I would have lost.

People often look back to their grandparents or great grandparents for names so I expect they’ll all be back after a rest. I imagine Adolf is pretty done though. And some of the virtue names (Chastity, Patience etc) although grace and Hope remain. Gertrude and Ermintrude will presumably always sound very ugly.

I have a teenager with one of those names, and there's a boy in the year below with the same name

I actually floated Basil as a potential name for my son when I was pregnant… I blame hormones 😂 my husband just replied ‘as in Brush?’ Or Fawlty I suppose 😂

Gary isn't old enough to come back in. It's grandparents names that come back into fashion after years in the wilderness, so maybe when the Gary cohort are 70-80 it will be fashionable again.

Without the connotations it’s actually a nice name, so I’m not surprised if it’s making a comeback.

I wouldn’t automatically think of the serial killer - it was long before I was born and I’m in my mid-40s. For most having children now it will be ancient history.

Adolf is the only name mentioned so far that I really can’t see coming back.

Brenda. Susan, Patricia, Geraldine, Karen (obvs), Gary, Clive, Alan,

I think they'll all come back, but maybe not Karen, qv.

Damian will never return

Wayne, Shane, Darryl, Cheryl, Carol

There was a Sharon in my daughter’s class so mid teens . Still life in the name yet.

They'll all come round again. When I was a youngster there were certain names that were thought beyond the pale but are now popular again. If you wait long enough they'll become popular again.

It is interesting the selection of names people think aren’t around. There is a basil in my son’s class at school!