Names that no one used in 2013

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www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/popular-forenames/2013/babiesnames-2013-t4.pdf

I'm not sure how long this full list has been out for but I always find it fascinating!

There are so many wacky names on there. You can really see language evolving (phonetic spellings) and increasing diversity (the Eastern European and African names) in society just by reading the list.

I was trying to spot what names are absent. It's quite hard looking for something that isn't there!

Since the trend on mn is to find names no one else in the child's class will have I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread on missing names.

These are the ones I've spotted.

Add any others you can think of.

(I'm starting with girls)

Marina
Aylish
Veronica
Davinia
Silvie
Uma
Hilary
Diane
Tatiana
Carol (e)
Vita
Augusta
Dinah
Viola
Kim
Estella
Carolyn
Yvette
Nerissa
Aphrodite
Emer
Doris
Beryl
Ambrose
Avril
Enid
Muriel
Pansy
Jill
Athena
Gretal
Janis/Janice
Brenda
Debra
Marjorie/Margery
Imelda
Chantal
Chardonnay
Isis
Pauline
Peony
Raquel
Sage
Samera
Cheryl
Cher
Janna
Janet
Janette
Jeanette
Jeanne
Shirley
Shona
Jen
Katarina
Leslie/Lesley
Loretta
Kerri
Serenity
Patty
Patsy
Clare
Clair
Brae
Wanda
Phyllis
Barbie
Bettina
Apollo
Beverley
Dorothy
Rene
Virginia

Mostly what I'd think of as old fashioned names but some modern ones too.

I wonder if these will be trendy again in 20 years (hope not!)

I don't think Isis will be used anytime soon!

I would hope some of them never return.. Phyllis! Imelda! No!

I know toddler marina, tatiana, Estelle and an Apollo! All under 4 years so def must be used in England if not Scotland

This is really useful! Is there one of these lists for England does anyone know?
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As far as I am aware, the English list doesn't cover any names used less than 3 times (to do with privacy I think), clearly us Scots couldn't care less about that :o. They are available to that level though somewhere.

My son is very rarely on the list. i've checked the lists when available (a couple of years I couldn't manage to find the really low level one) since he was born and there have been 4 others in nearly 13 years :)

The other name we were going to use which we didn't as we weren't sure it was even a name and the pronunciation where we were living at the time wasn't very nice, is actually more popular and there have been over 20 over the same period - I can't open the link at the moment, but sure when I looked there were 3 this year alone.

I wonder if maybe Deirdre might be missing? - I haven't come across a little Deirdre :)

ahhww a little Doris would be cute!

Marina and Estella are usually on the list.

I was surprised they were missing.

I know of babies/toddlers called Virginia and Marina. I think Clare/Claire will come back in a big way one day, it's so simple and pretty, victim of its own popularity in the 80s I guess.

I'm not a Clare btw, just musing!

Strawberry, I know of an Isis born 3 weeks ago. Her mother is either stupid or cruel. I'm inclined to think both given that she's my friend's DH's OW.

I've also seen Dorothy (Dolly) a couple of times recently too.

I know of several Isis. (Isisis?)

There is a Lucifer on the boys list - actually a nice sounding name but you really can't, can you.......? And I speak as an atheist! :o

Maybe they haven't watched the news for the last couple of months .

It's almost like naming a baby Myra (I wonder if they exist).

Bridie
Diane

Trevor

Glad to see my name has equal popularity with the name 'Ho'.

Hilary is my all time favourite girls name.

Wow OP, you have a lot of time on your hands, don't you?!

I know of a little Phyllis!

Saw an Isis perfume in M&S today.

Thomasina and tamsin are missing too I think. Can anyone link to the uk full list (someone up thread mentioned it covers all names used more than 3 times) as I can only find the top 100 lists (and the most recent seems to be 2012)

Argh I meant English - doh!

I think the 2013 list will be out in August, and agree about the fewer than 3 being omitted for reasons of privacy.

I know a young Isis.

I'm surprised by Clare [what about Claire?], Janet and Carol - all very 'normal' names which i know adult versions of and it has never struck me that they are 'unusually old-fashioned' (unlike, say, Phyllis, which is a name i have only encountered in the over 80s!)

I hate these lists always make me regret dd name cos it's ridiculously common now

I know 2 toddler Athenas, a Sylvie and a Dorothy.