Boys’ names used 50 times or fewer in 2016

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Further to my girl list, I’ve made up a list of boys’ names that were used 50 times or fewer in England & Wales last year. Again, not all of them are to my taste, but I thought it might interest some of you.

Alden
Ambrose
Aubrey
Bram
Clarence
Claude
Clive
Clyde
Cornelius
Damon
Dashiell
Desmond
Duncan
Eben
Edgar
Edmund
Elon
Evander
Ferdinand
Gene
Gideon
Gregor
Griffin
Gus
Huey
Ignatius
Innes
Jed/Jedd
Jethro
Kirk
Leopold
Linus
Lloyd
Lyle
Malcolm
Marvin
Matthias
Melvin
Nelson
Oren
Perry
Quentin
Roland
Russell
Saul
Soren
Tobin
Vaughn

The full data set can be found on the ONS Website.

Oren is so gorgeous.

Lloyd and Saul are nice.
I know an Oren. He's a lovely little boy and his name suits him down to the ground.

Not Roland! Anyone my age who remembers Grange Hill thinks of the fat boy and Row. Land .

I know a very cool teenage Clive - has transformed that name for me.

Quite like some of these. There's a boy in my DS class called Kirk and I really like it. Suits him beautifully

Sounds like half the cast of Game of Thrones!

It only takes one or two young ones to change perceptions. It happens surprisingly quickly.