Which extinct or endangered baby names in Wales and England would you choose for a boy and girl?

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I'd probably choose Marian for a girl. I also quite like Marjorie and Suzanne

For a boy I'd probably go with Dale

Extinct since 1994, are Graeme, Horace, Iain, Leigh, Melvyn, Nigel and Royston for boys.

And for girls, the list includes Bertha, Beverley, Carol, Carole, Doreen, Gail, Gertrude, Gillian, Glenys, Glynis, Hilary, Jeanette, Jill, Kay, Kerry, Lesley, Lindsay, Lyndsey, Lynne, Lynsey, Mandy, Maureen, Muriel, Phyllis.

The at-risk names for girls were Annette, Beryl, Brenda, Carolyn, Cheryl, Dawn, Debbie, Debra, Denise, Diane, Donna, Doris, Edna, Freda, Geraldine, Gladys, Gwendoline, Hilda, Janet, Janice, Jean, Jordan, Kirsty, Lindsey, Lorraine, Lynda, Lynn, Marian, Marion, Marjorie, Marlene, Maud, Mildred, Norma, Pamela, Pauline, Sheila, Shirley, Suzanne, Thelma, Tracey, Tracy, Toni and Yvonne.

Boys
Barry, Cecil, Clarence, Claude, Clifford, Cyril, Dale, Donald, Gary, Garry, Glen, Glenn, Gordon, Graham, Howard, Keith, Leslie, Neville, Norman, Rodney, Stewart, Stuart and Trevor.

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Gosh I'm surprised by some of those but they're clearly names of a certain generation or two. A lot strike me as being traditionally Scottish so maybe they're branching out more. I do know a toddler called Gordon though!

My youngest’s middle name is on the ‘at risk’ list…to be fair it’s a family name that was used to remember an uncle who had died, so I wouldn’t have ordinarily picked it.

Suzanne at a push.
I honestly could not choose any of the boy names!

Not sure if that link worked. I've seen it reported elsewhere too
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Gosh DH has two of the names on the at risk list, but he is rather old!

The shortened version of my name is on the extinct list but not my full name. My elder dd has a name usually from the generation before

From the extinct or soon to be extinct lists I quite like Pamela, Gail, Stuart and Cyril. But would use them as middle names not first ones! The rest I can see why they are no longer used!

Stuart was on my shortlist!

Hilary or Kirsty for a girl.

I'm surprised at both Iain and Kirsty, I would have thought they would have held firm in Scotland.

I like Maud. I’d use it.

These are the surprises to me:

• Hilary (although I'd spell it Hillary)
• Kerry
• Lindsey & variants
• Suzanne
• Iain
• Stuart

I tried to revive Horace but got flamed on here

I don't like any of the names tbh.
There were multiple Stuarts/Graemes/Iains/Gillians/Donalds/Kirstys at my school. They must have been the very last ones.

The link doesn't work. Is this the UK or just England? Because like pp I am surprised that some of the Scottish names have completely disappeared.

Does this work? It's
in lots of papers. Just says Office for national statistics I think.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/once-popular-baby-names-now-22918988.amp

I like Janet, Kirsty, Lorraine, Suzanne, Gordon and Howard. I think quite a few on the list will be usable in a decade or two - some of the names popular now are the unusable old man/woman names from my childhood (Elsie is one example that really surprised me).

Even if I wasn't picking from these lists I'd still choose Marian as a name I like. I think Marjorie is due a revival too. Pretty

Stuart I think of as classic, but I couldn't pick it due to an ex of that name

@GreenWhiteViolet

I like Janet, Kirsty, Lorraine, Suzanne, Gordon and Howard. I think quite a few on the list will be usable in a decade or two - some of the names popular now are the unusable old man/woman names from my childhood (Elsie is one example that really surprised me).

I've always like Janet. I've never seen it as an old person's name as there was one in my year, plus I grew up on Janet and John books and they were kids!

Not on the list, but Hilary for a boy. I actually also really like Gary.
I love Marion, Carol and Diane.

Ah OK, if it is ONS data that will only be England and Wales. Scotland has a separate function. That makes more sense!

I know a Graeme who is early thirties, and a friend's godson who's about 10 is called Donald. Graeme, and Donald's dad are Scottish

My niece is Mildred, Millie to her friends.

I definitely know some toddlers with those names. Freda is pretty popular now. I know a 3 year old Leslie

I love Clifford. And if Ds had been a girl we would have used Susan. Does spelling make a difference? As Susan and Suzanne are basically the same

DS1 was due to be a Marian were he a little girl, so obviously I’d choose Marian!
Glen or Stuart for a boy.

I know a teenage Mandy.
All the boys names are awful except Dale but I prefer the spelling Dael.

I like Hilary, Pamela, Mildred, Marian, Carol(e), Shirley, Kerry and Dawn.

I also like Claude, Clifford, Stuart / Stewart, Clarence, Howard, Dale, Norman and Neville.