These baby names are at risk of extinction after falling out of fashion with new parents

Publish Date
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 2:54PM

These baby names are at risk of falling into extinction if parents don’t start using them again.

While some names fall in an out of fashion, these may be wiped out altogether.

The list, created by parenting site BabyCentre, has revealed a list of names that were once popular, but haven’t been registered for a newborn so far in 2017.

These are the names at risk of becoming extinct:

  • Angela
  • Bertram
  • Beverley
  • Cecil
  • Carol
  • Clarence
  • Clive
  • Cyril
  • Debra
  • Diane
  • Donna
  • Dean
  • Doris
  • Dennis
  • Derek
  • Duncan
  • Elaine
  • Ernest
  • Geoffrey
  • Horace
  • Joanne
  • Leonard
  • Maureen
  • Malcolm
  • Nigel
  • Neville
  • Paula
  • Roy
  • Sally
  • Sandra
  • Sharon
  • Sheila
  • Tracey
  • Wendy
  • Yvonne
  • Wayne

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