Researchers reveal 100 unique baby names NOBODY uses anymore

Publish Date
Friday, 2 June 2017, 8:54AM
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Finding a truly unique baby name can be a struggle, especially if you don't want to take the celebrity route and choose something bizarre like North or Apple. 

Now researchers from Nameberry have come to the rescue with a list of 100 monikers nobody uses anymore, to give parents-to-be some inspiration, according to the Daily Mail. 

Researchers compared all the baby names recorded by the Social Security Administration in the US in 2016 against their own database of 10,000 names, to find those that have fallen out of favour. 

They were left with almost 5,000 names that no children born last year currently have, which they then whittled down to a list of the 100 most usable. 

And it seems Kim Kardashian has not sparked a craze for naming children after compass points - as no children were named North or West in 2016.

On the girl's list, there are some choices that should be reasonably familiar to most people such as Franny, Hester, Venetia, Letitia and Ianthe.

Boys' names that might ring a bell include Auberon, Nat and Raoul. 

But although the Nameberry experts apparently picked out the names they thought would make reasonable choices, there are still some highly unusual monikers in there.

Unsurprisingly, the girl's names Puck, Season, Undine and Whimsy are not in vogue with parents, while there are few boys called Rancher, Scorpio, Trout or Kermit running about.  

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GIRLS NAMES THAT NOBODY USED IN 2016  

Acantha

Bluebell 

Ceil 

Circe

Diablo

Fifer

Frostine

Jericho

Kerensa 

Lucasta 

Marcellina 

Morwenna

Ottoline

Remember

Sannee 

Tally 

West

Araminta 

Branwen 

Chandra 

Coralia 

Eluned 

Finola 

Grania 

Jessamy

Leocadia

Ludovica

Mazarine

Nephele 

Perdita 

Rhonwen 

Season 

Thaddea 

Whimsy 

Artemesia 

Calico 

Christmas 

Daffodil 

Endellion 

Franny 

Hester

Jocasta

Letitia

Madrigal

Melisand

North 

Petronilla 

Romola 

Sheherazad 

Undine 

Winsome 

Bee 

Capucine 

Cia 

Dancer 

Eulalie 

Freesia 

Ianthe

Kalindi

Louisiana

Malou

Minette 

Oberon 

Puck 

Samoa 

Signy 

Venetia 

Zephyrine 

BOYS NAMES NOBODY USED IN 2016  

Auberon

Basie

Corentin

Fenno

Hiawatha

Land

Moe

Osgood

Piran

Raoul

Rudyard

Septimus

Taddeo

Traveler

Averill 

Beach 

Drummer 

Florent 

Humphrey 

Ludovic 

Nat 

Pagan 

Placido 

Roald 

Runyon 

Sim 

Thibault 

Trout 

Bard 

Cassio 

Eleazer 

Gower 

Kassian 

Merce 

Nicholson 

Per 

Puck 

Romilly 

Salmon 

Spike 

Thoreau 

Umberto 

Bas 

Cathal 

Falconer 

Gulliver 

Kermit 

Mingus 

Night 

Pim 

Rancher 

Roone 

Scorpio 

Story 

Tibor 

Whistler 

This article was first published on Daily Mail and is republished here with permission.

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