The Most Unpopular Baby Names of 2016

Publish Date
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 7:30AM
Photo: iStock

Photo: iStock

SORRY Angelas and Bertrums but your type is dying out. 

Both were once pretty popular names (there are heaps of middle-aged Angelas out there right!?) but have now been included in the list of the most unloved baby names of 2016.

BabyCentre compiled the list by analysing baby name registration data. They looked at once-popular names that have had no registrations so far this year.

Sally, Tracey, Wendy, Debra, Clive, Derek and Malcolm, you better quickly have a baby and name it after yourself or something 'cause those names are GOING!

Girls' names people aren't loving any more

- Angela
- Beverley
- Carol
- Debra
- Diane
- Donna
- Doris
- Elaine
- Joanne
- Maureen
- Paula
- Sally
- Sandra
- Sharon
- Sheila
- Tracey
- Wendy
- Yvonne

Boys' names people are disliking lately

- Bertram
- Cecil
- Clarence
- Clive
- Cyril
- Dean
- Dennis
- Derek
- Duncan
- Ernest
- Geoffrey
- Horace
- Leonard
- Malcolm
- Neville
- Nigel
- Roy
- Wayne

‘It’s inevitable that as some names rise in popularity, others fall out of fashion. The question is will they die out completely, or experience a revival in the future?’ commented Sarah Redshaw, BabyCentre’s managing editor.

However, she did point out there’s a flip side for new parents looking for a more original name.

‘If new parents want to make sure their baby has a name that stands out from the crowd this year, they should look to names like Paula, Debra and Elaine that were popular in the 60s, 70s and 80s for girls,’ she said.

 

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