Say goodbye to Maude Ed and Vicki And bid adieu to Myrtle and Bert.

Old fashioned names going extinct. Whilst we know no name can ever truly become extinct its fascinating to look at the names which have gone out of fashion and those that have boomed in the last 100 years. Hundreds of other English surnames are endangered so rare that fewer than 50 people in England and Wales have them and many more may be extinct within a couple more generations. Bruce is on the verge of becoming extinct down under with only eight Aussie babies given the name in 2018.

Heather Scott Tia Aimee KyleRebecca Ross and Reece are all also at risk of going extinct as a trend for nicknames as given names has surged. It likely got edged out by names like Selma and Thelma. Were not acknowledging the demise of people with those names but rather the names themselves.

Both Carol and Annette were in the top. Meghan and Harry jumped on the nickname baby name trend calling their son. The data showed that girls names like Kirsty Jordan and Shauna are now on the endangered names list because they experienced the biggest drops in popularity between 2000 and 2019.

Blogs bemoan the perceived baby name crisis where parents desperate for unique names create new spellings for old favorites. Be on the lookout for babies named Rebecca -59 Lauren -57 Matthew -43 and Ryan -43 as My Nametags research suggest that these too are in a severe decline. Other names at risk of going extinct include Rebecca Tia Aimee Heather Scott Kyle Ross and Reece.

The data was found by looking at a data base of of over 15m names it found that use of Gemma and Kieran had fallen by more than 65 over the last decade. A study has shown that some of our classic Aussie names are also under threat. Steve Bachelor 23 and Katie Hilton 18 decided to give their newborn son the traditional moniker in a bid to stop the old-fashioned name from going into.

Boys names at risk of going extinct. Sheryl is also on the threatened list as well as Gary and Wayne. Perhaps it was not difficult to be named Nimrod or Elmo in 1920 but those names would be difficult for any child to carry today.