The baby names at risk of going EXTINCT in the UK

Zero babies were given these names in 2022

Author: Alex RossPublished 19th Dec 2022

Names like Stacey, Nigel and Kelly have been doing the rounds for decades, but in new research conducted by BabyCentre, it appears they are at danger of going extinct!

In the data from parenting website BabyCentre, which was published in the Mirror, girls' names such as Britney, Gail and Tegan were not registered once in the UK in 2022, whilst it was the same story for boys' names like Bill, Brent and Giles.

Check out the list of the baby names at risk of going extinct in the UK:

Girls' names at risk of going extinct in the UK...


1) Barbie


2) Britney


3) Carrie


4) Deirdre


5) Farrah


6) Gail


7) Gayatri


8) Katrina


9) Kelly


10) Lindsey


11) Shania


12) Sheila


13) Shirley


14) Stacey


15) Tegan


Boys' names at risk of going extinct in the UK...


1) Baxter



2) Bill


3) Brent


4) Clement


5) Cliff


6) Giles


7) Harold


8) Kamran


9) Maximillian


10) Nigel


11) Quinton


12) Rashid


13) Rhett


14) Saul


15) Wallace


Is your name on the list?

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