24 baby names at risk of extinction revealed

BabyCentre has revealed 24 names which are at risk of extinction this year, that is baby names that have not been registered in 2017.

Many of the names given in this list from the UK’s number one parenting and pregnancy website were popular names in the 1980s, but have yet to come back into fashion, such as Karen, Donna and Ian.

So far this year no babies have been called Cilla either, however things could change later this year with Cilla: The Musical launching in September.

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Girls

Anita

Bertha

Bonnie

Cilla

Cindy (Sindy)

Cynthia

Donna

Dorothy

Edna

Gail

Janice

Karen

Marcia

Mildred

Boys

Bertram

Clarence

Clive

Edmund

Frank

Gus

Ian (Iain)

Ricky

Roald

Roger

In 2016, the most popular names for babies were, for boys Oliver, Muhammad, Noah, Harry and Jack, and for girls, the top five were Olivia, Lily, Sophia, Emily and Amelia.