These are the least popular baby names in 2023 - guaranteed to stand out in the register!
When it comes to naming your baby, most people tend to gravitate towards the popular names of the time. You’ll find plenty of Olivias and Noahs at your local nursery, but maybe you’re more of a maverick. You don’t plan on following the crowd. No child of yours will have to go by their last name, no sir. Instead, you’re going the unorthodox route. These are the least popular baby names in 2023 - guaranteed to stand out in the register!
The yearly government census that people usually get baby name data from doesn’t actually talk about the least popular names. So, we’ve had a look at names that were popular once upon a time that nobody has used in yonks and are in danger of going totally extinct. First, dodos. Now, Beryl.
The least popular girls' names of 2023
Babbel, a language learning software, went and analysed a century of baby-name records from the Office for National Statistics and found a bunch of names that were once popular – meaning they appeared on top 100 lists between 1914 and 1994 – but aren’t anymore. Aka, they’ve gone extinct. While you might associate a fair few of these with your gran and her mates, there are definitely a few hidden gems that you might fall in love with:
Aerith
Alexa
Angela
Annette
Andrea
Ashley
Bertha
Beryl
Beverly
Bloom
Carol
Cheryl
Dawn
Delphina
Doreen
Edna
Freda
Gail
Gillian
Gladys
Hilary
Hilda
Janice
Jill
Julianne
Kay
Kerry
Kirsty
Kristen
Kyomi
Lesley
Lindsey
Lorraine
Lynne
Mandy
Marlene
Maureen
Muriel
Nicole
Norma
Nyala
Phyllis
Shelia
Shirley
Tasmin
Thelma
Toni
Tracey
Vinisha
Yvonne
The least popular boys' names of 2023
These extinct boys’ names may not sound completely alien to you, as you’ll probably find at least one Nigel or Gary down your local pub, but it’s very unlikely to find any newborns sporting these names.
Arlyn
Ashton
Barry
Bill
Cecil
Chad
Clarence
Claude
Clifford
Corby
Cyril
Dale
Dariyan
Donald
Drake
Duran
Elison
Esteban
Finch
Gary
Glenn
Gordon
Graham
Horace
Howard
Huxon
Iain
Jeffrey
Joules
Keith
Kielan
Kobe
Leigh
Leslie
Melvyn
Neville
Neymar
Nigel
Norman
Quinten
Rodney
Royston
Stewart
Stuart
Trevor
Turner
Tyde
Uri
Yuri
Zekiel
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