The baby names rapidly falling out of favour with new parents have been revealed – with a once-popular royal moniker becoming obsolete.
For the girls, Jamie is going out of trend the quickest while Jamal is at risk of going extinct for the boys.
Each year, baby name database BabyCentre releases its list of the 1,000 most popular names given to children in the previous 12 months – as well as which ones had the most dramatic decline in the ranks.
Remy, Liv, Karina and Belleare fading into obscurity for the girls while Emmery, Taylor, Esteban and Idris aren’t doing well with the boys.
Naming babies after members of the royal family seems to be becoming a thing of the past as Anne, Phillip, Albert and Edward all fell more than 100 places.
Catherine took the biggest hit dropping 221 spots in the baby name ranks over the past year.
Analia, Erin, Bristol, Lilia, Faye and Remington were among the girl’s names that saw the steepest decline.
For the boys, monikers becoming unfashionable included Cannon, Camilo, Matthias, Aziz and Louie.
The baby names that are rapidly falling out of favour with new parents have been revealed – for the girls, Jamie is going out of trend the quickest while Jamal is at risk of going extinct for the boys (stock image)
Naming babies after the royal family is becoming a thing of the past as Anne, Phillip, Albert and Edward all fell more than 100 places. Catherine took the biggest hit dropping 221 spots
Boy names ending in ‘aden’ such as have been steadily falling in recent years with Jaden dropping 162 spots despite its popularity in the early noughties.
Similarly, 80s and 90s names are steadily declining in prominence.
Jamie had a secured spot in the top 100 girl’s names from 1974 until 1996 but lost a whopping 320 spots in 2024 and other millennial names likeErin, Kelsey, Chelsea, Kendra, and Alexis are following suit.
Taylor was a top-100 boy’s name from 1988 until 1997 but is now slowly making its way out of the popular 1,000, falling 199 places.
Nicknames, like Ellie, Leo, and Max hold positions in the 2024 top 100 however, other other abbreviationsare on the way out.
While Olivia has been in the number one girl’s name for the past four years, Liv is down by a huge 257 spots.
Billy, Katie, Danny and Andy are all other nicknames that are quickly falling off the ranks.
There are some names that are at no risk of fading away with Olivia for the girls and Noah for the boys – both of which have held a place in the top two for five years.
Previously,Baby name consultant SJ Strum revealed which male monikers were the least popular and most disliked in the UK.
The name Roger – which has German heritage – was among some of the most disliked baby names in England and Wales.
Less than ten babies were given the name last year despite it being hugely popular in the past, according to research by Etsy.
It’s also bad news for Phils and Wolfgangs – which were both unpopular names last year.
Other names on the list are Steve, Colin and Craig, while Derek, Gareth and Tyrone shortly followed behind as some of the most disliked options.
SJ Strum, author of Baby Name Envy, told the Metro: ‘Name trends are constantly evolving over time, and these names in particular have seen a big decline in recent years.
‘Notably, many of these we often think of as ‘Dad’ names, as a result of them being so popular in the 80s and 90s.
‘Now, new parents are searching for more playful and creative names that have unique meanings. We’re also seeing an ‘upcycling’ trend emerge, with more people putting a twist on traditional names.
Remy, Liv, Karina and Belle are fading into obscurity for the girls while Emmery, Taylor, Esteban and Idris aren’t doing well with the boys (stock image)
For example, ‘Steve’, which was once popular for men, is now being adapted to ‘Stevie’ for a baby girl.’
Etsy’s research found that parents can be ‘put off’ by certain baby names if they are overused or if a friend has already taken it to name their child.
The company also found that Britons are 25 per cent more likely to name their baby after their grandmother rather than their grandfather.
Donald, Barry, Bill, Dale, Gordon and Esteban are other monikers that parents have fallen out of love with, according to the language learning software Babbel.
The company analysed all the baby names recorded between 1914 and 1994 in the UK and reported the monikers that haven’t made the cut since the mid-90s.
Nigel, Melvyn, Norman, Rodney, Trevor and Horace are also proving to be very unpopular choices.
