Is Your Name Becoming Extinct?

My mom gave me two middle names. One is Eric, and the other is the rarely heard name of Rolf. In 54 years I had never met a person named Rolf until I met our General Manager here at Townsquare Media, Rolf Pepple.

I think my first name is fairly rare as well. I can count on one hand the number of Craig's I've met in my life.

BabyCenter.com recently published a list of baby names that are falling out of popularity. So far this year, none of the 200,000 babies born in America have been given these names, rendering them 'endangered':

Endangered Girl Names

• Bette / Bettie
• Blanche
• Erma / Irma
• Krista
• Myrtle
• Olga
• Rhonda

Endangered Boy Names

• Carroll
• Dick
• Homer
• Lowell
• Roosevelt
• Rudolph
• Willard

Many other names are considered as 'on the bubble' or declining in popularity.

Girl names dropping most in popularity

• Adrianna
• Amelie
• Brynn
• Cadence
• Elliana
• Elsa
• Giselle
• Gwen
• Gwendolyn
• June
• Kate
• Liv
• Penny
• Savanna
• Vera

Boy names dropping most in popularity

• Alec
• Bradley
• Cade
• Camden
• Colin
• Cristian
• Dillon
• Dominick
• Joe
• Jonah
• Juan
• Martin
• Peyton
• Phillip
• Shane

Is your name, or the name of your children on this list? Sound off in the comments.