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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.
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