Popular names disappeaing as old-fashioned monikers return
Many of today’s popular baby names are set to fall out of fashion again during the next ten years, with parents increasingly preferring to go for unusual monikers.
Oliver, which was one of the most popular boy’s names in 2020, is predicted to fall out of the top 100 by the end of the decade.
Amelia is also likely to go the same way with female names more likely to be impacted by trends, according to the data.
MyHeritage, a family history platform, has tracked name trends over the last five years.
The company has then looked at this information and matched it with hundreds of years of birth name data to see which names are falling out of fashion.
These following names are likely to be fading from use by the year shown after them ...
Amelia – 2029
Charlie – 2028
Ella – 2029
Emily – 2024
Harry – 2029
Isla – 2041
Jack –2027
Jacob – 2026
Jessica – 2023
Oliver – 2029
Olivia – 2042
Oscar – 2037
Ruby– 2029
Sophie – 2026
Thomas – 2030
William – 2027
It also looks at which names are increasing in popularity, with old-fashioned monikers such as Bertie, Olive, Violet and Agnes all soaring up the rankings table.
Mabel, Wilfred, Elsie, Leonard, Clara and Sidney are also increasing in popularity, according to MyHeritage.
Rafi Mendelsohn, director at MyHeritage, said that new parents might be influenced by looking at their families’ history. He said: “As more people research their family’s history it is now much easier to look back and find out which names were important in your past.
“This could be a big driver for the recent boom in Victorian baby names, as new parents look to connect their children with distant ancestors.”
The family history platform found that in England and Wales, John and Mary were the most popular names in 1780, and remained so for 70 years. Elizabeth and William were also widely popular, with William most used by 1859. By the 1870s, Alice and Annie rated highly. Some names remained timeless throughout 1780 through to 1910. Thomas and James were in the top ten throughout these dates.