Names That Are Going Extinct

Thanks to the passage of time, some names are going extinct. Stacker looked at official Social Security administration records of popular names for people born between 1946 and 1964, then checked which were given to 75 or fewer babies in 2021. The following names are in danger of disappearing:

Males:

  1. Doyle
  2. Wilbert
  3. Chuck
  4. Horace
  5. Delbert
  6. Pat
  7. Doug
  8. Lynn
  9. Kim
  10. Bob

Females:

  1. Sondra
  2. Laverne
  3. Pat
  4. Delores
  5. Gale
  6. Ronda
  7. Pam
  8. Sheila
  9. Patty
  10. Jan

Jan falling off the list will be very good news to anyone named Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.

Source: Stacker

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