UK's most unpopular baby names revealed

Are you a Mildred or a Clarence?

Olivia Petter
Tuesday 19 September 2017 06:58 EDT
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What do Bertha, Donna and Gail have in common?

Aside from sounding like the pallid members of a Fifties swing band set up in a care home, they each appear on this year’s least popular baby names list.

A total of 24 baby names appear on the vetoed list, compiled by Baby Centre.

The endangered list includes 14 girls’ names and 10 boys’ names.

Anita, Bertha and Bonnie were the biggest female offenders, whereas Bertram, Clarence and Clive made it to the top of the boys list.

Whilst there are some turn-of-the-century names on the list (Ricky and Bonnie sound like millennial names, right?), the majority of those included are archaic monikers from the days of yore.

The list is arguably a nostalgic reflection of some of the world’s most-loved celebrities from way back when, who will have undoubtedly influenced their fanbase’s choices when it came to naming their kids.

Think Frank (Sinatra), Cindy (Crawford), Roger (Moore) and Dorothy (Gale) – yes they even had surnames in Oz.

These were the people who were in their prime when generation iEverything was still playing GameBoy – though Cindy Crawford isn’t looking too shabby at 51-years-old.

It makes sense that today’s babymakers would prefer names that reflect the current times.

While Roald (Dahl) and Cilla (Black) are on the unpopular list, Emma and Liam topped the website's most popular list.

Whether or not this is a reflection of the impressive follower count between Miss Watson and Mr Payne remains to be seen, however, there’s no denying that these two sound a little more sprightly than Cynthia and Bertram, who've probably never even heard of Instagram.

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