Here Are 22 Names That Have Gone Extinc With Generations

You might have noticed that in your classroom a few people have the same name, maybe spelled a little different, but pretty much the same, maybe you can notice this even in your group of friends, and that’s pretty normal because names come in generational trends.

I often say names are like clothes and if that sounds strange to you I get it, but aloud me to explain you why I see it that way. Both clothing and names are a way of identification, very different of course, but they are. One serves for who you are and the other of how you are. But the main similarity is the trend.

Maybe in this decade the name Justin is very on trend and you see a lot of new borns named this way, that might be due to multiple causes, for a starlet, a hero, an athlete etc. Last decade I’m sure the trendy name was other. It’s all about generations.

Styles tend to come back, but not all of them, there are some clothes that will never be back on trend, and so are names, maybe you hear one name no one uses anymore giving you a weird feeling. We brought you a list of 22 names that you won’t here anymore:

 

22. Debra

Is a female name that was a hit in the 50’s but you won’t be hearing anyone yelling this anymore

21.Maureen

For females. It was rising since the 20’s but it started to fall in the 60’s and is very rare these days.

20. Leslie

You have girlfriends with this name, but I’m talking about boys named this way… I know, awkward.

19. Wanda

The only Wanda I know is from the Fairy Godparents.

18. Glenda

Like your grandmother, but your daughter? I don’t think so.

17. Marsha

The only Marsha’s born in this decade are in England and Wales, but there aren’t many.

16. Rhonda

In the 70’s was very common, but you don’t wanna use it.

15. Sue

It is sweet, but no one wants sweet anymore, we wan’t power.

14. Donald

Because that probably reminds you of the duck, or worse…

13. Rodney

Who? I’m sorry I don’t know any.

12.  Dawn

A masive hit in the 60’s but it staret to fall ever since the 70’s.

11. Darren

A lot of time has passed since this name was a trend.

10. Terry

Not sure if it is for girls or boys, but it’s no longer used.

9. Marcia

Only your mom’s friend, but who else?

8. Graham

Alexander Graham Bell, yeah, since then.

7. Dolores

Not in my group of friends I assure you.

6. Darryl

In this case it is the spelling that’s out of trend.

5. Lynda

In the 50’s 10 million babys were born with this name. That was enough.

4. Kay

That sound more like a nickname than an actual name, maybe that’s the reason is going extinct.

3. Bill

In the 30’s was hot, then in the 60’s but is very uncommon these days.

2. Ian

It is rarely used, and it is falling even more.

1. Cheryl and Sheryl

They loved it in the 60’s but no matter how you spell it or pronounce it, it’s not coming back.