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11 girls names about to go extinct - including Debbie, Donna and Carol

Like Gary, there are some girl's names that simply don't get used anymore 

Mollie Goodfellow
Wednesday 21 October 2015 17:26 BST
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This baby is probably not called Carol
This baby is probably not called Carol (Rex)

The names Carol and Annette could soon be history as no parents gave their children these monikers last year, according to Office of National Statistics data.

Both Carol and Annette were in the top 100 baby names for girls in 1964, but disappeared entirely from the 2014 list.

Other names that are losing popularity include Sandra, Susan and Denise.

It comes after a set of parents named their newborn son Gary, in a bid to bring the name back into fashion. Only 33 baby boys were named Gary in 2014.

Here are some of the girls’ names slipping down the baby-name rankings from 1996 to 2014.

Carol – fell from 802nd most popular name to 0, after no babies were named Carol in 2014

Annette - fell from 944th most popular name to 0, after no babies were named Annette in 2014

Kathleen – fell from 227th most popular name to 715th

Susan – fell from 397th most popular name to 1882nd

Julie – fell from 436th most popular name to 1272nd

Donna – fell from 441st most popular name to 3514th

Elaine – fell from 441st most popular name to 3514th

Ann – fell from 539th most popular name to 1299th

Debbie – fell from 571st most popular name to 2464th

Sandra – fell from 686th most popular name to 1016th

Tracy – fell from from 686th most popular name to 3160th

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