Baby names 'at risk of dying out' in 2016

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Once-popular names including Tracey and Clive are among monikers which are falling out of fashion, a parenting website has revealed.

Angela topped the list of girls’ names people are shunning in 2016, while Bertram came first for boys’.

Parenting website Babycentre created the list by analysing baby name registration data for 2016 from its 3million users. The data showed which names had been logged in 2015, but not in 2016.

Researchers compared these to the names to names which were popular in previous decades to reveal the names that could die out this year.

Sarah Redshaw, Managing Editor of BabyCentre, said it is "inevitable" that names rise and fall in popularity.

Girls' names falling out of fashion	Boys’ names falling out of fashion
Angela	Bertram
Beverley	Cecil
Carol	Clarence
Debra	Clive
Diane	Cyril
Donna	Dean
Doris	Dennis
Elaine	Derek
Joanne	Duncan
Maureen	Ernest
Paula	Geoffrey
Sally	Horace
Sandra	Leonard
Sharon	Malcolm
Sheila	Neville
Tracey	Nigel
Wendy	Roy
Yvonne	Wayne

She added: "The question is will they die out completely, or experience a revival in the future? It may not seem the obvious option, but if new parents want to make sure their baby has a name that stands out from the crowd this year, they should look to names like Paula, Debra and Elaine that were popular in the 60s, 70s and 80s for girls.

"For boys, names that peaked in popular as early as the turn of the last century – like Cyril, Horace and Bertram could be unique choices."