The baby names going out of fashion: Kirsty falls out of favour with parents with just FOUR girls given the once popular monicker last year – while Mitchell is the least used for boys
- Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals names with a decline in use
- With four babies named Kirsty in 2019 the once popular girls name tops the list
- Mitchell took the top spot for boys names, with just 21 babies given name in 2019
With every passing year a new crop of fashionable baby names top the most popular list while another set of monickers fall off the list entirely.
Olivia and Oliver remained the most popular baby names in Britain in 2019 – and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also revealed the names that are in danger of becoming extinct.
For girls, Kirsty, appears to have fallen out of fashion, with only four babies given the name last year and a drop in use of a whopping 99 per cent since 2000.
Meanwhile for boys the name Mitchell was most at risk of being left behind in 2019, with only 21 born – compared to 639 in 2000, a 96 per cent drop.
Kirsty was the name to have fallen out of fashion the most in 2019, with only four uses. Pictured: stock image
Other names following Kirsty on the endangered list included Jordan, Shauna, Shannon, Courtney and Lauren.
Lauren has suffered a sharp dip in popularity over the last 20 years, despite once holding the top spot in the year 2000. It has since dropped 98 per cent to its current rank at sixth most unpopular.
Gemma was seventh on the least used list, with Jodie, Jade and Natasha also seeing a steady decline in popularity with new parents.
After Mitchell, the boys names most likely to disappear in 2020 included Ross, Brandon, Craig and Ben.
The name Jordan has fallen down the ranks for both girls and boys in the last two years. Pictured: stock image
The name Kieran’s popularity has also plummeted since 2000, with just 116 given the name in 2019 compared to 2,586 in 2000 – a drop of 95 per cent.
Jordan was also on the list of unpopular boys names, at seventh most likely to go extinct. Callum, Kyle and Scott were also rarely chosen as names for the babies of 2019.
On the other end of the scale, an incredible 4,082 babies were named Olivia, the name which has held the top spot of the ONS name charts for three years, and an impressive 4,932 babies were named Oliver.
Emily was knocked out of the top 10 for the first time since 1984, with names including Freya and Lily now taking spots there.