Choice Mutual analyzed every top-1,000 baby name on file with the Social Security Administration from 1900 through 2024, calculating how each name's 2024 usage compared to its all-time peak to determine which are functionally extinct.
Useful data:
- Patricia, Debra, and Susan are the most endangered names.
- Donald, Ronald, and Jerry are the fastest-fading boy names.
- Linda, Lisa, and Deborah are the fastest-fading girl names.
- Hazel, Eleanor, and Elsie are the top baby names making a comeback.
- Joseph, William and Edward are the most consistently popular names
- Most at-risk Boomer names: Ronald and Jerry (boys), Linda and Deborah (girls).
- Most at-risk Gen X names: Scott and Brian (boys), Lisa and Jennifer (girls).
Check out the most popular names by decade in the full study here.
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