According to their research, the names which have become extinct since 1994, are Graeme, Horace, Iain, Leigh, Melvyn, Nigel and Royston for boys.
The UK has no law restricting names, but names that contain obscenities, numerals, misleading titles, or are impossible to pronounce are likely to be rejected by the Registering Officer, when registering a child.
Likewise, Ashley, Sophia, Lorraine, Kristen, and Suzanne also made it onto the list as the least-desired names. While, for the boys, Kobe, Jeffrey, Nigel, and Ashton topped the list of the most unpopular – followed by Graham, Stuart, Chad, Gary, and Bill.
Antigone, Araminta, Cosima, Hester, Loveday, Maud and Xenia, to name but a few. The unusual British girl names in this list all rank below the Top 100 nationally – and below the Top 500 in the US – but were used multiple times by Telegraph parents.
Kushim (Sumerian: 𒆪𒋆 KU. ŠIM) is the earliest known recorded name of a person in writing.
Along with Emma and Henry, other vintage baby names in the US Top 500 include Abraham, Arthur, Edith, Frederick, Josephine, Olive, Philip, Rosemary, and Walter. Other old-fashioned names that are up-and-coming include Amos, Ida, Lucinda, and Ralph.
Baby girl names "at risk" of going "extinct"
The report says for girls, Hayden, Ariyah, Mira, Kate and Katherine had some of the steepest popularity declines from 2021 to 2022. BabyCenter's State of Baby Names initiative has identified and analyzed the most popular baby names for 18 years.
Traditionally, the British upper class has used multiple names to indicate family connections, even going so far as changing surnames to reflect these bonds. In France, it is normal for citizens to have multiple middle names, though all names except the surname are referred to as “first names” on official documents.
Believe it or not, the oldest recorded English name is Hatt. An Anglo-Saxon family with the surname Hatt are mentioned in a Norman transcript, and is identified as a pretty regular name in the county. It related simply to a hat maker and so was an occupational name.
David Smith is the most common name for UK adults, beating David Jones (2nd) and John Smith (3rd) Smith is the UK's most common surname: one in three of the top 100 most common adult names contain 'Smith'
The longest single English surname is Featherstonehaugh (17 letters), variously pronounced Featherstonehaw or Festonhaw or Fessonhay or Freestonhugh or Feerstonhaw or Fanshaw.
The most common surname in Scotland and the UK as a whole, Smith originated from the Middle English period. 546,960 UK nationals have it.
Tilly is a girl's name of German origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. A variant of Tilda, an abbreviation of Matilda, this title is perfect for the powerful little girl who is ready to take on the world as though she owns it.
Along with Evelyn and Avery, other English girl names in the US top 100 include Addison, Audrey, Eleanor, Harper, Lillian, Lily, Lucy, Piper, and Scarlett. Baby girl names popular in England include Amelia — a long-time number-one name in the United Kingdom — Isla, Charlotte, and Alice.
Yes, Sophia is officially the most popular girl's name IN THE WORLD! The moniker is the most popular girl's name in eight countries - Mexico, Russia, Argentina, Italy, Switzerland, Estonia, Chile and Slovakia - and is the second or third most popular in a further 20!