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The most unpopular baby names of 2016 have been revealed

Published 10:05 19 Mar 2016 GMT

Paul Moore
The most unpopular baby names of 2016 have been revealed

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Know anyone with these names?

Popularity can be a hard thing to define because being cool, hip, rad or any other dated 90s lingo that implies you're sound, isn't an exact science. The general belief is that being comfortable in your own skin is usually a surefire way to ensure that you're not a 'Billy No Mates', but we'd wager that anyone with the name Max Power is more likely to be more popular than others. Who wouldn't want to go for a drink with Max Power? Max Power On the opposite end of things, names website BabyCentre has compiled a list of names that are reducing in popularity and here's what they've discovered. After analysing baby name registration data, they measured those names that were once-popular against names that have no registrations on their site so far this year. Here's the names that are falling in popularity for girls: Angela Beverley Carol Debra Diane Donna Doris Elaine Joanne Maureen Paula Sally Sandra Sharon Sheila Tracey Wendy Yvonne And for boys: Bertram Cecil Clarence Clive Cyril Dean Dennis Derek Duncan Ernest Geoffrey Horace Leonard Malcolm Neville Nigel Roy Wayne Having read this list we've got one question, does anyone actually know someone that's named Bertram?

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