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These are the baby names going out of fashion

These are the baby names going out of fashion

What do you mean you're not calling your baby Saint? Or Charlotte Diana?

Names, like anything else, dip in and out of fashion, but population data collected by the Australian government suggests that some names have dropped in popularity so steadily since 1900 that within two generations they could be extinct altogether.

While existing Sarahs and Michaels will obviously be sticking around a bit longer than that, names which could be seriously old-fashioned in a few short years include:

Female names:

Amanda

Angela

Daniella

Donna

Fiona

Jennifer

Jessica

Joanne

Melanie

Michelle

Sarah

Male names:

Adam

Brendan

Damien

Gary

Jason

Mark

Michael

Matt

Scott

Stuart

Ross

H/T: Her

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