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Bethan McKernan
Apr 04, 2016

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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