These names are dead to newborns today.

The global naming records website NameKun has revealed which baby names have seen a significant decrease over the years, according to a Wednesday report in Tyla .

The top names set to go extinct included Lauren, Karen, Sheila, Brenda, Gladys, Galvin, Roderick, Gary, Neville and Dale. inarik – stock.adobe.com

Names that were popular between the 1950s and 1970s are being used remarkably less in modern times, either falling out of the top 1,000 or becoming extremely rare for new babies — and some dropping by more than 90% from their mid-20th-century peak.

Neville and Galvin, for example, are used so little these days that they may be considered nearly extinct for newborns.

Sometimes, there are cultural moments that can affect a name’s populari

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