These 23 classic baby names are facing extinction in U.S.
(NEW YORK POST) – They’ll be no singing “Happy Birthday” to little Myrtle any time soon. The once-buzzy baby name – along with Al, Bess, Cathy, Vern, Wally and more – is in the top 23 newborn names on the verge of virtual extinction.
A foul fall from grace, the run-of-the-mill monikers were the bees knees during the Baby Boomer generation, between 1946 and 1964, per a 2024 report via baby-naming experts at Namesberry. But they’ve since lost their luster.
These were once ubiquitous names that represented everyday people — used on sitcoms like “The Brady Bunch” and “Father Knows Best,” explained the pros, adding that names going the way of the dinosaur are too closely tied to gray-haired grannies.