The baby names that have fallen in popularity over the past five years
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Some baby names are becoming less popular
Scarlett, Harvey and Jayden are the baby names that have fallen out of favour the most over the past five years, according to new research.
While other popular monikers like Jessica and Samuel have fallen from grace, names belonging to several key members of the Royal Family are also slipping down the rankings too as Harry, Elizabeth, Charlotte, William and Charles have all experienced a decline in popularity.
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They’ve assessed the names from the Top 100 (with #1 being the most popular) that could be going out of fashion after continually sliding down the popularity rankings over the last five years.
Biggest Consistent Fallers in the Top 100 from 2016-2021
Rank 2016/2017 | Rank 2020/2021 | Places fallen | |
Jayden | 61 | 98 | 37 |
Harvey | 54 | 86 | 32 |
Scarlett | 18 | 50 | 32 |
Lilly | 60 | 91 | 31 |
Georgia | 54 | 84 | 30 |
Abigail | 58 | 87 | 29 |
Holly | 52 | 81 | 29 |
Jessica | 8 | 37 | 29 |
Amber | 55 | 83 | 28 |
Riley | 40 | 67 | 27 |
Lucy | 43 | 69 | 26 |
Chloe | 23 | 46 | 23 |
Lola | 42 | 65 | 23 |
Samuel | 24 | 47 | 23 |
Daniel | 28 | 50 | 22 |
Ellie | 48 | 67 | 19 |
Heidi | 76 | 95 | 19 |
Elizabeth | 38 | 56 | 18 |
Hannah | 57 | 75 | 18 |
David | 43 | 60 | 17 |
Dylan | 38 | 55 | 17 |
Charles | 72 | 88 | 16 |
Toby | 46 | 62 | 16 |
Imogen | 37 | 52 | 15 |
Jacob | 5 | 19 | 14 |
Emily | 3 | 15 | 12 |
James | 12 | 24 | 12 |
Sophie | 14 | 26 | 12 |
Alice | 17 | 27 | 10 |
Harrison | 32 | 41 | 9 |
William | 11 | 20 | 9 |
Charlotte | 12 | 20 | 8 |
Ella | 9 | 16 | 7 |
Edward | 23 | 29 | 6 |
Harry | 2 | 8 | 6 |
Jack | 4 | 10 | 6 |
Eva | 30 | 35 | 5 |
Baby names that have consistently dropped down the Top 100 since 2016
RANK | |||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Jayden | 61 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 98 |
Harvey | 54 | 66 | 78 | 78 | 86 |
Scarlett | 18 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 50 |
Lilly | 60 | 64 | 67 | 86 | 91 |
Georgia | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 84 |
Abigail | 58 | 73 | 77 | 83 | 87 |