Every year, BabyCenter highlights the most popular baby names. Hundreds of thousands of parents register their babies’ names, and we analyze the biggest trends shaking up the rankings. Some names are rising in popularity, but what about names that aren’t so trendy? We took a look at the biggest fallers in 2024 and here’s what we found.
Last year we noticed the beginning of the ending for “-aden” in boys’ names. We see those names continue to drop, with Jaden dropping 162 spots. When it peaked at number 62 in 2002, Jaden was one of the more popular names in this trend.
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Royal names are on the car: Catherine, Anne, Phillip, Albert and Edward – all names of British royals in recent history – each fell more than 100 places. However, Catherine recorded the biggest drop, falling 221 places.
Names from the 80s and 90s are still dropping fast. Jamie, which was in the top 100 names from 1974 to 1996, is our top girl name in 2024 at 320 places. Other millennial girl names that are going out of style include Erin, Kelsey, Chelsea, Kendra, and Alexis. In addition, Taylor – who was in the boys’ top 100 from 1988 to 1997 – fell 199 places for boys.
While some nicknames are more popular today than ever – Ellie and Liam were both in our top 10 of 2024 – others nicknames fade in the dark. Liv (short for Olivia, the #1 girl name for the past four years) fell 257 places for girls, and Billy (short for William, just like Liam) fell 167 places for boys. Other nicknames on the cars include Katie for girls and Danny and Andy for boys.
Read our full list of names that dropped the most in 2024.
Girls’ names in danger of extinction
These girl names saw the biggest drop from 2023 to 2024:
- Jamie (down 320)
- Katie (down 290)
- Remy (down 277)
- Liv (down 257)
- Analia (down 245)
- Karina (down 243)
- Belle (down 242)
- Erin (down 231)
- Bristol (down 230)
- Lilia (down 230)
- Catherine (down 221)
- Faye (down 213)
- Remington (down 205)
- Kelsey (down 187)
- Anne (down 180)
- Monroe (down 180)
- Chelsea (down 174)
- Kendra (down 161)
- Regina (down 157)
- Alexis (down 155)
Names of boys in danger of extinction
These boy names saw the biggest drop from 2023 to 2024:
- Jamal (down 433)
- Esteban (down 283)
- top (down 268)
- Emery (down 241)
- Taylor (down 199)
- Kareem (down 193)
- Idris (down 187)
- Camilo (down 185)
- Matthias (below 179)
- Danny (down 176)
- Aziz (down 170)
- Louie (down 170)
- Andy (down 167)
- Billy (down 167)
- Philip (below 167)
- Albert (down 166)
- Jaden (down 162)
- Bridger (down 152)
- Caesar (down 147)
- Edward (down 145)
Want to see what the biggest baby names are in 2024? Check out our most popular names. And if you’re looking for more name inspiration, our Baby Name Finder can help you get started.
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Methodology
BabyCenter’s State of Baby Names initiative has identified and analyzed the most popular baby names for more than 20 years, beginning in 2004. Our Baby Name Dying Report pulls the top 1,000 baby names for each gender from data submitted by parents to BabyCenter about births in 2024 (withdrawn on 15 October 2024). From there, we looked at which names had the biggest drop compared to 2023. In the event that two or more names have the same number of babies in a given year, ties are broken by assigning alphabetical rank.
BabyCenter is part of Everyday Health Group Pregnancy & Parenting (EHG P&P). EHG P&P reaches 91% of first-time pregnancies and 85% of pregnancies in the United States. Our baby name data is volunteered by parents who enter their baby names in real time, giving us the latest view of what’s trending.