100 least popular baby names that have fallen out of favour in the last 30 years - is your name on the list?

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Sorry Bill, Kirsty and Nicole - these names may have been popular in the past but they've fallen out of favour in recent decades, according to research.

Baby names come in and out of fashion, and it can be hard for parents to keep up with the latest trends. Because while you might expect the most unpopular baby names to be a combination of unique baby names or old fashioned baby names, you might be surprised by how familiar some of the least-used names are.

Language learning software Babbel has shown this, after looking at baby name records from the Office of National Statistics. The researchers analysed all the baby names recorded between 1914 and 1994 in the UK to compile a list of names that were previously in the ONS top 100 most popular baby names - but haven’t made the cut since '94.

The list is split into 50 boys' names and 50 girls' names, and some of the monikers that appeared might surprise you. It turns out that Bill, Iain and Stuart have all fallen out of favour for boys, while Kirsty, Lesley and Nicole have all fallen in popularity for girls.

However, if any of these options take your fancy, they might make a great choice if you're on the hunt for a name that will stand out on the class register...

100 least popular baby names

Boys' names

1. Arlyn
2. Ashton
3. Barry
4. Bill
5. Cecil
6. Chad
7. Clarence
8. Claude
9. Clifford
10. Corby
11. Cyril
12. Dale
13. Dariyan
14. Donald
15. Drake
16. Duran
17. Elison
18. Esteban
19. Finch
20. Gary
21. Glenn
22. Gordon
23. Graham
24. Horace
25. Howard
26. Huxon
27. Iain
28. Jeffrey
29. Joules
30. Keith
31. Kielan
32. Kobe
33. Leigh
34. Leslie
35. Melvyn
36. Neville
37. Neymar
38. Nigel
39. Norman
40. Quinten
41. Rodney
42. Royston
43. Stewart
44. Stuart
45. Trevor
46. Turner
47. Tyde
48. Uri
49. Yuri
50. Zekiel

Girls' names

1. Aerith
2. Alexa
3. Angela
4. Annette
5. Andrea
6. Ashley
7. Bertha
8. Beryl
9. Beverly
10. Bloom
11. Carol
12. Cheryl
13. Dawn
14. Delphina
15. Doreen
16. Edna
17. Freda
18. Gail
19. Gillian
20. Gladys
21. Hilary
22. Hilda
23. Janice
24. Jill
25. Julianne
26. Kay
27. Kerry
28. Kirsty
29. Kristen
30. Kyomi
31. Lesley
32. Lindsey
33. Lorraine
34. Lynne
35. Mandy
36. Marlene
37. Maureen
38. Muriel
39. Nicole
40. Norma
41. Nyala
42. Phyllis
43. Shelia
44. Shirley
45. Tasmin
46. Thelma
47. Toni
48. Tracey
49. Vinisha
50. Yvonne

If you're still searching for that perfect baby name, why not give our baby name generator a whirl or this Tinder for baby names app? You can also find inspiration in the oddest of places, from country music to these priceless millionaire baby names!