The Gen X Baby Names That Are Going Away
There are some Gen X Baby Names that are going away. Parents these days are not using Generation X names as much anymore. Some Gen X baby names used to…
Gen X Baby Names
Getty Images RFThere are some Gen X Baby Names that are going away. Parents these days are not using Generation X names as much anymore. Some Gen X baby names used to be popular but now really don’t exist anymore. A TikTok account named Nostalgia Nut posted a list of some Generation X names that they say are about to be extinct. People born between 1965 and 1980 are considered Generation X.
Gen X Baby Names About To Go Away
Below is a list of those Gen X baby names that are about to be extinct. The TikTok user also used data showing how man people named their baby one of these names back in 2022. The number next to the name represents that.
- Donna - 3 named in 2022
- Kerry - 0 named in 2022
- Nigel - 0 named in 2022
- Tracey - 0 named in 2022
- Lindsey - 3 named in 2022
- Gary - 11 named in 2022
- Cheryl - 3 named in 2022
- Clare - 7 named in 2022
- Tanya - 9 named in 2022
- Lorraine - 4 named in 2022
- Wayne - 9 named in 2022
- Beverly - 0 named in 2022
- Dawn - 5 named in 2022
- Stuart - 8 named in 2022
- Denise - 7 named in 2022
- Keith - 7 named in 2022
- Barry - 4 named in 2022
- Karen - 4 named in 2022
I am not surprised that Karen is on this list, but some of these do surprise me. Maybe these Gen X baby names will make a comeback one day.
I know this won’t surprise you but some people will agree with this list and some people will disagree with this list. On the TikTok account, there have been more than 2,200 comments and some even more names than the ones listed above. Other names mentioned were Mark, Mike, Christine, Lisa, Scott, Todd, Melissa, Jason, Barbara, Brett, Debbie, Amanda, Cheryl, and Heather.
