Dozens of baby names could go extinct in 2026 – including Frank and Abby

Data shows the 100 girl and boy names that are falling out of favour fastest

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Dozens of baby names could disappear in 2026 as parents change what they are choosing for their children, experts say. Each year, hundreds of thousands of parents register their babies’ names on the BabyCenter app , and while some names are climbing fast , others are sliding off the charts.

The data shows names like Sasha. Mia, Gabrielle, Danielle, Lilian and Abby are falling out of favour, as well as Dominick, Harry, Frank and Bruce.

BabyCentre data shows nontraditional spellings of popular names, like Charleigh, Alivia, Maddison, Emmitt, and Mohamad, are on the out along with names inspired by places such as Malaysia, Dallas, and London for girls and Boston for boys.

Boyas names ending in ‘y’ like Huxley, Grady, Rey, Corey, and Harry are on their way out of the top 1,000 along with names that start with ‘d’ or ‘k’ like Danielle, Dylan, Kenna, Kinley, Dominic, Dev, Kylian, and Karim.

These girl names saw the steepest decline from 2024 to 2025:

1. Charleigh (down 421 spots)
2. Mckinley (down 419 spots)
3. Prisha (down 349 spots)
4. Ezra (down 348 spots)
5. Sasha (down 331 spots)
6. Mía (down 330 spots)
7. Kenna (down 319 spots)
8. Kori (down 316 spots)
9. Dior (down 266 spots)
10. Shaikha (down 261 spots)
11. Gabrielle (down 255 spots)
12. Zaylee (down 250 spots)
13. Ocean (down 242 spots)
14. Allie (down 236 spots)
15. Giana (down 234 spots)
16. Skyler (down 232 spots)
17. Kinley (down 232 spots)
18. Aarya (down 229 spots)
19. Kylee (down 221 spots)
20. Renata (down 220 spots)
21. Rayne (down 217 spots)
22. Malaysia (down 213 spots)
23. Goldie (down 211 spots)
24. Halle (down 211 spots)
25. Amayah (down 209 spots)
26. Kenzie (down 209 spots)
27. Avianna (down 203 spots)
28. Alivia (down 202 spots)
29. Danielle (down 202 spots)
30. Everlee (down 199 spots)
31. Kiana (down 197 spots)
32. Maddison (down 197 spots)
33. Vada (down 196 spots)
34. Indie (down 195 spots)
35. Regina (down 195 spots)
36. Averie (down 193 spots)
37. Elsa (down 193 spots)
38. Kaeli (down 189 spots)
39. Lilian (down 188 spots)
40. Siena (down 186 spots)
41. Dylan (down 184 spots)
42. Dallas (down 183 spots)
43. Amal (down 181 spots)
44. Nicole (down 181 spots)
45. Oaklyn (down 177 spots)
46. Brinley (down 174 spots)
47. Daleyza (down 174 spots)
48. Payton (down 169 spots)
49. London (down 168 spots)
50. Abby (down 166 spots)

These boy names saw the steepest decline from 2024 to 2025:

1. Kylian (down 512 spots)
2. Atharv (down 373 spots)
3. Enoch (down 345 spots)
4. Crue (down 324 spots)
5. Huxley (down 296 spots)
6. Salman (down 278 spots)
7. Camilo (down 259 spots)
8. Advik (down 254 spots)
9. Emmitt (down 253 spots)
10. Garrett (down 245 spots)
11. Jaxton (down 244 spots)
12. Avyaan (down 229 spots)
13. Karim (down 224 spots)
14. Ishaan (down 222 spots)
15. Dax (down 221 spots)
16. Mohamad (down 221 spots)
17. Case (down 221 spots)
18. Ryland (down 215 spots)
19. Franco (down 215 spots)
20. Boston (down 214 spots)
21. Santana (down 212 spots)
22. Reign (down 209 spots)
23. Rudra (down 208 spots)
24. Ridge (down 207 spots)
25. Grady (down 205 spots)
26. Dominick (down 204 spots)
27. Mikael (down 203 spots)
28. Aryan (down 199 spots)
29. Rey (down 198 spots)
30. Adan (down 196 spots)
31. Jase (down 196 spots)
32. Avi (down 194 spots)
33. Quinn (down 190 spots)
34. Gage (down 185 spots)
35. Hamad (down 182 spots)
36. Anderson (down 178 spots)
37. Corey (down 177 spots)
38. Gunner (down 177 spots)
39. Bryce (down 176 spots)
40. Brixton (down 174 spots)
41. Chandler (down 174 spots)
42. Harry (down 174 spots)
43. Alonso (down 171 spots)
44. Frank (down 169 spots)
45. Trace (down 164 spots)
46. Bruce (down 159 spots)
47. Jedidiah (down 158 spots)
48. Langston (down 157 spots)
49. Ignacio (down 155 spots)
50. Dev (down 153 spots)