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31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Not a single person, but I'm told there are simply no babies being named "Karen" at all anymore.

shaidyn , Kathy Report

Final score:

198points

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Soozie Poozie 8 months ago

The nicest, most generous and kind person I ever met is named Karen. What a shame that the name has been destroyed.

183points

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Apparently Kermit used to be a popular name. I don’t wanna say it was ruined, persay, more froggified.

EpicBanana05 , Sony Pictures Report

Final score:

193points

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Sleestak 8 months ago

Yeah, Piggy isn't doing too well either.

82points

Interesting-Proof244 , Ägyptischer Maler Report

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Not one person, but I know a lot of women in my community named Isis (after the Egyptian goddess of fertility).

Then THAT ISIS came along, and long story short, they’re all now unemployable.

Final score:

186points

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CK 8 months ago

Thousands of years of the name only for it to be ruined like that.

100points

aigarcia38 , Anete Lusina / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Alexa.

Final score:

139points

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Hphizzle 8 months ago

Mine goes by “Echo”. The human name weirded me out.

54points

Stack_of_HighSociety , Marco Verch Report

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Donald.

Final score:

127points

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Sleestak 8 months ago

Trump is the death knell for many, but we can probably thank a Disney duck for a lot of it.

107points

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Lolita, because of the book by Nabokov.

trinitymonkey , Olympia Press Report

Final score:

126points

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The Doom Song 8 months ago

My God that book was hard to read.

49points

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore As a Norwegian the name Anders is ruined for me because of terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. It's a common name but I never hear anyone call their babies Anders anymore.

KindlyDisaster0 , Wolfmann Report

Final score:

124points

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Marion 8 months ago

That sod shot 77 people on a norwegian island in 2011.

77points

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Alvin. Ruined by the Chipmunk.

My friend started going by "Al" as soon as he could.

CapeMOGuy , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

118points

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CA Hyde 8 months ago

Aaaaaalllviiiiiin!

57points

Canandelabra 8 months ago

I can hear your comment

15points

StrangeOne 8 months ago

But not Simon and Theodore? Mind you, I don't hear those names often, either.

8points

Bookworm 8 months ago

They don't have the strong association even though they are also chipmunks. Theodore probably still makes most people in the U.S think of Teddy Roosevelt.

11points

DRMAGDN 8 months ago

So I heard the original recording session of The Chipmunks. Three dudes sing it normal and then they speed up the vocal takes to sound like Chipmunks.

3points

Upstaged75 8 months ago

You mean it's not real chipmunks?? ;)

3points

Jessie McCormick 3 months ago

I call my youngest dog Alvin when calling her inside because she takes so long 😂 when she's right near the door I holler "AAAALLVINNNN" and in my best squirrel voice say as she crosses the threshold of the door - "Ooookay!"

0points

Kelsie Marx 7 months ago

What about the names Simon and Theadore? 😂

0points

Brina Anna 7 months ago

Hahaha my dad has the "Spanish" version, of the name... Alvían. When he finally told me what his name was(used a nickname), I couldn't stop saying, "AaaLVIiiiiN". He used to get so annoyed with me 😂 My lil brother has the "English" version ad his middle name.

0points

R.A. Haley 7 months ago

My FIL was named Albin. Yes, with a "B". I've only heard that name once in my lifetime.

0points

I’ll have a treble thanks. 7 months ago

TBH Alvin ???

0points

CM Peterson 7 months ago

Grandfather, Father and Brother had middle name of Alvin - brother born in 1954 (just before the chipmunks) My brother refused to us that name when naming his four sons!

0points

LGBTQpanda 7 months ago

Had a cousin named Alvin and he was so popular in the 80s because of his name and the correlation to the cartoon! He loved it.

0points

Steve Hall 8 months ago

My grandfather was named Alvin, I cringed every time I heard it.

0points

Mr.Li 8 months ago

Al like Al Bundy

0points

Sandy D 8 months ago

My step-dad was an Alvin, but he was born around 1940-ish

0points

#10

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Not a person, but a storm. Katrina.

ignisignis , NASA Report

Final score:

109points

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PFD 8 months ago

Looking at the stats, Katrina seem to have been in steady decline since 1980 (in the US that it).

33points

#11

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Let's just say there's a very good reason why the founder of Adidas went by Adi and not what was written on his birth certificate. (His name is Adolf)

Zap_Rowsdowwer , anonymous Report

Final score:

104points

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Javelina Poppers 8 months ago

Much better than buying a pair Adolfas.

129points

WokeUpNChoseViolins , James Tissot Report

#12

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore I read Judas was a popular name back then. Thanks to THAT Judas, it's no longer popular today.

Final score:

97points

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Libstak 8 months ago

Weird because he was good enough to be a disciple of the Son of God. An alternate view has it that as Jesus knew who all his disciples would be, he specifically chose Judas to fulfill the required acts to ensure his crucifixion and resurrection, Judas agreed to enact Christ's plan and accepted that he would be hated for it.

92points

RandomActsOfParanoia , Anna Shvets / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#13

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Kovid was a beautiful Indian name.

Final score:

95points

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Chickens are fluffy 8 months ago

Didn't know this was even a name to be honest 😳

137points

#14

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Kevin
After Home alone, many families with low socioeconomic background in some European countries named their son's Kevin. When this boys hit Kindergarten or school, they oftentimes where seen as the troublemakers of the group (probably bc of a mixture of the Kevin from the movies and their families status and the resulting problems in their upbringing ) In the years after that, the name got associated with poor background, bad behaviour and overall stupidity. Alpha-Kevin is used as a semi-funny insult to this day in the German speaking part of Europe.

Baron1sta , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

88points

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PFD 8 months ago

The prejudice against Kevins is known as Kevinism. Jokes like "Kevin isn't a name, it's a diagnosis." It's a phenomenon in France too. A French documentary maker (also named Kevin) crowdfunded a documentary on the topic, working title "Save the Kevins"...

82points

#15

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Jezebel… i love that name but especially men don’t.

ghostriderghostrider , Byam Shaw Report

Final score:

86points

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Bart 8 months ago

A friends daughter is named Lilith, beautiful name but almost gave his devout Catholic grandma a heart attack...

116points

#16

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Madonna

My Aunt Madonna tried to call her husband at work to inform him that his father had died. The secretary hung up on her for being a crank caller, so he didn't get the news until he got home that evening (despite Madonna calling back several times).

Raebee_ , Raph_PH Report

Final score:

85points

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Kyra Heiker 8 months ago

She couldn't just say she was his wife?

123points

SanaraHikari , Lukas / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#17

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore In Germany it's Chantal, Jaqueline, Mandy and Kevin, besides Adolf of course. "Kevin is no name, but a diagnosis!"

They have the stigma to be names for stupid people. There is even a study for that! And names: Kevinismus (Kevinism) and Chantalismus (Chantalism).

Final score:

78points

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Chickens are fluffy 8 months ago

I know a couple of Kevins, all are smart and nice

33points

Honest-Possibility-9 , Gage Skidmore Report

#18

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore My cousin always said if she had a girl, she'd name her Amber. 3 weeks ago, she named her newborn daughter Emily. When I asked why she didn't use Amber, she said she didn't want anyone to call her daughter Amber Turd.

Final score:

77points

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PFD 8 months ago

It's not as though kids being born now will know or care about Amber Heard.

96points

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#27

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore I no longer like the name Logan.

Animegx43 , Erik Drost Report

Final score:

42points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 8 months ago

Somewhere, Wolverine is shaking his head at the WWE US Champion...XP

62points

SilverFox8006 , Omotayo Samuel / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#28

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Stacy. Poor any girl who got named Stacy.

Final score:

41points

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Sleestak 8 months ago

But Stacy's mom has got it goin' on.

167points

#29

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Joran. Used to be a popular name but I don't believe many parents will name their boys that anymore.

moshennick , Aruba Police Force Report

Final score:

41points

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Mustafa Kiziroğlu 8 months ago (edited)

I just learned Joran van der Sloot is a Dutch murderer.

63points

#30

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Cristina (if you are from Argentina).

her_queen , Charly Diaz Azcue Report

Final score:

21points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 8 months ago

I need some enlightening on this, more so because that's me mum's name... -_-"

33points

ch4nell , Rodolfo Quirós / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#31

31 Common Names That Can't Really Be Used Anymore Molly.

Final score:

11points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 8 months ago

Why, please?

41points

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MR 8 months ago

At least half of these are nonsense. It takes more than one unpopular person having the name to ruin it. The first name itself has to have some inherent part of their identity AND it has to have broad awareness. Adolf was heavily used to refer to him. Benito not so much. Karen has a known heavy connotation. Logan not so much.

29points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 8 months ago

Not a lot Attilas running around. It only takes one bad person to permanently ruin the taste for the name in a lot of people's mind. I'm prejudiced against Ronald.

6points

2WheelTravlr 8 months ago (edited)

Well, this was mostly stupid. With the exception of a few obvious names which will never regain popularity, name popularity ebbs and flows due to many factors.

19points

Auntriarch 8 months ago

It was interesting to hear what names are unpopular in other countries though

14points

The Doom Song 8 months ago

I think for me the name Adolf was definitely ruined.

16points

Al Fun 8 months ago

I think Osama as a name has lost its luster, at least with families living in western countries.

9points

Ge Po 8 months ago

No-one named Ken? (Not 100% sure whether Barbie was ever used as a girl's name.) But then: Mercedes and Porche used to be.

8points

Molly Whuppie 8 months ago

Barbie's full name is actually Barbara. "Barbara Millicent Roberts"

8points

Captain Kyra 8 months ago

Barbie was often a nickname for Barbara. I have a friend named Mercedes, she is in her early 30's.

3points

Andrea Steinacher 1 week ago

Mercedes was a beautiful spanish girl´s name BEFORE it became a car brand - I think the wife of the founder (Benz or Daimler) was named Mercedes. Porche is just ridiculous

0points

Shadow 8 months ago

Why say like to some "you know why" or not elaborate since not everyone knows all of these

7points

Georgie Montague 8 months ago

I knew three girls called Gay when I was at school. You never hear that as a given name anymore.

6points

The Original Bruno 8 months ago

I can't think of anyone named "Sauron" since J.R.R. Tolkein's book came out. Not that I can think of anyone BEFORE the book, either. Kinda surprised no-one's been named "Voldemort" just in spite of J.K. Rowling. "Ya know what, who are you to decide who shouldn't be named what?"

6points

Sleestak 8 months ago

My grandparents and their siblings and in-laws had names like Jobe, Francis, Clyde, Dorothy, Ralph, Bernice (pronounced like Berniss), Warren, Peg and the like. So many names have faded away.

6points

LB 8 months ago

Ralf is still pretty common in the Netherlands :)

5points

TheBlueBitterfly 8 months ago

I know a few Bernices, and Dorothys. Of all ages.

1point

Little Miss Lady 8 months ago

My cousin named her son Clyde. She's only in her early 30's. I agree with you it's not that common of a name these days. It's not a bad name, although I couldn't help but think of "Bonnie & Clyde" when she first told me his name, though!

1point

Blyss Blyssylb 7 months ago

😏 funny, in your list of names, my paternal grandparents were Clyde Wesley and Doris Eleanor, my maternal grandmother was Helen, my father dated a gal named Peggy before marrying her sister, LouAnn, I have an aunt Dorothy, worked for a lady named Francis, great uncle Harold, great aunt Pearl, aunt Elizabeth, etc...

0points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 8 months ago

I got several of these, but by no means all.

5points

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

strange, I didn't see bouche, audi, or shyla on the list.

6points

DJR 8 months ago

I really really wanted to name my daughter Cortana, back when she was a character from an older videogame. Then Microsoft made the name their version of Siri/Alexa/Bixby, so I'm pretty glad my wife gave me the firm no.

3points

Fora Nakit 8 months ago

There is a famous Croatian singer whose first name is Adolf, though most people don't know that. He was born in Yugoslavia, in 1949 and he was named Adolf. His parents had some guts.

3points

Eugene the Jeep 8 months ago

I had a cousin who named her son Elvis. Not necessarily any negative connotation, but you know he probably got teased. Elvis Presley owns that name for all time.

2points

Ricardo Ferreira 8 months ago

Sugismundo is a very Iberic medieval name, but nobody more is named after this because it sounds like the words sujo and imundo (dirty and unclean) together. And just now I discovered that in Brazil they made short animations about a dirty guy called Sujismundo to learn children to be clean.

2points

ADJ 8 months ago

There is also Alfons - (Alphonse). In Poland alfons = pimp. Name popular in early 20th century, nowadays is nonexistent.

2points

Manny 7 months ago

I'm actually surprised the name Bella didn't make this list

1point

Mary Brizendine 8 months ago

My cousin always told me when she was growing up she always wanted to have a daughter named Heidi. She grew up in a very German family. Then she married a man named John Fridy and realized that wasn't going to work. She named her Tami.

1point

Roberta Surprenant 8 months ago

I can almost believe this, my husband happens to have a male name that starts and ends with a D, since the 2016 election, he has hated saying his own name.

1point

Hey! 8 months ago

I really don't like the names Marie and Sandra from previous acquaintance, but it doesn't mean my world stops rolling. If I meet someone with one of those names doesn't mean I'm going to start hating them or not talk to them. It's ridiculous.

1point

Lara Verne 8 months ago

This is Czechia specific: .There's very popular classic book (and movies) called Babička (Grandmother). One of characters in book is mentally ill woman named Viktorka (Viktoria), who's often seen wailing and screaming. It kinda ruined this name, because people sometimes use the phrase 'screaming like Viktorka'- being very loud.This name is still used, but it's not like people forget about that book character anytime soon.

1point

MonsterMum 8 months ago

Gary - in the UK after Gary Glitter. Also James/Jim/Jimmy due to Jimmy Saville

1point

Andrea Steinacher 1 week ago

To me using city names is just ridiculous - Paris, London, Vienna - is that a tour?

0points

Janmarbol 3 months ago

Cristina in Argentina is only disliked by the right wing. Clearly whoever wrote this article has weird friends or associates, and you know what they say, "guilty by association". The more you know.

0points

Jennie Twitchell 3 months ago

Why Molly? I love that name

0points

Barbara Deskins 3 months ago

Monica should be included

0points

Zoe's Mom 7 months ago

My name is Angelina: Angie for short and I get sung to all the time.

0points

ColorEd 7 months ago

What about Gemma?

0points

Pittsburgh rare 8 months ago

People who look down on other people's names because *vulgar* or *uneducated* should have a hard look at their own. I also think Karen will make a comeback eventually. It's a beautiful name and the whole millennial discourse on it will vanish with time.

0points

Maudelin 8 months ago

A lot of weak minded people posting and commenting here. Most of these names are perfectly fine; grow up.

0points

Knitting Panda 8 months ago

We were a bit concerned that our son would get some teasing about John Philip Sousa ( the march composer), when we named him John Philip, but it never happened.

0points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 8 months ago

I know I sound like an old man but can me PLEASE stop changing spellings because we think it makes them unique? It just makes it hard on everyone. I had a customer today named Shyann AKA Cheyenne (relatively common name in Colorado). She had to spell it twice then had a coworker tell the hilarious original joke that they know her and she doesn't seem shy.

0points

Caroline Nagel 8 months ago

At college I was in a class with four Nancy's. Four! Over the years at different companies there was always a Nancy. I absolutely detest the name.

0points

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MR 8 months ago

29points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 8 months ago

Not a lot Attilas running around. It only takes one bad person to permanently ruin the taste for the name in a lot of people's mind. I'm prejudiced against Ronald.

6points

2WheelTravlr 8 months ago (edited)

Well, this was mostly stupid. With the exception of a few obvious names which will never regain popularity, name popularity ebbs and flows due to many factors.

19points

Auntriarch 8 months ago

It was interesting to hear what names are unpopular in other countries though

14points

The Doom Song 8 months ago

I think for me the name Adolf was definitely ruined.

16points

Al Fun 8 months ago

I think Osama as a name has lost its luster, at least with families living in western countries.

9points

Ge Po 8 months ago

No-one named Ken? (Not 100% sure whether Barbie was ever used as a girl's name.) But then: Mercedes and Porche used to be.

8points

Molly Whuppie 8 months ago

Barbie's full name is actually Barbara. "Barbara Millicent Roberts"

8points

Captain Kyra 8 months ago

Barbie was often a nickname for Barbara. I have a friend named Mercedes, she is in her early 30's.

3points

Andrea Steinacher 1 week ago

Mercedes was a beautiful spanish girl´s name BEFORE it became a car brand - I think the wife of the founder (Benz or Daimler) was named Mercedes. Porche is just ridiculous

0points

Shadow 8 months ago

Why say like to some "you know why" or not elaborate since not everyone knows all of these

7points

Georgie Montague 8 months ago

I knew three girls called Gay when I was at school. You never hear that as a given name anymore.

6points

The Original Bruno 8 months ago

6points

Sleestak 8 months ago

My grandparents and their siblings and in-laws had names like Jobe, Francis, Clyde, Dorothy, Ralph, Bernice (pronounced like Berniss), Warren, Peg and the like. So many names have faded away.

6points

LB 8 months ago

Ralf is still pretty common in the Netherlands :)

5points

TheBlueBitterfly 8 months ago

I know a few Bernices, and Dorothys. Of all ages.

1point

Little Miss Lady 8 months ago

1point

Blyss Blyssylb 7 months ago

0points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 8 months ago

I got several of these, but by no means all.

5points

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

strange, I didn't see bouche, audi, or shyla on the list.

6points