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Data has revealed the baby names that have plummeted in popularity since 2011, and there’s an interesting royal moniker on the list.

Names associated with royalty are often favoured by new parents thanks to their regal connotations. Some royal names rise in popularity for this reason, while others experience a resurgence as trends evolve. However, not all regal names maintain their popularity over time.

According to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the name ‘Kate’ has seen a staggering decrease of 72% in the 10 years after the royal wedding. I suppose this is interesting considering the controversy surrounding the royal right now.

Compare the Market used the data to find out which baby names have seen the biggest increase and decrease in popularity since 2011, and incidentally, 2011 is the same year the Prince and Princess of Wales married. This happy occasion doesn’t seem to have helped boost the popularity of a once-fashionable royal baby name, though.

The name Kate – which is short for Catherine in the Princess of Wales’ case – has both Greek and English origins, and means ‘pure’. It has been a name used by and given to princesses and noblewomen for centuries.

Statistics from BabyCenter show Kate’s decrease in popularity over time, with the name being used for a huge 6,944 babies per million in 1996, down to just 327 babies per million in 2023. The parenting website puts the name Kate at number 459 in the list of girls’ names for 2023 – down 112 places from 2022.

Other once-popular baby names going out of fashion fast include Amy, Lucy and Holly for girls and Connor, Matthew and Luke for boys – all of which have seen a dramatic decrease in their usage since 2011.

For girls, Amy has seen the biggest decline, plummeting 86% in popularity, while for boys, the name Brandon has seen a huge 87% decrease.

Girls names going out of fashion:

1. Amy
2. Brooke
3. Fiona
4. Kimberley
5. Samantha
6. Lucy
7. Honour
8. Kate
9. Holly
10. Rebecca

Boys names going out of fashion:

1. Brandon
2. Ashton
3. Mackenzie
4. Connor
5. Juston
6. Matthew
7. Luke
8. Ashley
9. Bradley
10. Bailey

Rather, names influenced by celebrity babies have been on the up. Saint, the name of one of Kim Kardashian’s children, has increased in popularity by a whopping 1,867%, while Harper, the name of David and Victoria Beckham’s daughter, is up an amazing 3,424%.

Unisex baby names – such as Ezra, Wren and Aubrey – are also raging right now.

[source:goodto]