Not every name has staying power. You probably know very few toddlers named Eustace or Irwin today, but there are still a few getting named those names every year. However, some names have gotten so unfashionable they have gone extinct. Whether it was a weird spelling that never caught on (e.g., Bengiman & Domineck), the commemoration of an event or person that was in the zeitgeist for a small time (Argonne, Armistice), or a name that just fell out of fashion (Euliss, Hargus, Odbert), this is a list of names that have not appeared in the SSA database for at least a century. There tend to be fewer boys' names that girls names that have gone extinct because there are fewer boys' names in general. Boys' names go in and out of fashion at a much slower rate than girls' names. Also, girls get more creative names as well as creative spellings. For example, in 2024, there were 14,243 distinct boys' names in the database and 17,661 for girls. In 1924, there were 5901 girls' names and 4971 boys' names. In every year, there are more girls' names than boys' names, and more boys are named the top names. In 2024, 139,139 girls got a name in the top 10, but 146,454 boys got names in the top 10. This is largely because boys often get named after their fathers or grandfathers, whereas girls don't get named after their mothers and grandmothers as often. This preserves the boys' name pool more than that girls' pool. Anyway, if you are looking for a rare name, this list provides a bunch!
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