40 Endangered Baby Names You Probably Won’t See in Minnesota This Year

List of 40 Baby Names at Risk of Extinction This Year

Baby name trends are changing faster than a Minnesota weather forecast.

BabyCenter has revealed a surprising list of baby names that are quickly declining in popularity and could soon disappear from Minnesota playgrounds, classrooms, and sports teams as the Generation Beta babies are born.

For their "names going extinct" report, BabyCenter says they examined the top 1,000 names for boys and girls based on babies born in 2024, identifying the names with the steepest year-over-year drops compared to 2023.

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What’s behind the drop in popularity of the once-popular names? BabyCenter offered some insight into their State of Baby Names initiative sharing several key highlights:

Millennial Favorites Fade Away

BabyCenter says some of the names experiencing the steepest declines were wildly popular during the Millennial era of the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Jaime, Erin, Kelsey, Chelsea, Taylor... names we all grew up hearing regularly are no longer resonating with today’s parents, they want trendier, more unique names for their kids.

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Royal Names Are Becoming Less Popular

Minnesota and the rest of the country are royally over names tied to British royalty, like Catherine, Anne, Phillip, Albert, and Edward.

With so much influence from pop culture today, young parents are now looking for more modern choices, fueled by the desire to get away from the traditional name norms of older generations.

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Nicknames No More

Another major trend highlighted in the report is the decline of traditional nickname names.

So when it comes to names like Katie, Liv, Andy, and Billy, parents are now going with the full versions instead... Kaitlyn, Olivia, Andrew, and William.

You can see the full list of endangered baby names in Minnesota and the country below.

Girls’ Names at Risk of Extinction

Jamie (down 320 spots)

Katie (down 290)

Remy (down 277)

Liv (down 257)

Analia (down 245)

Karina (down 243)

Belle (down 242)

Erin (down 231)

Bristol (down 230)

Lilia (down 230)

Catherine (down 221)

Faye (down 213)

Remington (down 205)

Kelsey (down 187)

Anne (down 180)

Monroe (down 180)

Chelsea (down 174)

Kendra (down 161)

Regina (down 157)

Alexis (down 155)

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Boys’ Names at Risk of Extinction

Jamal (down 433 spots)

Esteban (down 283)

Cannon (down 268)

Emery (down 241)

Taylor (down 199)

Kareem (down 193)

Idris (down 187)

Camilo (down 185)

Matthias (down 179)

Danny (down 176)

Aziz (down 170)

Louie (down 170)

Andy (down 167)

Billy (down 167)

Phillip (down 167)

Albert (down 166)

Jaden (down 162)

Bridger (down 152)

Cesar (down 147)

Edward (down 145)