Are you a Malcolm or a Paula? Well, your name could soon be coming extinct.
That's the message from online resource BabyCentre, which has compiled a list of 36 once-popular names that are yet to be registered on its database in 2017.
The resource tracked name data from its community of three million mums across the UK.
And the results show that once-common names, or so we thought, are seemingly disappearing.
Sharon, Leonard and Carol all fail to feature on the database.
And other boys names that widely-used once upon a time - like Dean and Derek - are also absent.
Similarly, there is not a lot of love for Geoffrey or Neville.
And, somewhat surprisingly given the high-profile nature of Rooney, the name Wayne hasn't cropped up either.
Elsewhere, in the girl stakes, names such as Angela, Debra, Diane and Elaine have suffered a decline in popularity.
And Paula also features among those that could soon become extinct.
Joanne, Sally, Sharon and Wendy are swiftly disappearing, too.
Full list of names at risk of becoming extinct
• Angela
• Bertram
• Beverley
• Cecil
• Carol
• Clarence
• Clive
• Cyril
• Debra
• Diane
• Donna
• Dean
• Doris
• Dennis
• Derek
• Duncan
• Elaine
• Ernest
• Geoffrey
• Horace
• Joanne
• Leonard
• Maureen
• Malcolm
• Nigel
• Neville
• Paula
• Roy
• Sally
• Sandra
• Sharon
• Sheila
• Tracey
• Wendy
• Yvonne
• Wayne
Can any of these names experience a surge in popularity before the year is out?
We shall see - we've got nine months to wait.
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