The baby names that have fallen in popularity over the past five years

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Some baby names are becoming less popular

Scarlett, Harvey and Jayden are the baby names that have fallen out of favour the most over the past five years, according to new research.

Names associated with the royal family are also becoming less popular (photo: adobe)

While other popular monikers like Jessica and Samuel have fallen from grace, names belonging to several key members of the Royal Family are also slipping down the rankings too as Harry, Elizabeth, Charlotte, William and Charles have all experienced a decline in popularity.

Online casino Slingo have analysed the most up-to-date ONS data from 2016 to 2020 to determine which forenames could be fading into obscurity in years to come.

They’ve assessed the names from the Top 100 (with #1 being the most popular) that could be going out of fashion after continually sliding down the popularity rankings over the last five years.

Biggest Consistent Fallers in the Top 100 from 2016-2021

	Rank 2016/2017	Rank 2020/2021	Places fallen
Jayden	61	98	37
Harvey	54	86	32
Scarlett	18	50	32
Lilly	60	91	31
Georgia	54	84	30
Abigail	58	87	29
Holly	52	81	29
Jessica	8	37	29
Amber	55	83	28
Riley	40	67	27
Lucy	43	69	26
Chloe	23	46	23
Lola	42	65	23
Samuel	24	47	23
Daniel	28	50	22
Ellie	48	67	19
Heidi	76	95	19
Elizabeth	38	56	18
Hannah	57	75	18
David	43	60	17
Dylan	38	55	17
Charles	72	88	16
Toby	46	62	16
Imogen	37	52	15
Jacob	5	19	14
Emily	3	15	12
James	12	24	12
Sophie	14	26	12
Alice	17	27	10
Harrison	32	41	9
William	11	20	9
Charlotte	12	20	8
Ella	9	16	7
Edward	23	29	6
Harry	2	8	6
Jack	4	10	6
Eva	30	35	5

Baby names that have consistently dropped down the Top 100 since 2016

RANK
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Jayden	61	71	77	79	98
Harvey	54	66	78	78	86
Scarlett	18	30	35	44	50
Lilly	60	64	67	86	91
Georgia	54	63	71	75	84
Abigail	58	73	77	83	87