A LIST of 36 baby names shows some are at risk of extinction - unless new parents start choosing them for their new arrivals.
Online resource the BabyCentre has put together the list of once-popular names that have not yet been registered in 2017.
While names can go in and out of fashion, some on the list face being wiped out altogether.
So while new Emmas, Olivias and Isabellas are ten-a-penny, and Liams, Noahs and Masons have topped the most-popular list this year, here's a 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
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