As the Boomer generation (those born between 1946-1964) ages, their most common names are becoming increasingly obsolete. In fact, it’s often easy to determine the fact that someone is a Baby Boomer based solely on their name. Below is a list of 50 common names from the Boomer generation that are slowly dying out.
How We Determined the List To determine the most popular baby boomer names that are dying out, we reviewed data on names from the U.S. Social Security Administration . Names were ranked based on the decline in the average number of newborns receiving each name over the period 1946 through 1964 to the period 2010 through 2023. Only names that were given to fewer than one in every 10,000 newborns over the period 2010 through 2023 were considered.
50. Sheila ©KDdesign_photo_video/Shutterstock.com
Names per capita, 1946-64: 17.6 per 10,000 newborns (131,739 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,821 total) 49. Cathy ©Olesia Bilkei/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -17.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 17.6 per 10,000 newborns (131,739 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (583 total) 48. Sherry ©Ninafotoart/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -17.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 17.8 per 10,000 newborns (133,296 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (747 total)
47. Willie ©FamVeld/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -17.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 18.6 per 10,000 newborns (139,595 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,858 total) 46. Gail ©HTeam/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -18.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 18.4 per 10,000 newborns (137,663 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.0 per 10,000 newborns (242 total) 45. Lynn ©Oksana Kuzmina/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -18.4 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 18.6 per 10,000 newborns (139,705 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,433 total)
44. Carl ©Versta/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -18.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 19.5 per 10,000 newborns (146,034 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 1.0 per 10,000 newborns (5,203 total) 43. Kim ©Svitlana S/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -18.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 18.9 per 10,000 newborns (141,274 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.2 per 10,000 newborns (872 total) 42. Dale ©Oksana Kuzmina/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -18.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 19.3 per 10,000 newborns (144,821 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,148 total) 41. Martha ©marina shin/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.0 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 20.0 per 10,000 newborns (149,859 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 1.0 per 10,000 newborns (5,320 total) 40. Peggy ©seb001/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.2 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 19.2 per 10,000 newborns (143,930 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (297 total) 39. Cindy ©Zoia Kostina/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 20.0 per 10,000 newborns (149,529 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,664 total) 38. Paula ©Purnachandra Rao Podilapu / Unsplash - Original / License
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.4 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 20.3 per 10,000 newborns (151,824 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,759 total) 37. Joan ©Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 20.2 per 10,000 newborns (151,685 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,943 total) 36. Debbie ©Bluemoon 1981/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -19.8 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 19.9 per 10,000 newborns (148,940 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (397 total) 35. Gerald ©noBorders - Brayden Howie/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -20.0 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 20.7 per 10,000 newborns (155,174 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,892 total) 34. Wayne ©StockPhotoDirectors/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -20.2 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 21.0 per 10,000 newborns (157,305 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,358 total) 33. Ann ©mathompl/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -20.8 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 21.5 per 10,000 newborns (161,014 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,637 total) 32. Lori ©iStock.com/Alex_Ishchenko
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -21.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 21.7 per 10,000 newborns (162,384 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,817 total) 31. Theresa ©Juan Encalada / Unsplash - Original / License
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -21.6 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 22.1 per 10,000 newborns (165,698 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.5 per 10,000 newborns (2,772 total) 30. Connie ©Natal.is/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -21.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 22.0 per 10,000 newborns (165,090 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.2 per 10,000 newborns (949 total) 29. Beverly ©Eleonora_os/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -22.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 23.0 per 10,000 newborns (171,974 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,240 total) 28. Betty ©iStock.com/Liudmila_Fadzeyeva
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -26.1 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 26.6 per 10,000 newborns (199,077 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.5 per 10,000 newborns (2,551 total) 27. Denise ©Kulinenko.G/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -26.6 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 27.4 per 10,000 newborns (205,042 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,134 total) 26. Joyce ©Elena Kouptsova -Vasic/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -26.6 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 27.4 per 10,000 newborns (205,578 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,254 total) 25. Shirley ©Melissa King/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -26.8 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 27.3 per 10,000 newborns (204,214 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,264 total) 24. Christine ©PRPicturesProduction/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -27.1 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 27.9 per 10,000 newborns (209,226 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,617 total) 23. Judith ©Przemek Iciak/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -27.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 28.7 per 10,000 newborns (214,823 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,208 total) 22. Judy ©Mcimage/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -30.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 30.6 per 10,000 newborns (229,275 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,870 total) 21. Janice ©Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -30.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 30.9 per 10,000 newborns (231,604 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,163 total) 20. Carolyn ©Nataliisaff/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -32.2 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 33.0 per 10,000 newborns (247,138 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,386 total) 19. Kathy ©Prostock-studio/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -33.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 34.1 per 10,000 newborns (255,132 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,669 total) 18. Janet ©ANNA GRANT/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -37.8 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 38.3 per 10,000 newborns (286,637 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,288 total) 17. Cheryl ©Onjira Leibe/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -40.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 40.8 per 10,000 newborns (305,748 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (761 total) 16. Terry ©Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -42.1 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 43.1 per 10,000 newborns (322,626 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (5,089 total) 15. Lisa ©FamVeld/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -43.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 44.2 per 10,000 newborns (331,140 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,626 total) 14. Diane ©Serenko Natalia/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -47.0 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 47.2 per 10,000 newborns (353,852 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,368 total) 13. Brenda ©PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -50.2 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 51.1 per 10,000 newborns (382,630 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,884 total) 12. Kathleen ©PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -50.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 51.8 per 10,000 newborns (387,962 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,794 total) 11. Pamela ©StoryTime Studio/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -52.3 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 52.7 per 10,000 newborns (394,755 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,346 total) 10. Carol ©Tanya Yatsenko/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -55.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 56.2 per 10,000 newborns (421,358 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.3 per 10,000 newborns (1,721 total) 9. Sharon ©KDdesign_photo_video/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -57.6 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 58.3 per 10,000 newborns (436,776 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,658 total) 8. Debra ©Oksana Kuzmina/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -59.8 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 59.9 per 10,000 newborns (448,951 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.1 per 10,000 newborns (703 total) 7. Sandra ©Max Bukovski/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -64.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 65.8 per 10,000 newborns (492,854 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,617 total) 6. Nancy ©Nina Buday/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -65.6 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 66.6 per 10,000 newborns (498,829 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (5,041 total) 5. Donna ©OlesyaPogosskaya/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -65.9 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 66.3 per 10,000 newborns (496,491 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.4 per 10,000 newborns (2,080 total) 4. Deborah ©pixelheadphoto digitalskillet/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -77.0 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 77.8 per 10,000 newborns (583,059 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,575 total) 3. Barbara ©Natalia Kirichenko/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -83.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 84.5 per 10,000 newborns (633,277 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.8 per 10,000 newborns (4,429 total) 2. Susan ©Gabriela Insuratelu/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -99.5 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 100.2 per 10,000 newborns (751,008 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.7 per 10,000 newborns (3,967 total) 1. Patricia ©Olesia Bilkei/Shutterstock.com
Decline in names per capita, 1946-64 to 2010-23: -104.7 per 10,000 newborns Names per capita, 1946-64: 105.5 per 10,000 newborns (790,529 total) Names per capita, 2010-23: 0.9 per 10,000 newborns (4,580 total) The image featured at the top of this post is ©Everett Collection/Shutterstock.com.
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