Parents looking for unique baby names for their children could be missing a trick when it comes to finding inspiration.
Mums and dads in Australia discussed the names they often heard in their classes at school, which are now "becoming extinct".
"Thinking of my generation, some names were everywhere and are now nowhere," one mother wrote on the Essential Baby forum.
"Amanda, Michelle, Stephen and David seem to have just dropped off the radar."
Many other parents agreed.
"So true," said another mum. "Kelly, Joanne, Nicole, Tracey, Sharon, Justine, Vanessa and Jackie were all in my school, but very rare now."
Essential Baby collated the most common names that seemed to have dropped off in the past generation into two lists.
Girls' names:
Amanda
Angela
Barbara
Belinda
Christine/Christina
Cheryl
Danielle
Diane
Donna
Fiona
Gaye
Gail/Gayle
Jacqueline/Jacqui
Jennifer
Jenny
Jessica
Joanne
Jodie
Julie
Karen
Kathy
Katrina
Kelly
Kerry
Kirsty
Kristy
Kylie
Laura
Leanne
Linda
Lisa
Marie
Megan
Melanie
Melissa
Melinda
Michelle
Nicole
Pam
Rachel
Rebecca
Renee
Sarah
Sharon
Stacey
Susan
Stephanie
Tanya/Tania
Trish
Tracey
Boys' names:
Adam
Andrew
Anthony
Bill
Brendan
Brett
Bruce
Chris
Craig
Damien
Darren
Gary
Geoff/Jeff
Ian
Jason
Jim
Justin
Mark
Matt
Michael
Paul
Peter
Phil
Scott
Stuart
Richard
Ross
Troy
Are there any names you remember hearing a lot when you were younger that are rarely used now?
Let us know in the comments below.
