100 least popular baby names that have fallen out of favour in the last 30 years - is your name on the list?

Sorry Bill, Kirsty and Nicole - these names may have been popular in the past but they've fallen out of favour in recent decades, according to research.

Baby names come in and out of fashion, and it can be hard for parents to keep up with the latest trends. Because while you might expect the most unpopular baby names to be a combination of unique baby names or old fashioned baby names, you might be surprised by how familiar some of the least-used names are.

Language learning software Babbel has shown this, after looking at baby name records from the Office of National Statistics. The researchers analysed all the baby names recorded between 1914 and 1994 in the UK to compile a list of names that were previously in the ONS top 100 most popular baby names - but haven’t made the cut since '94.

The list is split into 50 boys' names and 50 girls' names, and some of the monikers that appeared might surprise you. It turns out that Bill, Iain and Stuart have all fallen out of favour for boys, while Kirsty, Lesley and Nicole have all fallen in popularity for girls.

However, if any of these options take your fancy, they might make a great choice if you're on the hunt for a name that will stand out on the class register...

100 least popular baby names

Boys' names

1. Arlyn

2. Ashton

3. Barry

4. Bill

5. Cecil

6. Chad

7. Clarence

8. Claude

9. Clifford

10. Corby

11. Cyril

12. Dale

13. Dariyan

14. Donald

15. Drake

16. Duran

17. Elison

18. Esteban

19. Finch

20. Gary

21. Glenn

22. Gordon

23. Graham

24. Horace

25. Howard

26. Huxon

27. Iain

28. Jeffrey

29. Joules

30. Keith

31. Kielan

32. Kobe

33. Leigh

34. Leslie

35. Melvyn

36. Neville

37. Neymar

38. Nigel

39. Norman

40. Quinten

41. Rodney

42. Royston

43. Stewart

44. Stuart

45. Trevor

46. Turner

47. Tyde

48. Uri

49. Yuri

50. Zekiel

Girls' names

1. Aerith

2. Alexa

3. Angela

4. Annette

5. Andrea

6. Ashley

7. Bertha

8. Beryl

9. Beverly

10. Bloom

11. Carol

12. Cheryl

13. Dawn

14. Delphina

15. Doreen

16. Edna

17. Freda

18. Gail

19. Gillian

20. Gladys

21. Hilary

22. Hilda

23. Janice

24. Jill

25. Julianne

26. Kay

27. Kerry

28. Kirsty

29. Kristen

30. Kyomi

31. Lesley

32. Lindsey

33. Lorraine

34. Lynne

35. Mandy

36. Marlene

37. Maureen

38. Muriel

39. Nicole

40. Norma

41. Nyala

42. Phyllis

43. Shelia

44. Shirley

45. Tasmin

46. Thelma

47. Toni

48. Tracey

49. Vinisha

50. Yvonne

If you're still searching for that perfect baby name, why not give our baby name generator a whirl or this Tinder for baby names app? You can also find inspiration in the oddest of places, from country music to these priceless millionaire baby names!