Baby names at risk of going extinct in 2022

Sorry “K.” It looks like your time to shine is over.

The website babycenter.com recently looked at baby names that are increasingly falling out of favor and found that “K” names – like Khalid, Kian, Kyle, and Kobe – were not as popular as they once were. In all, those names dropped between 138 and 60 spots on the list of most popular boy names in the last year.

For girls, Hayden was the name that fell the most, by a whopping 202 spots in the rankings.

Here’s a look at some of the other names that are at risk of extinction, plus just how far they dropped in the rankings between 2021 and 2022, per babycenter.com.

Baby boy names at risk of going extinct

1. Arjun (down 164 spots)

2. Walter (down 162 spots)

3. Royce (down 138 spots)

4. Khalid (down 138 spots)

5. Rory (down 127 spots)

6. Nehemiah (down 110 spots)

7. Kameron (down 107 spots)

8. Wade (down 94 spots)

9. Kane (down 93 spots)

10. Kian (down 93 spots)

11. Ahmed (down 87 spots)

12. Seth (down 86 spots)

13. Hugo (down 86 spots)

14. Kyle (down 84 spots)

15. Steven (down 84 spots)

16. Hassan (down 78 spots)

17. Bradley (down 77 spots)

18. Kobe (down 70 spots)

19. Syed (down 68 spots)

20. Ayaan (down 65 spots)

Baby girl names at risk of going extinct

1. Hayden (down 203 spots)

2. Ariyah (down 129 spots)

3. Mira (down 129 spots)

4. Kate (down 129 spots)

5. Katherine (down 127 spots)

6. Hana (down 126 spots)

7. Leia (down 122 spots)

8. Joy (down 112 spots)

9. Vanessa (down 111 spots)

10. Alayah (down 102 spots)

11. Paige (down 99 spots)

12. Annabelle (down 98 spots)

13. Adelyn (down 97 spots)

14. Kenzie (down 97 spots)

15. Kira (down 97 spots)

16. Mariam (down 96 spots)

17. Teagan (down 95 spots)

18. London (down 94 spots)

19. Aniyah (down 93 spots)

20. Makayla (down 92 spots)