article_snippet.sent: The name Gary - once one of the most popular name in Britain - is now heading for extinction.
article_snippet.sent: Just 28 of 700,000 babies born in the UK in 2013 were given The name Gary - once one of the most popular name in Britain -, data from the Office of National Statistics shows.
article_snippet.sent: That compares to 235 Garys being born in 1996, when The name Gary - once one of the most popular name in Britain - was the 147th most popular in Britain.
article_snippet.sent: Helped by the popularity of actor Gary Cooper, there was a surge in  
article_snippet.sent: Garys  born in the US in the early 1950s.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, there has been a fall in the number of Garys  .
article_snippet.sent: Fall from grace: Some blame shamed pop star Gary Glitter, pictured, for the name's declining popularity .
article_snippet.sent: But others point to Britain's most notorious Gary, paedophile pop star Glitter, who was jailed for 16 years for a string of sex attacks on girls, as the reason behind the name's fall from grace.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Sun, Gary Davis, from south London, said: 'Gary Glitter has obviously done us no favours.'
article_snippet.sent: Other names inspired by famous faces including Rihanna (60 born in 2013), Hermione (77) and Paris (107) were also more popular than GaryGary.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gary fell from 147th most popular British name in 1996 to 1,001st in 2013 .
  