they may have been good enough for legendary actor gary cooper and singing superstar barbra streisand, but it seems their christian names are now no longer cool it may be unimaginable that you won’t be able to call friends ‘gazza’ and ‘babs’ in the future, but according to latest research these once popular names are no longer being used for the next generation according to ourbabynamercom the name gary reached peak popularity in 1952 in the us, coming in at number nine on the baby names popularity list where there were 38,000 registered garys however, in 2013, only 400 babies were thought good enough to be called gary legendary actor gary cooper was the flag bearer for his christian name in the 1950s  in another name shocker, nameberrycom revealed that barbra, spelled in the same unique way as global superstar streisand, was also out streisand made her unusually spelled, condensed name famous in the 1960s, when it peaked at number 511, only to drop off in the top 1000 in 1971 to make matters worse the conventional spelling of barbara, a top 10 name for three decades, only just gets in the top 1000 so no matter how you spell it the name seems a goner barbra streisand made her unusually spelled, condensed name famous in the 1960s  other names compiled by baby naming website nameberrycom that look on the way out are llewellyn as a boy's name and claudine for a girl the popularity of the 2013 coen brothers film inside llewyn davis obviously has not rubbed off on cinema goers a common name in wales, with the distinctive welsh double l beginning, llewellyn appeared on the us list for six decades bye bye baby: the girl's name claudine is another one that has gone out of fashion  but despite its rich welsh history, literary cred and quirky nicknames, llewelyn doesn't cut it any more while claudine, the feminisation of the ancient roman name claudius, ranked in the top 1000 for first half of the 20th century, then rose to new heights in 1970 thanks to the popularity of singer claudine longet, only to fall off the charts in 1975 claudine along with most other once popular  ine and  een ending girls' names are now generally out of favour the once popular welsh boy's name llewellyn is also out when it comes to babies' names 
gary cooper the 1960s claudine coen brothers barbra streisand the 1950s barbara christian welsh the 1970s first
the likes of actor gary cooper made this christian name cool in the 1950s  barbra streisand made her condensed first name famous in the 1960s  but even the conventional spelling of 'barbara' is no longer popular  not even coen brothers film inside llewyn davis can save the welsh name  in fashion in the 1970s, claudine is no longer a trendy name for a girl 