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Professional baby namer lists the top girl names from the 80s that 'did not age well'

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Professional baby namer Colleen Slagen went through the top 100 girl names from 1986 to find which ones “did not age well” and were no longer ranked top 1,000 today .

The first name that Slagen says is “officially out” is Heather.

Other extinct names include Erica , Courtney , Lindsay, Tara , Crystal , Shannon , Brandy and Dana .

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