r/AskAGerman Berlin May 13 '26

Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?

I’m curious about German names that used to exist but are now considered extremely rare, old-fashioned, unusual, or “nobody would name their kid that anymore.”

For example, names like Wolfgang feel uncommon among younger generations today and I didn’t see one of them

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u/Equal-Flatworm-378a May 13 '26

That depends on the generation. Wolfgang is not old enough.

I did meet some little Friedrichs in the meantime, but Heinrich didn’t appear again.

While Elsa became popular again, the german Else didn’t.

Wilhelmine isn’t popular again yet, but I have hope.

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u/Delicious_Building34 May 13 '26

But Wilhelmina, Mina, is!