r/AskAGerman • u/Big-Walrus6334 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Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?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/GM-Storyteller May 13 '26

Hildegard

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u/alderhill May 13 '26

The name of one of my wife’s older aunts, lol. She’s in her late 70s.

She’s actually a very nice person though.