14 August 2012 Last updated at 06:34 ET
By Tom de Castella and Melissa Hogenboom BBC News Magazine
Despite the trend for pre-war baby names, some seem to resist rehabilitation. Will people ever start calling their babies Derek again?
Alfie, Ruby, Archie, Jack, Evie, Florence, and Ava are all in fashion and conjure up nostalgic thoughts of working-class Britain between the wars.
But there are some names that seem immune to rehabilitation. Will there ever be another baby Derek or baby Maude?
There have been plenty of well-known Dereks in recent decades - footballer Derek Dougan, athlete Derek Redmond and left wing politician Derek Hatton.
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
In search of a baby called Derek
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