The Office for National Statistics has released the official statistics of which baby names proved popular in 2016, and which proved emphatically unpopular.

At the top of the list once again was the name Oliver, which was bestowed upon no fewer than 6,623 boys in 2016. But, like archaeologists trawling through the ruins of a baby-naming landscape lost to the sands of time, we're more interested in the Olivers of yesteryears: the names that were once both popular and classically British, but have since fallen on harder times.

Warning: if your name is Clive, look away now.

Gary

Let's start with this classic British name. Gary was a firm favourite in the 60s and 70s, consistently featuring in the top 30 names. However, Gary starting dropping down the table in the mid 80s, and is now well outside the main leagues: in 2016, it was the 1050th most popular for boys, with only 27 newborns given the moniker.