Old Fashioned Baby Names: Classic Names Worth Trying

Old fashioned names are back, baby!

Vintage names are so in vogue that many of them, like Eleanor and Amelia, now sound different.names of old ladies” and sounds more like something you’d hear on a playground.

“They sound fresher and more childlike now,” Pamela Redmond, creator Numberberrytells TODAY.com.

Classic names are quite popular.

According to the Social Security Administration, “Top 10 most popular baby namesIn 2023, Emma, Charlotte, Olivia, Amelia, Isabella and Evelyn topped the list of female names. Among the boys, Liam, Oliver, Noah, Elijah, Theodore, Henry and William stood front and center.

Celebrities love old names too. Jimmy Fallondaughters names Vinny and Frances, Bravo host Andy Cohenchildren – Ben and Lucy and Amy Schumerson – Jean.

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Old-fashioned baby names

Do you like classics? Here are 255 old-fashioned names to choose for your baby.

100 old-fashioned girl names

One growing trend is nature -thematic baby namessuch as Hazel, Iris, Ivy, Olive, Pearl, Ruby and Violet,” says Redmond. In terms of common patterns, “V” has become a familiar internal letter seen in Eve, Evelyn, and Vivian.

Ophelia
Aurelia
Hazel
Amelia
Iris
Clara
Violet
Eleanor
Evelyn
Josephine
Mabel
Ada
Beatrice
Stella
May
Elsie
Cordelia
Florence
Celeste
Sadie
Mercy
Lydia
Olive
Margot
Audrey
Edith
Flora
Jane
Esther
Clover
Faith
Lena
Milli
Etta
Fay
Molly
Vinny
Francis
Birdie
Harriet
Sylvie
Elena
Odette
Georgia
June
Winifred
Estelle
Bonnie
Pearl
Hattie
Agnes
Rosalie
Odessa
Ruth
Isadora
Alma
Lillian
Louise
Irene
Rosemary
Ida
Maud
Winefred
Sybil
Celia
Maggie
Elaine
Vivian
Nora
Louise
Tabitha
Ruby
Leona
Annie
Effie
Meredith
Zelda
Posey
Dolores
Prudence
Bark
Rhea
Billy
Opal
Wilhelmina
Enid
Olivia
Alice
Goldie
Constance
Helen
Silvia
Suzanne
Dorothy
Charlotte
Nancy
Lily
Rosie
Viola
Priscilla
Elle
Iris
Ivy
Jacqueline
Ramona
Mavis
Agatha
Matilda
Lucille
Polly
Daisy
Esme
Fern
Callie
Sally
Dorothea
Faith
Mary
Daphne
Bernadette
Ines
Minnie
Nellie
Lois
Betty
Lilith
Moriah
Imogen

75 Old Fashioned Boy Names

The most popular boys’ names in the early 20th century were John, William, James, George, Robert and Richard – names we still see today.

Albert
Alvin
Myron
Amos
Charles
Thaddeus
Archibald
Archie
Arthur
Barney
Owen
Bo
Edward
Bertram
Tank
Calvin
Cecil
Chester
Henry
Tobin
Wyatt
Jack
Clifford
Elmer
Demetrius
Clyde
Julian
Conrad
Victor
Holden
Felix
Sherman
Oliver
Miles
Jasper
Kirill
Lawrence
Elliot
Norman
Herbert
Cyrus
Ruby
Desmond
Dwayne
Dwight
George
Edmund
Edwin
Ernest
Franklin
Reginald
Frederick
Claude
Gerald
Gideon
Gilbert
Gus
Elroy
Grady
Hardy
Harlan
Harold
Harris
Herschel
Jules
Caleb
Lionel
Lloyd
Luther
Poppy
Marshall
Clive
Martin
Melvin
Milton
Ned
Duncan
Orson
Orville
Otis
Arnold
Oscar
Otto
Palmer
Neville
Percy
Prescott
Quincy
Clarence
Ralph
Roland
Roy
Rudy
Rupert
Rutherford
Silas
Stanley
Stanton
Graham
Sylvester
Theodore
Barnaby
Thomas
Vernon
Boy
Wallace
Rufus
Walton
Guard
Hugh
Warren
Wilbur
Troy
Winfield
Woodrow