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Old-Fashioned Baby Names

Baby names tend to follow hundred-year cycles of popularity. The old-fashioned names here were last popular a century ago. Some of these names, such as Emma and Henry, were recently considered to be vintage names, but are now so popular among babies that they’ve shed any lingering dustiness.

Along with Emma and Henry, other old-fashioned baby names in the US Top 500 include Abraham, Arthur, Edith, Frederick, Josephine, Olive, Philip, Rosemary, and Walter. Other old-fashioned names that are up-and-coming include Amos, Ida, Lucinda, and Ralph.

Vintage baby names are always a popular category among parents, but the names in this category shift over the years. Some of the old-fashioned boy names and old-fashioned girl names recommended for your consideration today include:

Harold

Meaning: army ruler

Origin:Scandinavian
610
Martin

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Latin
378
Marcellus

Meaning: young warrior

Origin:Latin
826
Winthrop

Meaning: friend's village

Origin:English
3157
Theadora Theadora is derived from Greek. The meaning ...
Origin:Greek
3465
Eli

Meaning: ascended, uplifted, high

Origin:Hebrew
236
Olive

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:English, from Latin, nature name
55
Sadie

Meaning: princess

Origin:Diminutive of Sarah
53
Frances

Meaning: from France; free man

Origin:English from Latin
135
Frank

Meaning: Frenchman or free man

Origin:Diminutive of Francis or Franklin
273
Amelia

Meaning: work

Origin:German
23
Beatrice

Meaning: she who brings happiness; blessed

Origin:Latin
36
Clara

Meaning: bright, clear

Origin:Latin
20
Josephine

Meaning: Jehovah increases

Origin:French feminine variation of Joseph
17
Eleanor A name with French origins, the meaning of E...
Origin:English variation of French Provencal Alienor, meaning unknown
18
Charlotte

Meaning: free man

Origin:French, feminine diminutive of Charles
21
Clementine

Meaning: mild, merciful

Origin:French feminine version of Clement, Latin
27
Alice

Meaning: noble

Origin:German
7
Margaret

Meaning: pearl

Origin:Greek
73
Catherine

Meaning: pure

Origin:Greek
183