100 Vintage Baby Names That Will Make a Resurgence
Baby names are something that definitely fall into trends, and one of the most popular trends in recent years is the recycling of old-fashioned names. The likes of Edie, Arthur, and Ada are all prime examples of vintage names that have had a resurgence in recent years, but there are plenty more where they came from that haven't yet been revived.
Baby naming website Nameberry drew up a list of names that all featured within the top 500 most popular back in 1918 - 100 years ago - but which haven't featured in any of the top 1,000 names in recent decades. These, Nameberry predicts, are likely to becoming increasingly chosen by parents keen to call their children something relatively unique.
You won't spot any Olivias or Jacks in this list, but make room for Agatha and Wiley!
Girl's names (in alphabetical order):
Agatha
Alpha
Althea
Augusta
Avis
Bernadette
Beryl
Bessie
Birdie
Carmella
Cleo
Delia
Dixie
Effie
Etta
Fay
Geneva
Gertie
Ida
Inez
Ione
Iva
Lelia
Loretta
Lorna
Lottie
Louella
Lucinda
Lula
Lulu
Mamie
Maude
Merle
Minerva
Minnie
Muriel
Myrtle
Odessa
Olga
Opal
Pauline
Philomena
Polly
Rosalind
Rosella
Roxie
Sibyl
Theda
Winifred
Yolanda
Boy's names (in alphabetical order):
Abe
Alphonse
Ambrose
Archie
Barney
Benedict
Booker
Burl
Cecil
Chester
Claude
Clement
Cleveland
Cornelius
Dale
Dewey
Dorsey
Doyle
Dudley
Edmund
Ferdinand
Floyd
Forest
Garland
Grover
Hiram
Homer
Isadore
Kermit
Lemuel
Lowell
Lucius
Luther
Ned
Noble
Norris
Ollie
Perry
Pete
Roscoe
Rufus
Sol
Stuart
Thaddeus
Ulysses
Vito
Waldo
Wallace
Ward
Wiley
I, for one, look forward to a voting in President Myrtle one day!
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