125 Old-fashioned Baby Names That Are Making a Major Comeback

Trends always come back around.

Newer isn't always better. In fact, when it comes to popular baby name ideas for 2023, old-fashioned baby names are making a major comeback.

From charming old man names, like Bernard and Raymond, to cute-as-a-button old-fashioned girl names, like Darlene and Harriet, these older generation names are totally on trend.

Whether you're looking for old-fashioned boy names that start with a specific letter or need unique ideas for your baby girl's first (or even middle) name, this list of 125 old-fashioned names for your newborn has tons of cool baby naming ideas for modern parents.

Old-Fashioned Boy Names

1. Leonard

2. Bernard

3. Robert

4. Owen

5. James

6. Henry

7. Leo

8. Sebastian

9. Jasper

10. Jeremiah

11. Everett

12. Josiah

13. Silas

14. Reuben

15. Wallace

16. Frank

17. William

18. Thomas

19. Anthony

20. Edward

21. Walter

22. Alfred

23. Clarence

24. Howard

25. Louis

26. Bert

27. Charlie

28. Claude

29. Richard

30. Edgar

Old-Fashioned Girl Names

1. Gladys

2. Eileen

3. Adele

4. Darlene

5. Alice

6. Diana

7. Annabelle

8. Edith

9. Beatrice

10. Eleanor

11. Harriet

12. Glenda

13. Greta

14. Idabel

15. Betsy

16. Judith

17. Leona

18. Celia

19. Olive

20. Violet

21. Ophelia

22. Ruth

23. Phyllis

24. Selma

25. Penelope

26. Margaret

27. Irene

28. Harriet 

29. Eve

30. Nanette

Old People Names

1. Harold

2. Beatrice

3. Archie

4. Jane

5. Frederick

6. Norma

7. Jesse

8. Roxanne

9. Willie

10. Helen

11. Enoch

12. Sadie

13. Cleo

14. June

15. Clifford

16. Lorraine

17. Eddie

18. Marilyn

19. Emmett

20. Marjorie

21. Gideon

22. Noreen

23. Gilbert

24. Phoebe

25. Herschel

26. Ruby

27. Hank

28. Tillie

29. Oscar

30. Vivian/Vivienne

Old Man Names

1. George

2. Vernon

3. Augustine

4. Phineas

5. Calvin

6. Elijah

7. Saul

8. Otis

9. Chester

10. Floyd

11. Raymond

12. Wally (Wallace)

13. Burke

14. Grover

15. Earl

16. Morton

17. Vince (Vincent)

18. Luther

19. Stanley

20. John

21. Warner

22. Clive

23. Benedict

24. Hall

25. Bruno

26. Leon

27. Cecil

28. Hugo

29. Franklin

30. Ted (Theodore)

31. Newton

32. Eugene

33. Ralph

34. Marvin

35. Warren

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