100 Vintage Baby Names That Will Make a Resurgence

From Cosmopolitan

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):

1. Agatha

2. Alpha

3. Althea

4. Augusta

5. Avis

6. Bernadette

7. Beryl

8. Bessie

9. Birdie

10. Carmella

11. Cleo

12. Delia

13. Dixie

14. Effie

15. Etta

16. Fay

17. Geneva

18. Gertie

19. Ida

20. Inez

21. Ione

22. Iva

23. Lelia

24. Loretta

25. Lorna

26. Lottie

27. Louella

28. Lucinda

29. Lula

30. Lulu

31. Mamie

32. Maude

33. Merle

34. Minerva

35. Minnie

36. Muriel

37. Myrtle

38. Odessa

39. Olga

40. Opal

41. Pauline

42. Philomena

43. Polly

44. Rosalind

45. Rosella

46. Roxie

47. Sibyl

48. Theda

49. Winifred

50. Yolanda

Boy's names (in alphabetical order):

1. Abe

2. Alphonse

3. Ambrose

4. Archie

5. Barney

6. Benedict

7. Booker

8. Burl

9. Cecil

10. Chester

11. Claude

12. Clement

13. Cleveland

14. Cornelius

15. Dale

16. Dewey

17. Dorsey

18. Doyle

19. Dudley

20. Edmund

21. Ferdinand

22. Floyd

23. Forest

24. Garland

25. Grover

26. Hiram

27. Homer

28. Isadore

29. Kermit

30. Lemuel

31. Lowell

32. Lucius

33. Luther

34. Ned

35. Noble

36. Norris

37. Ollie

38. Perry

39. Pete

40. Roscoe

41. Rufus

42. Sol

43. Stuart

44. Thaddeus

45. Ulysses

46. Vito

47. Waldo

48. Wallace

49. Ward

50. Wiley

I, for one, look forward to a voting in President Myrtle one day!

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