63 Antiquated Names That Are Due For A Comeback
Like fashion, names are cyclical and come in and out of fashion. Like dad shoes, grandparent names are soon to come back in a big way. Hello, future baby Agathas!
I dug through the US Social Security Administration’s archives for the top names in the 1880/90s and then checked out some baby name blogs for inspiration. Here are the ones I think you should name your future, hypothetical baby.
(Note: It’s not like these names are extinct or anything. Like, your name could very well be Sherman! This is just a list of names that have fallen off the contemporary top baby name list (the Billboard 100 of names, if you will) and deserve a resurgence.
1.Roscoe
2.Cornelius
There is a 0% chance you name your kid this and they don’t become a CEO of something.
3.Ernest
4.Hubert
5.Dewey
Also good: Hewey and Louie.
6.Percy
7.Otto
8.Irving
9.Waldo
Now it’ll be funny instead of heart-stoppingly terrifying when you lose track of your little one. Ha ha ha! Ha…?
10.Garland
11.Ambrose
12.Amos
Like the cookies, your child could spread joy far and wide with this name.
13.Cecil
14.Jasper
15.Clayton
16.Noble
Putting a lot of pressure on the kid with a name like that, but I think they can handle it.
17.Grover
The best Muppet, the only US president to do two non-consecutive terms in office, and your baby.
18.Edwin
19.Chester
No one has to know you named your baby after the Cheeto mascot. Just tell them you got the idea from this list.
20.Willard
21.Kermit
If people are naming their kids Khaleesi you can totally name yours Kermit. ?
22.Errol
23.Franklin
24.Wilbur
Things you can call your child if you name them Wilbur: Terrific, Radiant, Humble, Some Pig.
25.Vernon
26.Essie
27.Mabel
Yes, like the Gravity Falls character.
28.Ethel
29.Ruth
This is my mom’s name so I’m biased. But why wouldn’t you want your own Baby Ruth???
30.Pearl
31.Agnes
32.May
Too many Aprils walking around and not enough Mays.
33.Elsie
34.Gladys
35.Edith
36.Hattie
37.Viola
38.Flora
39.Effie
Remember Skins? Effy was cool. Why aren’t there more Effy/ies?
40.Fern
This is what I want to name my imaginary baby and yet no one will let me! Folks, the baby isn’t even real and my mother is still furious.
41.Marion
42.Gertrude
43.Esther
44.Goldie
A great Animal Crossing character and a great kid, I’d bet.
45.Della
46.Maud
47.Edna
48.Willie
49.Estella
Or Estelle!
50.Ora
51.Blanche
52.Leona
53.Birdie
54.Genevieve
55.Minerva
You know, like the Roman goddess of wisdom? And yes, OK, war too, but focus on the wisdom part.
56.Flossie
57.Agatha
58.Lucinda
59.Winifred
Call them Winnie! So cute!
60.Bernadette
Then when they’re old enough, they can read the instant classic book: Where’d You Go Bernadette.
61.Ida
62.Beryl
63.Sibyl
How do you feel about these old school names? Do you agree with me that Fern is a Very Cool name? Did I write this whole thing just to bring legitimacy to my fake child’s name? Feel free to scream at me in the comments.
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