The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version 1 standardized given names.
Guy names in the 1800s. Bert may be a nickname for. Many old fashioned baby boy names are rising in the shadows as well like the modern-sounding Harley Waylon and Quentin. Other Norman names include Hugh Walter Laurence and Roger which retained their social cachet witness Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion.
Names like William Lucas and Elijah were all once viewed as old fashioned yet are some of the top names today. Parents considering a boy name like Noah Elijah Mason or Logan should know that their baby boy will be in good company as those names are some of the top 10 most popular boy names. For the Census samples all standardized names that had.
Of the rest William George Richard Henry Harry Robert Charles Edmund Edward and Francis are names used by royalty many dating back to Norman or even Saxon times as with Edward and Edmund. Along with August and Theodore other vintage names for boys in the US Top 200 include Abel Asher Bennett Elias Finn Henry Jasper and Xavier. Names separated by sex are listed in descending order of popularity.
The 1850s first saw the Rimmers use of the boys name Paul 1859 and the girls name Laura 1850. Berton Albert Bertram Bertrand Bertran Cuthbert Egbert Gilbert or Gilburt Burt Herbert Hubert Lambert Norbert Robert Wilbert Berthold Berton Burton Delbert Inglebert Engelbert Filbert or Hulbert. In this decade only one boy took the name Albert 1852 made popular by Queen Victorias beloved consort Prince Albert.
Luckily the Social Security Administration publishes annual lists of the most popular names each year dating back to the 1800s. Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. The file lines consist of a name a comma and then the count of occurrences in the sample.
Rarer retro names for baby boys on the rise include Linus Cassian Ned and Aurelius. Names in common use for boys from 1800 to 1850 include several choices now found more often for girls.