Name meanings sources from Behind the Name.

Popular old boy names. The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the last 100 years 1921-2020. The top baby boy names in the US. Along with vintage names such as Olivia and Emma Noah and Elijah leading the popularity list the US Top 100 includes such vintage names for girls as Alice Grace and Penelope and vintage boy names Henry Julian and Wyatt.

We look at 64 choices of old boy names from ones that are now popular - but not as stereotypical as the most popular Australian names like Jack and Oliver - to ones that are less boring but might be better names for your dogs or cats. Summary Index of Old names and variants for boys. These time-tested popular names were taken from a universe that includes 176490003 male births and 171530100 female births.

While not all antique boy names make the fashion grade sorry Herbert and Melvin new old choices such as August and Theodore are being added to the roster all the time. Liam has held the number one spot for baby boy names since 2017 and Noah and William have been somewhere in. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name.

I hope this helps you find the perfect old fashioned name for your son. Right now Liam Noah Oliver Elijah and William have been popular for quite some time. Others may consider old-fashioned names from the Bible such as John or Mark.

Baby boy names that are rising in popularity. 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 like William Lucas and Elijah were all once viewed as old fashioned yet are some of the top names today.

Some consider old-fashion at least one century prior such as Cecil or Sherman. Many old fashioned baby boy names are rising in the shadows as well like the modern-sounding Harley Waylon and Quentin. Along with Jacob and Alexander other classic boy names in the US Top 20 include William James Benjamin Michael Daniel Matthew Henry and Joseph.