Thanks to Nameberry and Babycenter for helping with the meanings.

Popular old boy names. Wilson was originally an English surname meaning son of William. Some consider old-fashion at least one century prior such as Cecil or Sherman. Old man names have been fashionable for baby boys for so long now that many of them have morphed into popular baby names.

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. The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the last 100 years 1921-2020. Along with Jacob and Alexander other classic boy names in the US Top 20 include William James Benjamin Michael Daniel Matthew Henry and Joseph.

Henry and Samuel rank among the top names in the US while in the UK Harry Leo and Oscar are all among their most popular baby names. Baby boy names that are rising in popularity. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name.

Aage - Adolph Aage Abbott 11 Abelard 6 Acel Ackerley 8 Acton Adair 3 Adal Adalgiso 2 Adalhard 4 Adalric 5 Adamson 2 Addison 6 Adel 2 Adelmar Aditya Adler Adnan Adney Adolph 13. 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.

I hope this helps you find the perfect old fashioned name for your son. Others may consider old-fashioned names from the Bible such as John or Mark. 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. Others may consider vintage names that were once popular 50 years ago like Russell or Elvis. Right now Liam Noah Oliver Elijah and William have been popular for quite some time.