50+ “Old People Names” You'll Love For Babies

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It’s funny when someone refers to a name as an “old person name,” considering that the adult in question had to have been a baby at some point, but I digress. There are a ton of – let’s call them “outdated” – names that may at first glance make your friends think you’re giving birth to a 79-year-old, but they are actually extremely adorable names for newborns. If you’re looking to go retro, scroll through for more than 50 cute ideas.

Boys

  1. Arthur
  2. Barney
  3. Calvin
  4. Conrad
  5. Dale
  6. Declan
  7. Desmond
  8. Edmund
  9. Emmett
  10. Felix
  11. Frederick
  12. Gus
  13. Harvey
  14. Henry
  15. Humphrey
  16. Julius
  17. Leonard
  18. Lawrence
  19. Milo
  20. Otis
  21. Ralph
  22. Seymour
  23. Sidney
  24. Walter
  25. Wilson

Girls

  1. Adelaide
  2. Alma
  3. Beatrice
  4. Clara
  5. Cora
  6. Edith
  7. Elsie
  8. Ethel
  9. Harriet
  10. Ida
  11. Iris
  12. Kay
  13. Loretta
  14. Louise
  15. Lucy
  16. Mabel
  17. Matilda
  18. May
  19. Millie
  20. Olive
  21. Ophelia
  22. Pearl
  23. Penelope
  24. Ruth
  25. Thelma
  26. Vera
  27. Viola
  28. Willa

Related: Pearl, Theodore, Vera, and 147 Other Timeless Baby Names From the 1920s

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