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 There are a ton of – let’s call them “outdated” – names that may at first glance make your friends think you’re giving birth to a 79-year-old, but they are actually extremely adorable names for newborns.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
- Arthur
- Barney
- Calvin
- Conrad
- Dale
- Declan
- Desmond
- Edmund
- Emmett
- Felix
-
Frederick
- Gus
- Harvey
- Henry
- Humphrey
- Julius
- Leonard
- Lawrence
- Milo
- Otis
- Ralph
- Seymour
- Sidney
- Walter
- Wilson
Girls
- Adelaide
- Alma
- Beatrice
- Clara
- Cora
- Edith
- Elsie
- Ethel
- Harriet
- Ida
- Iris
- Kay
- Loretta
- Louise
- Lucy
- Mabel
- Matilda
- May
- Millie
- Olive
- Ophelia
- Pearl
- Penelope
- Ruth
- Thelma
- Vera
- Viola
- Willa
Related: Pearl, Theodore, Vera, and 147 Other Timeless Baby Names From the 1920s
