Posted on 05/15/2025 5:06:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
In recent years, out-there, creative or trendy baby names were all the rage — now it seems like the classic, old-fashioned ones are popular again.
According to Jennifer Moss, founder and CEO of BabyNames.com and baby-name consultant Taylor A. Humphrey, grandma-like names such as Eleanor, Eloise, Elodie, Alma, Margaret, Nora and Bennett, are “super trendy” for girls this year, originally reported by Yahoo! Life.
“On the boys’ side, we’re seeing the ‘trad name,’ or old-fashioned names, stick — like Theodore, Oliver, Owen, Silas and Jasper,” Colleen Slagen, author of the forthcoming book “Naming Bebe,” also told the outlet.
“…I’m hearing Hayes, Lachlan, Palmer, Soren, Sterling and Theodore,” added Humphrey.
“These names feel grounded, elegant and sturdy; they offer just the right mix of vintage soul and modern edge.”
Why are these dated names gaining traction again?
“I think vintage names evoke a sense of nostalgia. I get a lot of clients who pull out their family tree, looking to grandparents and great-grandparents for name inspiration,” Slagen said.
“…Nursing homes and graveyards would be great sources of name inspiration.”
And according to Sophie Kihm, editor-in-chief of Nameberry, a baby naming website, today’s parents are leaning more towards simpler names for their babies.
”More families in the US come from mixed cultural backgrounds, and I hear parents commonly request that they want their child to travel and have a relatively easy-to-understand name,” she said.
In regards to which names are getting the baby bump, at least for a while — ones with “aden” in it, like Braden or Jayden, according to the experts.
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Sounds like the character from Unintended Conquences, FBI agent G.G. Jones. GG for Gonorrhea Gail Jones.
My Great Great Grandfathers name was Hercules Abraham. with the Marvel superheros movies I can see his name coming back in style.
TM
Don’t be wary of Mary!
“Those are NOT (the op) “traditional” American names, your list is Vermont. I would add Joseph, David, Charles, Kathleen, Catherine, Anne. Good Christian names.”
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Uh, Joseph and David are Jewish names, but used by many Christians over the generations. And I am glad to see a return to normalcy in this regard - it’s a good sign of parents who will teach their kid de to be traditionally normal.
Friends of a friend just had a baby and they named him Jethro.
Ditto
We have Genevieve.
Moses father-in-law..........
I have a Mordecai. He passed away in the last 5 years or so.
Being a guy, some Puritan names like Comfort, Desire, Obedience, and Submit are appealing girl’s names, but Chastity would never do it for me (even ignoring that frightening fat bearded one of today).
BTTT
I worked with a nice young woman whose name was Refinement. Not sure where that came from. Good at her job and funny too.
Seeing lots of old baby names come back at our church, too: Stella, Henry, Lyman, Maud
They can be found hanging with Bertha and Agatha.
My nephew just named his baby son Jack. Which to my mind is a All American name.
My kids were born in 2001, 2003, and 2004.
They area named for my wife’s aunt (and me), our mothers, and our fathers.
They are all ladies, so we feminized our dad’s names (Gene to Gina, Max to Maxine, etc.).
When my grandbaby was born, my oldest daughter named her for her mom, and grandbaby daddy’s mom. (Unfortunately, she wasn’t married, and they’ve now split, but that’s another problem).
Seems like we were on the leading edge of this fad of naming our kids after our ancestors.
No more ‘Shanequa’ or ‘Quantvarious’?................
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Is Quantvartious anything like Hantavirus?
No, they don't.
Maximus Gonadus is trending with computer geeks.
I’m holding out for a grandchild named Blanche
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