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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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No more 'Shanequa' or 'Quantvarious'?................
We were early adopters of this trend. We’ve got a Helen and a Bernadette, though in Catholic homeschooling circles, those names are common enough.
John and Jane will always reign.
“ Hayes, Lachlan, Palmer, Soren, Sterling and Theodore,….”
I knew a Teddy growing up. But those other names are not what I would think of as”traditional.”
John, James, Robert, Richard, Elizabeth, Susan, Mary, William….those are what I would call traditional “American” names.
But, at least I can pronounce the ones they are using. And that is a plus. And…in the end they will declare themselves “BIG Balz” at some point anyway.
LOL! Quantvarious. ROTFL.
Both my wife and I have a Shadrack among our ancestors. Not the same one, though.
Ulysses, Millard, Grover, Dwight, and Abraham are proven winners, too.
*Hillary” ranked 1,278. Surprised it’s that high.
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My best friends 2 newest are Noah and Adam.
Hayes, Lachlan, Palmer, Soren, Sterling, Silas
Your kid will either become a golfer or a serial killer or both.
Mary, sister of Robert, waving!
But Bob wrecked the trend. Instead of an east coast family surname turned into middle name, he gave all his kids names starting with the same letter as his wife’s name. Then he couldn’t remember them apart and started calling the kids by birth order number.
Thaddeus or the list is incomplete.
How ‘bout Septavarious
Moon Unit Zappa! ;)
Or they just go off the news:
Hantavirus
We have a Stuckley in our lineage. 1640, first to come over from the old country.
A lot of those trad names are heard south of Mason/Dixon.
Bet they have more Kids as well.
I had an uncle with that name. It was spelled in Polish. Good guy.
It was on our list for Boys for our firstborn. But she didn’t look like a Teddy. LOL.
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