275 Old-Fashioned Baby Names for Girls and Boys

Old-fashioned baby names have a style closely associated with earlier generations. Some feel distinctly vintage, while others have remained familiar enough to seem timeless.

This list includes 275 old-fashioned baby names divided into alphabetized girl and boy sections. For this article, “old-fashioned” means a name with established historical use and a distinctly vintage feel.

142 Old-Fashioned Girl Names

1. Abigail

2. Adelaide

3. Adeline

4. Agatha

5. Agnes

6. Anita

7. Annabelle

8. Arlene

9. Aurelia

10. Barbara

11. Beatrice

12. Bernadette

13. Betty

14. Beverly

15. Blanche

16. Blythe

17. Bonnie

18. Bridget

19. Candace

20. Caroline

21. Carrie

22. Celeste

23. Celia

24. Clarabelle

25. Clementine

26. Cleo

27. Colette

28. Connie

29. Cora

30. Daisy

31. Daphne

32. Delilah

33. Dolores

34. Donna

35. Doris

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36. Dorothy

37. Dottie

38. Edith

39. Eileen

40. Elaine

41. Eleanor

42. Ellen

43. Eloise

44. Esther

45. Ethel

46. Eugenie

47. Fannie

48. Faye

49. Fern

50. Florence

51. Genevieve

52. Gertrude

53. Gladys

54. Gloria

55. Greta

56. Harriet

57. Hazel

58. Helen

59. Henrietta

60. Hilda

61. Hyacinth

62. Imogen

63. Inez

64. Irene

65. Iris

66. Joan

67. Josephine

68. Joyce

69. Katherine

70. Lillian

71. Lois

72. Lorraine

73. Lottie

74. Lucille

75. Lydia

76. Maeve

77. Magdalene

78. Margaret

79. Margot

80. Marjorie

81. Martha

82. Mary

83. Matilda

84. Maude

85. Minnie

86. Miriam

87. Molly

88. Myrtle

89. Nancy

90. Naomi

91. Nell

92. Nettie

93. Noreen

94. Norma

95. Odessa

96. Odette

97. Olive

98. Opal

99. Patience

100. Patricia

101. Pauline

102. Pearl

103. Penelope

104. Phyllis

105. Pollyanna

106. Posey

107. Prudence

108. Raffaela

109. Ramona

110. Reba

111. Rhonda

112. Roberta

113. Rosalind

114. Rosemary

115. Ruth

116. Sabrina

117. Sally

118. Sandra

119. Scarlett

120. Sharon

121. Sheila

122. Shirley

123. Stella

124. Susannah

125. Sybil

126. Sylvia

127. Tabitha

128. Thelma

129. Thomasina

130. Thora

131. Tilly

132. Trudy

133. Vera

134. Viola

135. Virginia

136. Vivian

137. Wanda

138. Wilhelmina

139. Wilma

140. Winifred

141. Yvette

142. Yvonne

133 Old-Fashioned Boy Names

1. Abraham

2. Albert

3. Alvin

4. Ambrose

5. Ansel

6. Arthur

7. Atticus

8. Barron

9. Benedict

10. Benjamin

11. Bennett

12. Bernard

13. Bert

14. Brady

15. Bruce

16. Caleb

17. Calvin

18. Chester

19. Clarence

20. Claude

21. Clifford

22. Clive

23. Clyde

24. Conrad

25. Cornelius

26. Dean

27. Dennis

28. Desmond

29. Dexter

30. Donald

31. Earl

32. Elias

33. Elmer

34. Ephraim

35. Ernest

36. Erwin

37. Ezekiel

38. Felix

39. Fletcher

40. Floyd

41. Frederick

42. Gerald

43. Gideon

44. Gordon

45. Graham

46. Griffin

47. Gunther

48. Gus

49. Guy

50. Hank

51. Harold

52. Harry

53. Harvey

54. Herbert

55. Holden

56. Homer

57. Horace

58. Howard

59. Hugh

60. Hugo

61. Irving

62. Jedidiah

63. Jeffrey

64. Jerry

65. Jethro

66. John

67. Jonas

68. Julian

69. Kenneth

70. Langston

71. Lawrence

72. Leo

73. Leon

74. Leonard

75. Levi

76. Linus

77. Lionel

78. Lloyd

79. Louis

80. Luther

81. Malcolm

82. Marshall

83. Martin

84. Milton

85. Nathaniel

86. Ned

87. Neil

88. Nelson

89. Norman

90. Orson

91. Oscar

92. Oswald

93. Otis

94. Otto

95. Owen

96. Percy

97. Philip

98. Pierce

99. Preston

100. Ralph

101. Randall

102. Raphael

103. Reginald

104. Richard

105. Rodney

106. Roger

107. Roman

108. Ruben

109. Rupert

110. Russell

111. Samson

112. Saul

113. Sebastian

114. Sherman

115. Simon

116. Solomon

117. Stanley

118. Sylvester

119. Thaddeus

120. Theodore

121. Timothy

122. Tobias

123. Tristan

124. Vernon

125. Victor

126. Vincent

127. Walter

128. Warren

129. Wayne

130. Wesley

131. Wilbur

132. Winston

133. Xavier

When a few names stand out, say each one with your baby’s middle and last name. Check the initials and likely nicknames, and consider whether the vintage style feels natural for your family.

For more ideas, see our classic baby names, elegant names for girls and boys, and gender-neutral baby names, or visit our baby names hub.