Much like bell bottoms, perms and scrunchies – everything old is new again, and that certainly extends to baby names.
In a move against the Apples of the world, many parents are bucking the trend and opting for traditional names. So much so that Nameberry has rounded up the most popular baby names from 1918.
There were the usual contenders like John, James, Mary and Margaret, but they’ve focused on the names that aren’t featured in today’s top options.
Get ready to head 100 years down memory lane for some naming inspiration.
GIRLS
Agatha
Augusta
Bernadette
Bessie
Carmella
Cleo
Delia
Dixie
Effie
Etta
Fay
Geneva
Gertie
Ida
Iva
Loretta
Lorna
Lottie
Louella
Lucinda
Lulu
Maude
Merle
Minerva
Minnie
Muriel
Myrtle
Odessa
Olga
Opal
Philomena
Polly
Rosalind
Rosella
Roxie
Sibyl
Winifred
Yolanda
BOYS
Abe
Alphonse
Archie
Barney
Benedict
Burl
Cecil
Chester
Clement
Cornelius
Dorsey
Doyle
Dudley
Edmund
Ferdinand
Floyd
Forest
Grover
Hiram
Homer
Isadore
Lemuel
Lowell
Lucius
Luther
Ned
Norris
Ollie
Perry
Roscoe
Rufus
Sol
Stuart
Thaddeus
Ulysses
Vito
Waldo
Wallace
Wiley
See the full list here.
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