25 vintage baby names making a comeback
The names your great-grandparents had are suddenly the freshest on the playground. Here are the ones we keep hearing.
Everything old is new again, and baby names are no exception. These early-1900s classics are climbing fast.
For girls
Mabel, Florence, Ada, Edith, Iris, Hazel, Clementine, Beatrice, Pearl, Cora.
For boys
Arthur, Albert, Wilfred, Stanley, Walter, Theodore, Ernest, Roscoe, Otis, Hugh.
How to know if a name will date
A good test: say it as a toddler, a teenager, and a 70-year-old. If it works at all three, it’s a keeper.