Vintage Boys' Names


Many names stay popular for some time before falling out of favor. Several generations pass, and these names are stylish again. That's why several of today's most common boys' names, such as Everett and Silas, have risen to the top. 

Many vintage names have either ranked in the American and/or English top 200 or ranked in the Australian and/or Canadian top 100 a century ago. Associations with famous people and/or works of art from the past also create vintage style. Regardless, vintage names must have peaked in the top 1000 before 1940. 

Here are some old-fashioned boys' names, not including classics:

Alfred

Ambrose

Amos

Archibald

Archie

August

Basil

Bertram

Chester

Clarence

Clifton

Clive

Clyde

Cyril

Duke

Ebenezer

Edmund

Ellis

Ernest

Everett

Forrest

Gordon

Griffith

Gus

Harvey

Herman

Hiram

Horatio

Humphrey

Ira

Ivor

Jabez

Levi

Lowell

Luther

Lyle

Mack

Morris

Myer

Nelson

Oswald

Otis

Otto

Percival

Perry

Roscoe

Rupert

Sampson

Silas

Sylvester

Wallace

Warren

Wiley

Wilson

Winston

Wyatt

What are your favorite vintage boys' names? What names would you add to this list?

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