Most retro/dated name you've heard recently

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I heard a woman in the park calling her little girl Madge. I haven't heard that name in years and years. I also know of a little toddler called Sheila.

Just wondering if any of you know any children with names that you thought had died out completely.

Keith, Philip, Stephen, Kevin.

lily allen named her daughter Ethel. Not one I'd want to bring back into fashion.

I love Philip. It is on my list for if I ever have a boy.

I know a baby Nigel.

I work in a soft play centre so hear all the names and the most old fashioned were twins called Ethel and Martha!! Lol I had to pinch myself really hard to stop laughing, they were about -8months old!

Martha is a normal name isn't t? Ethel not so much perhaps

I know a toddler called Roy, and one called Gordon. I also know a Richard and an Ian - nice names but seem so unusual on a baby now

I know a Richard. I also know a little Christina and a Francis.

I know a toddler called Martin.

Olive.

I know theres a cleb with a baby Olive which may have started a trend but I can't get past Olive from 'On the Buses'. Needless to say the parents of the baby Olive I know are far too young to remember the TV one.

I thought Martha was in the top 100 now. If defintely was when dd was born a few years ago.

My friends have a baby called Ralph.

Steve (not Steven) Neville and Patricia nn Patty not related.

Friends children called Janet, and Lenny.

There has been a massive trend were I live over the last 7 or so years to give babies retro names, here are a few

Stanley
Lenny (Lennard)
Elsie (I know about 3 baby girls with this name)
Ivan
Bertie
George
Frankie
Hector
Harriet
Adriana

I guess the new wave will be these (although haven't met any yet!)

Peter
Phillip
Steve
Lyn
Carol
Sandra
Paul
Janet

Oh and I know 2 Martha's, good name

Yes Martha's quite cute, but Ethel? Lol could just picture a little old lady!! Although my two are called Alfie and Ruby, both old people names apparantly!!

I am loving 99% of these retro names!!

Know loads called Ruby so definitely not an old folks' name. Liked it myself but DH didn't. Funny how years later I still perk up when hear of one of the 'discarded' choices in RL.

Hmm, a lot of these names are 'old lady chic' which has been going on for quite some time, names such as Mabel, Elsie and Albert and Stanley for boys.

The ones mentioned I find more are the 'mum and dad' or 'auntie and uncle' generation names on babies and small children, such as Janet, Pauline (really? Baby Pauline??!), Gordon and Brian.

My dgs is called Frank-he is 9.

norbert think drew Barrymore's baby is called Olive

Valerie
Marilyn
Pamela

Basil
Clive
Ernest

Geoffrey
Maude
Malcolm

I've got a 22 month old Kathleen. She's known as Kitty most of the time though. Met a newborn called Audrey just before Christmas.