Retro names that seem to be making a comeback

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I know we've had lots of Elsies and Rubys and Lillys in recent years - but I'm wondering if they're going to go out of fashion soon and what will be the next phase of names.

I know a 2 year old called Judy and someone at work with has also just called their little daughter this. I also know of two babies called Marjorie.

What other retro names have you heard of recently?

I know loads of little Erics.

Also a Maude and Sybbie (Sybil) and a Peggy.

My friend has a little boy called Stanley and a little girl called Martha. They really suit their names.

wish id come here first because I just recently got a slating on the names board for having Sylvia on my list!!

I also love Myrtle and Beryl and hope they will be considered trendy one day... doesnt seem to be yet though judging by the reaction I get when I suggest these ones...

oh and my friend just named her baby Wendy!
and one of my sons toddler friends is called Edith.

I heard Kevin yesterday little Kevin looked about 2 i guess that isn't the retro you meant

DD aged 25 was at school with a Sylvia. I think it's a lovely name, was used in literature in the 17th and 18th centuries I believe, it's not just a 1930s name.

Patricia, Pamela, Cynthia, Barbara, Celia, Marjorie, Dorothy/Dorothea are all nice too if you think about it objectively. Disassociate from older ladies that you may know with these names, and imagine they're new unusual names. And Mary, Anne, Jane, Susan are all classics of course. Although I'm not so keen on Joyce, Joan and Beryl.

I know a 6-year old Alan and a Pamela. Both named after grandparents. But still seems a little weird. I guess over time the current ‘middle aged’ names will become cool again and be in heavy usage.

I think Ronnie and Reggie have been around for a while. I know someone who used one of those names because of the Krays which is pretty weird.

I know a Rita, a Dorothy, a Bridget, a Nina, a Richard, a Raymond and a Jeremy.

Barbara, Arlene, Janet and Mabel.
David, Paul and possibly Derek.
My Nanna was Norma but I can't see that making a come back.

Met a baby Steve recently.

I've heard Stanley, Jeffrey and Stephanie on little ones recently

Know a Winifred and a Hattie and an Edith.

Love them all.

Also love Jean.

There’s a little Muriel at our toddler group

Sylvia, Sylvie, Gloria, Vera, Alma.

30ies/40ies names, I suppose.

I have a little Leonard / Lenny! I love old fashioned classic names.

Heard a few daphnes, trudys, cynthias rescently.

And a fair few jimmy, ronny, reggie, dennis, houie and howies amongst the boys.

I naturally ashumed they where named after their grandparents or a family member?

@margentina I have a Leonard too! He’s 1 this month, not heard of another before now!

@KeefBurtain mine is eight and I don't know any others - I don't think it's going to be the new Milo or Oscar!

DS (3) has friends called Edith, Margot, Ivy, Elizabeth, Albert, Nora.

I love Caroline and Judy - 1970s American names (like characters in a Judy Blume book ) and I have a Stephanie which is still unusual

@margentina don’t be so sure - I have a 14 year old called Stanley and I would never have guessed it would be as poplular as it is now!

I've come across a few young Ray's recently as well as an Arnie and a Dorothy

Is Elsie popular nowadays?! Oh man that's my fav name for one and thought it was so different haha 😂

Elsie gets mentioned on the baby name board a lot now, Peachy. I actually think its time has been and gone. It's a bit Victorian/Edwardian and the new names will be 1930s-ish.

There was a little Rodney in the park last week. Couldn't believe what I was hearing.