Is The name Emily a good example of a name being a "modern classic"? What others would you put in that category?

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Currently on our dds name right now and it has me wondering, is there any such thing as a modern classic name?Our second choice is Emily which my dh loves but I don't love although I definitely don't dislike it. . I don't think it's as old as a name like say Elizabeth or Sarah but I'm aware Emily is obviously an old name which has been around since the 1800s (Emily Brontë and Dickinson) so it does have a couple of historical namesakes.

Despite this i always thought if it as more of a "modern classic" in the way that it only got rediscovered and became popular in the last thirty years. According to a lot of naming websites Emily, was the number 1 name in the US/UK/Australia in the 90s/00s, it’s sliding down the charts now and will probably never be as popular as it has been over the last 25 years again. Not that it’s necessarily a bad things and it doesn't take away that it's a lovely name but I just wouldn’t class it as timeless.
I would put names like Olivia, Isabella, Lily etc in the same category, they are very old names but stopped being used for a good hundred years and now sound young again.

What other names would you class as modern classics?

I'm an Emily and loved my name, if I wasn't an Emily I would have had it as my daughter's name. There were plenty of Emily's when I was growing up but not met any children under 10 with the name.
I'd say others that fall under modern classic would be Louise, Sophia, Alexandra, Helena, Rosie, Sophie.

My mother wanted to call me Emily 60 years ago. She was persuaded not to because it was "so fuddy duddy and old fashioned" according to her mother.