Classic and underused boys names

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We really struggled to name our first boy and now looking for inspiration for number two! We want something classic but outside the top 20! Any ideas very welcome…

Peter
Tobias
Toby
Anthony
Barnaby
Benjamin
Harvey
Scott
Callum
Mason
Richard
Christopher

Thank you! Middle name has been chosen and is on your list. I love Tobias (no Toby) but DH is unsure.

Some suggestions below of names that I think are classic but probably fall outside of the top 20 (a lot of these can have various short forms too):

Alexander
Robert

Christian
Matthew
Joseph
Alistair
Luke
Paul
David
Thomas
John
Francis
Andrew
Mark
Daniel
Joshua
Sebastian
Tristan
Lawrence
Graham
Michael

Patrick
Laurence
Robert
Michael
Daniel
Peter
Marcus
Giles
Philip
Matthew
Jonathan
Nicholas
Dominic
Alistair
John
Guy

Patrick
Joseph
Francis
Hugh
Dominic
Benedict
Alistair

The trouble with this is that you risk choosing something dated. This is a great site for checking that out: https://names.darkgreener.com/

My middle son ( and my easiest child ! ) is called patrick. Love the name still.
he’s paddy to his friends though 🤦‍♀️😂

My youngest is a Patrick - also my easiest! His friends call him Pat.

I like to look outside the top 1000. A top 100 name is really a very popular one.

Here are some outside the top 100- Elliott, Luke, Matthew, Robin, Vincent, Robert, Nathaniel

Outside the top 250 - Nicolas, Julian, Angus, Dennis, Richard, Timothy

Stephen is only just inside the top 500 at (joint) 496. Outside the top 500 are names like Lawrence, Brian, Noel, Edwin, Brandon, Aubrey, Caspian, Raymond, Alistair, Samson, Benedict.

For actually underused, let’s get outside the top 1000. Antony, Florian, Percival, Everett, Kenneth, Neil, Gerard, Quentin, Gilbert, Eugene, Derek, Gary, Gavin, Graham, Lucius, Wallace, Bertram, Barnabas, Cedric, Ferdinand, Jeffrey, Lionel, Maurice, Clyde.

The best people 😂

Andrew
David
Robert
Jonathan
Christopher
Nicholas
Stuart
Douglas
Magnus

Richard
Simon
David
Andrew
Patrick
Michael
Philip
Stephen
Mark
Matthew
Luke
John
Paul
Jonathan

Vincent
wilfred
spencer
douglas
leonard
jasper
christopher
peter
john
ralph
silas
lawrence
frank
nicholas

I have a Patrick. He's 22 and had only ever met one other under about 60. Lovely, lovely versatile name.

Peter - my lovely Dads name

I love
Sebastian
Nicholas
Christopher
Benjamin
Tobias
Peter
Thomas
James
William
Louie
Alexander
Edward
Zachary
Joseph
Samuel
David
Ellis.

Thanks for the fab suggestions everyone, definitely some to go on the list.

Being popular doesn’t concern me, more that I’ll pick a name that ends up being fashionable for a short period then becoming dated very quickly. My toddler has a name just outside the top 20 but it’s a classic that’s been in the top 50/100 for a long time.

Some suggestions that I love but can’t use due to being used by close friends and family are:
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Patrick

Adding to the list are Laurence/Lawrence, Alistair, Jasper and Sebastian.

Quentin
Everette
Audie

A bit out of the box but I like these:

Milton
Murray
Tudor (Welsh I think)
Aaron
Darwin

Ambrose
Conrad
Clement

John

Strong, plain, unpretentious.

Jack is the usual nickname

Adam

Bartholomew
Craig
Gordon
Eric
Rodney

Simon
Stewart

Adam, Ashley, Murray.