Boy names worthy of a comeback

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Inspired by a similar thread for girls' names:

Eric
Amos
Claude
Gene
Dennis
Gregory
Martin
Arnold
Solomon

Julian
Timothy
Simon

I’ve always loved Nicholas - it’s not too old-fashioned, though, but I don’t know any young Nicks or Nicholases.

Murphy
Scott
Maurice
Laurence (Loz)

Gary!

Jeremiah

Christopher
Michael
Nicholas
Simon
Paul
John

Matthew
John
Christopher
Howard / Howie
Ray
David
Leonard / Lenny
Calvin / Cal
Michael / Mikey
Douglas / Dougie
Phillip / Pip
Daniel / Danny
Justin
Adam
Nathan
Craig

Marcus
Jeremy (love Jem as a nickname)

and I agree on Michael & Gregory.

Roy
Wilbur
Russell
Stanley
Trevor
Scott

Ernest
Jethro
Walter

I love Jem as a nickname too - but prefer it for classic James.

For myself, I’ve never understood why John dropped out the Top 100 - it’s a simple classic with lots of great historical namesakes. Robert, Christopher and Matthew were a bit of a surprise drop outs too. And I agree I’d like to see classics like Peter, Paul and Phillip come back instead of being Dad/Grandad names.

A bit surprised people have mentioned names like Michael, Adam, Daniel, David etc though as apart from Adam those names have never dropped out of the Top 100 in England at least (and Adam is Top 10 in some boroughs of London) - they all all still fairly popular, just not as high in the charts as 50 years ago.

Gregory
Nigel

Richard. So lovely and strong.
Stephen
Simon
Martin. Never met one who wasn’t lovely.

… And Philip. A classic!

Jason
Simon
Andrew
David
Kieran
Kyle
Anthony

Keith
Brian
Harold
Ian
Alan
Ronald
Kenneth

Dennis, Gregory and Martin need a bit longer imo…. Rest yes!

my thoughts

leonard
walter
frank
ernest
vincent
sidney
victor
spencer
austin
august
magnus
cedric
raymond
roland

Ryan
Scott
Paul
Raymond

I love Peter and Ray, think both due a revival

I work in a school, and have recently encountered a little Kevin, Eric, Austin, Spencer and Trevor. I guess some of the bearers of these names are now grandparents, so they're coming back round again.

I really like Amos. I'm always surprised it's not more popular given how popular Noah/Jacob/Joseph are.

I honestly love many of the names already mentioned, particularly Christopher, Nicholas, Simon, and Stephen! Adding Geoffrey, Graham, and Sean.

Not sure how I forgot Nicholas! The youngest one I know is in his late twenties/early thirties, but he's not from the UK so I'm not sure whether his name is perceived as more on trend in his home country.

Perhaps both Nicholas and it's counterpart Nicola being popular in the 80s/90s has put this generation of parents off it, as they associate it with their contemporaries?

Yes, it does fit that vibe doesn't it? Not sure why it's not more popular tbh. It has a strong history, and I don't think it was ever particularly overused. 🤔

Mark
John
Robert

In fact there was a boy called Colin in my class at primary school. No one batted an eyelid. It was just his name.