Are these a bit 90s?

[iwasgonnasay]

Kinda love the names I grew up hearing, thoughts?

Kelly
Rosie
Chloe
Maddison
Kimberley

Really liked old fashioned names but now I know we’re pregnant I find myself drawn too E sounds the way I was with DC1. Turned out to be a boy and at the time I was sure he was going to be called Elsie but that’s gotten a lot more popular since we were first pregnant.

Boy names I really struggle with ..
We have an Oliver already, I like:

Axel
Alex
Teddy
Chester
Arthur
Archie
Alfie

Names are so hard!

They are quite 90s but not necessarily a problem. Kelly and Kimberly especially. I feel like most nicknames are E sound names though.

Molly/Polly/Holly
Lucy
Betsy (Elizabeth)
Ellie (Eleanor)
Nancy
Kathy (Katherine)
Darcey

Feel like Archie and Alfie are SO common atm.

Nobody would bat an eyelid at any of these names in my part of London. Go for whichever you like 👍

Kelly - the only Kelly’s I know are in their 40s
Rosie - Rose babes are very popular where I live
Chloe - late 90s/early 2000 babe
Maddison - love this, don’t associate with any era
Kimberley - I’d say more of 70s name , love it, haven’t heard it used for years

Axel - not keen
Alex - short fir Alexander, classic name
Teddy - every other baby and odour dog was named this five years ago
Chester - not keen on ‘surname babes’
Arthur - classic
Archie - quite popular
Alfie - not sure

Your boys names seem to have a different feel to your girls names to me.

suggestions -

Luke
Richard
Adam
Robert
Callum
Rory

Molly
Kirstin
Meredith
Amber
Jasmine
Daisy
Gemma

Thanks guys, and great alternative suggestions
BUT we have most of those on one side of the family or the other so it’s a struggle 😭

Definitely I have different feelings on girl and boy names
Girl I always like pretty cutsie “girlie” names because I always felt mine was a bit blah and dull

Boy names I like strong, classic clean modern yet traditional names

I do quite like Arthur, as rightly said Alfie and Archie are v popular - though I have an Oliver already and that’s fairly common here

Lucas I like over Luke
Alexander
Joseph? Although we have a dog in the family who is Joseph

Girl I think Chloe Rose or Kelly Rose are top
Maddison Or Chloe Maddison maybe?
M single syllable surname also which is why I want something a bit more floaty before it

Courtney?

Meredith
Addison
Rachael
Clarisse
Selena
Christianne
Robyn
Isabel
Juliet
Phoebe
Lauren
Sophie/Sofia
Briony
Leonie
Alexandra
Daniella

Toby
Peter
James
Jonathan
Harris
Hamish
Liam
Connor
Cooper
Christopher
Leo
Daniel

Love Courtney, and Chelsy.
Others you might like ..
Alison
Kathleen
Emily
Rebecca

Of your girl names I dislike Maddison.
Most of your boy names are not to my liking, though are not offensive.

Joseph, Luke, Arthur and Alex are handsome in a similar way to Oliver. The others you list are very trendy and not as timeless.

Some you might like..
Thomas
Scott
Tristan
David
Wallace
Edward
Ewan
Charles

I think Chloe or Arthur would be lovely. Both are great names and would go well with Oliver

They are really the only names I like from your lists - the rest I really dislike.

Chloe, Arthur or Alexander would be my picks. Chloe is slightly 90s but still a good name (also like Phoebe).

Courtney, Kimberley, Chloe…are you a fan of the kardashians?

I do like Courtney though!

Your girls names are 90s yes, not necessarily a bad thing, but hard to know how they’d be viewed now by their peers. Maybe the equivalent of a late 90s/00s teen being named Tracey/Debbie/Pam?
Chloe is not that 90s tho, there are currently lots of teen Chloe’s about.

Some of your boys names are really overused. There are sooo many Alfie’s/Arthurs/Archies. Try and avoid one of those unless you really love it.

Amber and Scarlet are 90s names that I like. I quite like Chloe.
Love Oliver.
I don't like Alfie, Archibald, Albert, etc but love Alexander.
Oliver and Daniel ❤

Girls - I think Kelly and Kimberley are a bit dated but the others are absolutely fine. Chloe is my favourite.

Boys - l really like Alex on your list. Teddy and Arthur are ok.

They are quite 90s but I still hear Chloe, Maddison especially Rosie a fair bit. Elsie is less popular than Oliver so if you still like it I don’t think that’s a reason not to use it.

From your list, Chloe and Rosie feel like a nice fit with Oliver. I really dislike Maddison.

These feel a little 90s/00s but still more current in style, with lots of E sounds:

Emily/Emma
Isabel/le (Izzie)
Hannah
Lucy
Molly/Holly
Georgia/Georgie
Grace/Gracie
Sophie
Bethany
Anna/Annabel/Annalise (Annie)
Megan (Maggie)
Amy
Harriet (Hattie)
Sarah (Sadie)
Madeleine/Madeline (Maddie)
Bethany
Phoebe
Zoe

Maddison, Kelly and Kimberley definitely are a bit 90s imo. Rosie and Chloe are current enough still I think. For boys I like Arthur, Teddy and alex

Rosie is nice. The rest are pretty dated I think.

Just a comment re Kimberley - there was a sanitary towel manufacturer called Kimberley Clark in the 90s and I remember the vending machine at school.

That said it also came with belts to hold them in place, so doubt this is too relevant to 2026!

Chloe was very popular in the late 90s and early 2000s; it was sort of the Olivia of its day. It’s a nice enough name though. You’ve just made me think I haven’t come across a Chloe for ages - there used to be a few in every class I taught!

I like Rosie and Alex best from your list.

Rosie is lovely and doesn't seem dated to me. And Rosie sounds good with brother Oliver. Second choice is Chloe.
The others feel too dated to me.

I like all your boy names except Chester. Do you like Casper?
My favourites from your boy list are Archie and Arthur.

Thank you! Very constructive feedback
I think my top are going to be Chloe and Rosie for a girl - will probably end up Chloe Rose
I love Phoebe but it’s already in the family and we have few that have used the same name and I’m not a fan
I don’t like the Kardashians at all to be honest but the names are definitely from my era!

Boy I think at the moment Arthur or Alex
Archie and Alfie I loved but they are a bit more popular - not enough for me to rule out completely

DH not really in on this yet as last time he picked the boy name and I picked the girl name and it was a boy!

Chloe and Rosie are lovely for a girl!!
I like all your boy names except for Axel, it has a different vibe to the others.

I think Chloe is terribly 90s, if that bothers you.

My DC are 90s children. Their classmates, obviously not all but the most popular.

Girls
Imogen
Rosie
Olivia
Phoebe
Alice
(And every iteration of illy/olly: Milly, Molly, Tilly, Ellie, Poppy, Daisy)

Boys:
Sam(uel)
Ben(jamin)
Will(iam)
Tom(Thomas)
Matthew
James
Oliver
Sebastian (Sebby or Baz)

Chloe Rose is lovely.

Chloë Rose works well.

Im throwing in Elizabeth, abbreviated to Libby (or indeed Beth, Bessie, Betsy, Liz, Liza, Lizzy, etc).