When I was in grade school, there were usually about two Cindy's (me and another girl). There were also at least 3 Debbie's and Kathy's.

Every year in the newspaper, there is a top ten list of the names parents choose for their newborn.

Names recycle, what is old becomes new. When I was a child, Hannah and Sara were old people names.

My DD has many friends named Jessica, Ashley and Brittany.

What "old" names can you think of? Here are some of my favorites, ones that I do not hear often in the "new" generation.

Of course there are a few but here are some I rarely hear. I am going down the alphabet, in a way!

Rose
Sharon
Debbie
Kathy
Steve
Sally
Sandy (Sandra)
Candy
Beth
Abigail (Abby)
Ellen
Gail
Jill
Karen
Leslie
Patty (Patricia)
Wendy

Oh, I always loved my grandfather's half sister's name. I met her once in a nursing home. She was from Russia. Her name was Gitl (pronounced Gittel).

Seems like I only got to girl names!

You're right, Cyn, a lot of my friends have been going with what to me, are "old people" names for their kids.

Zachary (of course)
Mason
Helen
Anna
Nathan
Micah
Violet
Bernice
Beatrice
Edwin
Arthur
Norma
Henry
Lawrence
Annabelle


That's all I can think of right now.

How about

Mary
Marybeth
Maryjo
Maryann
Maryjane

What gets me is the spellings. Evyn is Evan. Oh...of course. Next...

I don't know why but boy's names don't seem to change much in popularity. They are very basic, Biblical names: Mark, Matthew, John, Thomas, David etc. But then . . . .to add a few more

Noah
Luke
Issac
Isaiah
Edward
George
Paul

Girls:
Heather
Angela
Donna
Jennifer
Barbara
Virginia
Jean
Maggie
Jan


And yes, there were 3 Patricia's in my 3rd & 4th grade class. The other two were Patty's and I was a Tricia. I hated it when people called me Pat or Patty. I was never a Pat or a Patty. It just doesn't fit my personality. From the time I was a wee one, I have been either Tricia or Trish.

My Mom's name was Emma. I've heard quite a few parents call their little darlings "Emma."

Emily is another one you hear occasionally nowadays.

My dear 4yo Granddaughter is named Emmie. It suits her. I told her someday she'll be an Auntie Em! Maybe her brother will name a daughter Dorothy, Lol!

Don't know if this qualifies as an old name, but I sure know of quite a few Jacksons.

My Grandson, Kaden, has a friend named Klay, and my nephew has a Clay.

Another nephew married a Russian and has Dmitri and Victor.

My Grandma hated her name: Fanny! She gave many of her kids unusual names: Elvin, Ervin, DeVere (my Dad), Lavola, Arva, Leland, Arlo, Lyle, Verland, Lawrence, Willard, and ... and ... can't remember #12 kid. Oh yeah, Delmer.

On my Mom's side there were 13 kids: Irma, Cliff, Emma, Ardath, Pearl, Velma, Dee, Don, Glenn, Rowene, Helen, annnnnd, ummmm, I was on a roll, too.

Okay, can't think anymore.

I named my daughter Constance. She is named after what would have been my oldest sister. She passed when she was just 7 months old. Mom always told us about her Connie and I knew when I had my daughter I would name her Constance also. Her middle name is Suzanne so we called her Connie Sue when she was little...Sue

Here are some I can think of:

Zetha
Minnie
Agnes
Elisie
Onie
Judy
Juniva
Marjorie
Virginia
Peggy
Winnie
Lois
Vera
Mildred
Maggie
Wanda
Laverne
Sue Beth

Cecil
Royce
Melvin
Louie
Ray
Jerry
Wilford
Harold
Edward
Dwight
Dwayne


My parents wanted to give me a name no one else had. Looks like they missed. Althought there was only one other Darlene in school with me, she was 3 years a head of me.

i've always said....pregnant woman shouldn't name babies.

someone should have told that to MY mother.

<-----monkey who was given an old lady name

The only one I can think of is Lucy or Lucille.

Wait... just thought of another: Marvin. (Came to mind because that's what I've named my dog's inner-puppy. Y'know the type: It never gets any table scraps, it's the trouble-maker, it's the one making a mess of things. My dog? She'd never do those things. It's all Marvin.)

how about hazel?

matilda
myrtle
gertrude