Vintage baby names are making a comeback across the world, according to new research.
Many believe that modern-day parents prefer unusual and unique names, with old-fashioned baby names being deemed too "retro". But it turns out that, according to data from Lottie.org, several classic names may be returning to the limelight.
Working with Forebears.io, Lottie.org has revealed 20 names that are being boosted in popularity once again. The 20 names include the top five male and female names that new parents are choosing.
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Top of the list and 59th worldwide is Patricia, with 5,611,684 having the name. In second place is Anita, which is 61st in the world with 5,478,714 people. This is followed by Samuel, Rita, and Martha, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Other names include:
- Barbara - 3,977,274 people worldwide
- George - 3,950,011 people worldwide
- Esther - 3,566,497 people worldwide
- Diana - 3,553,640 people worldwide
- Gloria - 3,346,290 people worldwide
- Ruth - 3,343,758 people worldwide
- Francis - 3,278,211 people worldwide
- Frank - 3,082,995 people worldwide
- Oscar - 2,924,810 people worldwide
- Irene - 2,707,999 people worldwide
- Edward - 2,636,584 people worldwide
- Julia - 2,633,946 people worldwide
- Margaret - 2,552,758 people worldwide
- Walter - 2,494,319 people worldwide
- Albert - 2,450,754 people worldwide
The top vintage male name was Samuel, which ranked 69th in the world, and the most popular female name was Patricia, ranking 59th. To collect the data, Lottie.org used online sources Nameberry, Mother & Baby, Fatherly and Parade to create the list.
To work out numbers, Lottie.org used Forebears.io to discover the global popularity, amount of people bearing the name and countries where the name is most chosen.
