Old-fashioned names.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Saw this on the MSN UK front page.

What it's saying is pretty obvious - as naming trends change and time goes by, certain names that have become old-fashioned will fall out of use as the older generations die out - but I wanted to get your opinions on the names listed.

Boys' Names	% Decline in popularity since 1907	Girls' Names	% Decline in popularity since 1907
Norman	99.857%	Gertrude	100.000%
Walter	99.436%	Edna	99.831%
Percy	99.377%	Ethel	99.703%
Harold	99.272%	Irene	98.174%
Ernest	97.816%	Ada	98.120%
Herbert	97.784%	Norah	97.787%
Clifford	95.920%	Olive	96.989%
Frank	93.640%	Agnes	96.825%
Arnold	93.608%	Elsie	95.752%
Leonard	92.845%	Mabel	95.524%
Edgar	88.857%	Edith	95.390%
Arthur	88.356%	May	95.387%
Albert	86.419%	Margaret	94.418%
Edwin	85.850%	Minnie	94.235%
Alfred	83.808%	Jane	93.119%
Sidney	79.815%	Violet	91.777%
Stanley	74.989%	Annie	91.621%
Francis	71.218%	Lilian	88.549%
Richard	66.590%	Mary	83.829%
Fred	55.606%	Florence	79.461%

Which do you like?
Which could you see working on a baby these days?

Comments

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I dunno about the rest of y'all, but I totally love these names. They are right up my ally, because no one will be using them anytime soon. :D The male names not so much, because some sound awkward (Herbert, Ernest, Albert), but some I'd definitely go for. I'd probably use some of them as middle names just to play it safe, though.

Modern Day Babies with Old-Fashioned Names:

Walter
Percy (as Percival)
Harold
Arnold
Leonard
Arthur*
Sidney*
Stanley
Richard
Fred (as Frederick)

Edna*
Ethel*
Ada*
Mabel
Agnes*
Norah*
Elsie
Edith*
Jane*
Violet*
Lilian
Mary*
Florence