Old-fashioned boys’ names are making a quiet comeback for their timeless appeal and the sense of tradition they bring.

Just like old girls’ names, traditional old boys’ names are being rediscovered by a new generation of soon-to-be parents. Many of them are popping up again on Australia’s baby name charts, proving that these strong choices never really fall out of favour.

To help narrow things down, we turned to our community of mums to find out which old boy names they’re loving right now. Whether you’re drawn to something well-known or hoping to uncover a hidden gem, there’s plenty here to spark some great ideas.

260 Old-Fashioned Boy Names That Are Still Going Strong

This bumper list is packed with a little bit of everything – including a few old-world Hollywood numbers that are mighty hard to resist!

If you’re keen on something vintage that’s a little more unexpected, head over to our separate round-up of some of the rarest names in the world.

1. Adam
2. Albert
3. Alexander
4. Alfonso
5. Alfred
6. Ambrose
7. Anthony
8. Archibald
9. Arthur
10. August
11. Augustus
12. Bartholomew
13. Bart
14. Barry
15. Basil
16. Benedict
17. Benjamin
18. Bernard
19. Billy
20. Bob
21. Brian
22. Bruce
23. Byron
24. Caine
25. Campbell
26. Carl
27. Cedric
28. Cecil
29. Charles
30. Chester
31. Clarence
32. Claude
33. Clive
34. Clemence
35. Colin
36. Cornelius
37. Clyde
38. Cyril
39. Damian
40. Daniel
41. David
42. Douglas
43. Dwight
44. Dudley
45. Dwayne
46. Edgar
47. Edmund
48. Edward
49. Edwin
50. Elias
51. Ernest
52. Errol
53. Eugene
54. Evan
55. Evelyn
56. Ezra
57. Fabian
58. Felix
59. Ferdinand
60. Fletcher
61. Frank
62. Franklin
63. Fred
64. Freddie
65. Frederick
66. Galileo
67. Gary
68. Garreth
69. George
70. Gerald
71. Gilbert
72. Graham
73. Greg
74. Gregory
75. Gus
76. Harold
77. Henry
78. Herbert
79. Hibert
80. Horace
81. Hugh
82. Ignatius
83. Ike
84. Ira
85. Irving
86. Isaac
87. Ivan
88. Jack
89. Jacob
90. James
91. Jasper
92. Jerome
93. Jo
94. John
95. Jonathan
96. Jonah
97. Joseph
98. Jock
99. Julius
100. Kenneth
101. Keith
102. Kitchener
103. Knox
104. Kevin
105. Lawrence
106. Leo
107. Leonard
108. Leonite
109. Leslie
110. Lindsay
111. Lionel
112. Llewellyn
113. Lorrie
114. Louis
115. Lawson
116. Malcolm
117. Martin
118. Matthew
119. Maurice
120. Max
121. Maximus
122. Maxwell
123. Merlin
124. Michael
125. Milton
126. Montgomery
127. Montrose
128. Monty
129. Murray
130. Mervyn
131. Napoleon
132. Nathaniel
133. Nelson
134. Nicholas
135. Nigel
136. Noah
137. Noel
138. Norris
139. Oliver
140. Ormond
141. Orsen
142. Orson
143. Oscar
144. Osborne
145. Oswald
146. Otis
147. Patrick
148. Paul
149. Percival
150. Percy
151. Perry
152. Peter
153. Philip
154. Quentin
155. Raymond
156. Reginald
157. Reuben
158. Rex
159. Robert
160. Robyn
161. Rodney
162. Roland
163. Rolland
164. Rowan
165. Roy
166. Royce
167. Royford
168. Rupert
169. Samuel
170. Sandy
171. Sebastian
172. Sidney
173. Silas
174. Simon
175. Solomon
176. Stanley
177. Stephen
178. Steven
179. Sullivan
180. Ted
181. Theodore
182. Thomas
183. Timothy
184. Toby
185. Tom
186. Tony
187. Tristan
188. Vernon
189. Victor
190. Vincent
191. Wallace
192. Walter
193. Ward
194. Warwick
195. Wayne
196. Wesley
197. Wilfred
198. William
199. Winston
200. Xavier
201. Zachary

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