A new round of research has revealed that classic baby names are making a comeback. Parents are choosing names that many might consider vintage at first thought.
According to data from Lottie.org, several classic names may be returning to the limelight. It carried out work with Forebears.io and has now revealed 20 different baby names, male and female, that are being boosted in popularity once again.
They include the top five male and female names that new parents are choosing, reports the Liverpool Echo. Top of the list and 59th worldwide is the female name ‘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 the male name Samuel, Rita, and Martha.
The other top names are:
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. 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.
