What are some "old-style" names like Hugh or Barron ?

Eleanor, Wolfgang, Oliver, Basil, Theodore.

My cousin just named her baby girl Evelyn Violet. So pretty.

Olivia
Victoria
Diana
Henrietta
Beatrice

Arlen
Frank
Henry
Lionel
Herbert

@Jude – That IS a beautiful name, wow! Awesome. I love it.

Thanks everyone :)

Charles

Gertrude.

@Jude That is beautiful.
Ditto

Holland (for a boy).

Otis, Viola.

Ralph
Morton

Delores
Bertha

edited previous answer.

It’s becoming fashion again to name a child for a mother’s surname (or historical surname).

Most of my family surnames are ugly, so I wouldn’t do it, but there are lots of Hamiltons, MacKenzie’s, etc.

For a girl, I love the old floral names. Rose, Jasmine, Fern, Lily.

@partyrock I love to wander through an old cemetery and read the names. They also tell a lot of stories too.

Thinking through my family tree and we had pretty boring names.

There was a Frederick and a Francesca (which I love given it doesn’t seem to fit with the 1800s).

A few Elizabeths, Nancy, Clara, Amelia.

Jewel names are oldies but goodies, also. Jewel, Ruby, Pearl, Opal…

Oh my jeez, I love names. :D

Males:
Ambrose
Amos
Maxwell
Alonzo.
Amos.
Ashby
Asher
Raymond
Thaddeus
Arlington
Archie
Augustus
Barnabas
Clarence
Edmund
Ezekiel
Garrett
Gideon
Harland
Harrison
Izaak
Jedediah
Julian
Julius
Merrill
Obediah
Ulysses
Uriah
Victor
Zachariah
Zebulon
Zedock

Females:
Amelia
Charity
Charlotte
Chastity
Claire
Sophronia
Stella
Vivian
Constance
Elvira
Ettie
Geneve
Lorraine
Preshea
Savannah
Selina
Zylphia

Lawrence
Bartholomew
Abigail
Alice
Robert
Albert
Alfred
Archibald
Edmund
Nathaniel
Henry
Harold
Louis
Patrick
Oliver
Francis

Rebecca
Clarissa
Eleanor
Emiline
Frances
Virginia
Jane
Catherine
Charlotte
Margaret
Henrietta

And of course, many names were shortened or nicknames were used. My grandmother appears to have been called Annie but everyone referred to her as Nancy?

Holy shit. I bow to not one but two displays of greatness.
Not messing with the mods but those are awesome answers.

A great resource is the Social Security Administration’s register of baby names. Choose any year after 1879 and you can find the most popular names for babies born in the U.S. that year—and not just the top 10 but the top 1000. You can also check the popularity of a name over time. Fascinating. I use it often for fictional characters. I like to dig down a ways instead of picking a name near the top.

I am going to save that link @Jeruba. Thank you.

I have it bookmarked.

Some names from my family: Harriet, Mabel, Alfred, Delmar.

Eva
Lila
Agnes
Elda

Some names need at least a couple more generations before they become cool again. Please don’t name your child: Esther, Ethyl, Herbert, Herman, Percival

WolframAlpha will show you name popularity over time, e.g. Ethel, Hallie

Harrald, Olaf, Howard, Errick, Jubal, Barnabas, Nickolas,

In this age of cool or unique names, my friend told me her granddaughter-to-be will be named Lillian.

I wanted to cry for some reason.

my daughters named for my grandmothers…

Antoinette Victoria

@Blueroses… my grandmother’s name was Clara Lillian and Lillian was my sister’s middle name. She hated it. I think it is a pretty name.

My grandmother was Emma Barbara. Emma is popular again.
Had an Uncle Harris. Benjamin is an oldie but still goodie. Florence. Suzanna. Pearl. Hester.
Chester. (fraternal twins). Hayward. Woodward.

My great-grandma’s name was Cassie. Not short for anything, her parents just liked the sound of it. If I ever have a girl, Cassie will be one of her names.
@bellatrix I love the name Clara (especially if the “a” sounds are long, as in (American English) water

My granparents were and/or are Jeannie, John, Amanda, Ray, Sherly, and Michael… Boring.

Could I add Constance to all those female names above?

These are 19th century names that are old fashioned but I think they are up for a revival. I’m not mentioning Lily, Sophia or Olivia, just because they’ve already been revived and are the hot new names right now.
Girls:
Adelle
Alva
Amelia
Beatrice
Ellie
Frances
Hattie
Lenora
Lorraine

Boys:
Ambrose
Amon
Bennet
Byron
Clem
Edmund
Ezra
Hank
Maxwell

I have noticed a rise in old fashioned names in young children where I work (sports centre that runs kids clubs). Recently I have met/heard of children under 10 years old called Wilfred, Agatha, Margo, Elspeth, Margaret, Meg, Edward, Alberto, Freddie, Harriet, Grace (although I don’t think this name ever really went out of fashion), Annabel, Theodore, Giles, William, George, Hal, Beatrice, Archie, Alice, Ralph, Gabriel, Madeleine, Charles, Alfie, Helena, Helen, Oscar, Scarlett, Jeremy, Angus, Hamish, Rupert, Hugo, Arthur, Eli, Jonah, Laurence, Verity, Clara, Florence, Victoria, Ruby, Martha, Evie, Benedict, Stirling, Rosalind, Bertie…. the list goes on.

Edit: Also, my tortoise is called Agnes!

Y’all have left out my favorite male name redolent of Victorian flavour: Campion. :)

One might also browse a list of Civil War generals (Union, Confederate)

I haven’t yet read the other responses so forgive me if I repeat a name.

Females:
Clara
Nell
Ruth
Aida
Jeanette
Belinda
Annabelle
Suzette
Amelia
Lucinda
Blanche
Dorie
Evelyn
Marion
Marie
Renee
Veronica
May
Katharine
Elinor
Wilhelmina
Dee Dee
Vivian
Alice
Eve
Joyce
Ruby
Lila
Cora
Judith
Penelope
Vida
Zelda
Celia
Marjorie
Sophie
Francis

Male:
Gregory
Charles
Phineous
Wallace
Samuel
Manfred
Willem
Chauncy
Clayton
Irwin
Cecil
Randall
Nigel
Oliver
Beauregard
Edwin
Frederich
Nelson
Lawrence
Earl
Geoffrey
Alistair
Thaddeus
Maynard
Arthur
Leonard
Ivan
Morris
Niles
Loren
Edgar

Methuselah.

Alaric, Leonidas, Brutus, Cleopatra