Vintage Baby Boy Names Extinct from The Top 1000 Most Popular

I am a sucker for a good vintage baby boy name - and I know that a lot of you are, too! With names like Theodore and Henry gracing the top of the popularity lists, it’s undeniable that there are a ton of people loving the vintage revival baby names. I am among those old name lovers - but even more than the revival names, I am crazy about the hidden gems that have been forgotten by time.

I love looking through the baby name data and identifying names that were once popular and still in the rotation, but eventually faded away.

I’ve spent a lot of time digging through the ssa baby name lists, and I pulled a ton of great baby names that have long been extinct from the top 1000 list. I have them grouped by decade, in order of when they disappeared. I tried to include a mix of baby boy names primed for a comeback, along with ones that are worth appreciating, but likely gone from the top 1000 lists forever.

Names that disappeared between 1900-1909

• Orson - 1901

• Fern - 1903

• Holmes - 1903

• Rush - 1903

• Whit - 1903

• Fate - 1906

• Iver - 1909

• Larkin - 1909

• Wheeler - 1909

Names that disappeared between 1910-1919

• West - 1913

• Lawton - 1914

Names that disappeared between 1920-1929

• Erling - 1920

• Ansel - 1923

• Price - 1923

• Golden - 1924

• Worth - 1925

• Cosmo - 1926

• Gardner - 1926

• Baxter - 1927

• Nels - 1927

• Isidore - 1928

• Sumner - 1929

Names that disappeared between 1930-1939

• Ransom - 1930

• Silvio - 1930

• Urban - 1931

• Ivy - 1935

• Sylvan - 1935

• Vester - 1938

• June - 1939

Names that disappeared between 1940-1949

• Florian - 1941

• Lucky - 1945

• General - 1946

• Jennings - 1947

• Angus - 1948

• Conley - 1949

• Elmore - 1949

Names that disappeared between 1950-1959

• Harland - 1951

• Rupert - 1952

• Crawford - 1954

• Merritt - 1954

• Noble - 1954

• Ike - 1957

• Kit - 1958

Names that disappeared between 1960-1969

• Flint - 1960

• Abe - 1961

• Orrin - 1961

• Warner - 1963

• Raleigh - 1965

• Alfie - 1968

• Fritz - 1968

• Lucius - 1968

• Clement - 1969

• Elroy - 1969

• Elwood - 1969

Names that disappeared between 1970-1979

• Darcy - 1970

• Grover - 1974

• Murray - 1975

• Roscoe - 1978

• Ivory - 1979

A Name that disappeared between 1980-1989

• Lars - 1984

Names that disappeared between 190-1999

• Elton - 1990

• Monte - 1990

• Britton - 1992

• Cassidy - 1992

• Luther - 1994

• Sylvester - 1994

• Kirby - 1996

• Edmund - 1997

• Ramsey - 1997

• Hans - 1999