80 Unique Baby Names No One Uses Anymore

We’ve recently shared everything from the 40 Video Game Baby Names Gamer Parents Will Love to the 50 Cottagecore Baby Names Climbing the Charts, but there is one more list we’re intrigued by and that is the baby names no one is using anymore.

Parents today are looking for “names that feel fresh and interesting and will make a child stand out from the pack,” author and baby name expert Laura Wattenberg tells Real Simple. “This list of potential names that ‘nobody’ uses is essentially infinite. Even among names that have appeared in the statistics in past years, there are more than 70,000 that are currently out of circulation.”

To compile the list, Nameberry decided to run the extended lists of baby names from the Social Security Administration — all the baby names recorded in the US ever — against the complete list of names in their own baby name database. What’s left is a list of names that were not used for any children from 1880-2022— meaning it’s an entire collection of truly unique baby names!

Here are a few of the top contenders on the list of names nobody uses anymore, plus a few more for your old fashioned baby name inspiration.

Girls

Acantha
Araminta
Artemesia
Avelot
Bee
Bluebell
Branwen
Briallen
Calico
Capucine
Ceil
Chandra
Christmas
Cia
Circe
Coralia
Daffodil
Dancer
Eulalie
Finola
Franny
Freesia
Frostine
Gemella
Hester
Jericho
Jessamy
Ismerie
Marcellina
Mavis
Minette
Morwenna
Nanette
Noemia
North
Rhonwen
Samoa
Tally
Thaddea
Whimsy
Winsome
Zarida
Zephyrine

Boys

Aridius
Askell
Auberon
Averill
Bard
Bartleby
Basie
Beach
Bramwell
Cassio
Conran
Corentin
Dawsey
Drummer
Eleazer
Falconer
Fenwick
Florent
Gulliver
Humphrey
Kermit
Keyes
Mingus
Moe
Nat
Nicander
Nicholson
Pim
Puck
Roald
Roone
Rudyard
Spike
Story
Thibault
Thoreau
Umberto
Whistler

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