Classic baby name is making a comeback in 2025 – full list

Baby name consultant Colleen Slagen, working in partnership with baby retailer JoJo Maman Bébé, revealed the classic baby names that are making a comeback in 2025.

Colleen said: “Look out for Margot in 2025 as people are looking for feminine, classic-sounding [names like] Margot, Eloise, and Vivian.”

The baby name consultant added: “I think we’ll start seeing more traditional male names being chosen for girls such as Drew, Noah and Dylan.”

Vintage names will also become more popular in 2025, which may have harshly been viewed as “outdated” in most recent times.

“For girls, Louise, Dorothy, Mabel and Maisie are on the rise and for boys it’s Arthur, Archie, and Howard,” said Colleen. “Judith and Reggie have also recently been used.”

Classic names making a comeback in 2025

• Margot
• Eloise
• Vivian
• Drew
• Noah
• Dylan
• Louise
• Dorothy
• Mabel
• Maisie
• Arthur
• Archie
• Howard
• Judith
• Reggie

Top 10 baby boy names that have been rising in popularity

• George
• Cal
• Beckham
• Tate
• Rocky
• Hollis
• Teddy
• Boden
• Casey
• Crew

Top 10 baby girl names that have been rising in popularity

• Margot
• Georgia
• Miller
• Scottie
• And
• Billie
• Lottie
• Goldie
• Louise
• Hallie

Colleen stated that “various trends are happening simultaneously”; in addition to the return of classic names, “short and effortless” names are growing in popularity.

The baby name consultant explained that people are leaning towards names that have between one to two syllables, and only have three to four letters in the name.

“For example, names like Cal, Mack, Vann and Case for boys and Navy, Indy, Drew, and Reya for girls,” said Colleen.

Another emerging trend is the presence of names ending in “o” for a boy, and names ending in an “a” for girls.

“Short names can feel brisk, but an ending vowel softens them which appeals to many people,” Colleen said, giving the example of “Milo and Hugo”.