Baby names that stand the test of time always find their way back into top baby name lists. Over the last few years, celebrities have been bringing back vintage baby names that were once popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Let’s round up some of the names celebrities are using for their 2020s babies.
1. Actress Amy Schumer and her husband Chris Fischer named their first baby, a boy, Gene.
2. Reality star Bekah Martinez and her husband Grayston Leonard have chosen vintage names for all three of their children. They named their first baby, a daughter, Ruth, gave their first son the name Franklin, and chose the moniker Ernest for baby number three.
3. Reality star Joy-Anna Duggar and her husband Austin Forsyth chose the name Evelyn for their second child and only daughter.
4. Actor Donald Glover bequeathed his moniker to his third baby with his wife Michelle. The young Donald Glover is the third man in the family to have the name.
5. Actress Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman chose timeless names for their two sons: Jonathan and Jack.
6. Actress Abby Elliot and her husband Bill Kennedy gave both of their children vintage baby names. They chose the name Edith for their first baby, a daughter, and their son William is named after his father.
7. Actress Candice King gave her two daughters, whom she shares with her former partner Joe King, the names Florence and Josephine.
8. Celebrity chef Duff Goldman also chose the name Josephine for his first baby with his wife Johanna.
9. Singer Ellie Goulding and her partner Caspar Jopling chose the name Arthur for first baby, a boy.
10. Actress Samira Wiley and her wife Lauren Morelli chose a vintage name for their first baby, a girl, but the name was traditionally used as a boy’s name: George.
11. Actress Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary gave their first baby, a girl, two vintage names: Louise Jean. The little one is named after Emma’s grandmother Jean Louise.
12. Singer Michelle Branch named her third baby, her second with Patrick Carney, Willie, a son.
13. Actress Jen Lilley and her husband Jason Wayne named their second biological baby, a girl, Jackie.
14. Actor Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger gave two of their babies together vintage names: Eloise for one of their daughters and Ford for their son. The actor’s son with his ex Anna Faris also has a vintage moniker: Jack.
15. Reality star Jill Duggar and her husband Derick Dillard gave all three of their sons timeless names: Israel, Samuel, and Frederick.
16. Athlete Maria Sharapova gave her first son with her partner Alexander Gilkes the name Theodore.
17. Singer John Osborne named one of his twins, a boy, with his wife Lucie Silvas Arthur.
18. Actress Gina Rodriguez and her husband Joe LoCicero named their first baby, a son, Charlie.
19. The Royal Family is known for using vintage baby names for their children, and Princess Eugenie chose the name Ernest for her second son with Jack Brooksbank.
20. Actress Emilie de Ravin and her partner Eric Bilitch chose vintage names for all three of their children: Vera and Alice for their daughters and Theodore for their son.
21. Actor Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo chose the name Florence for their second daughter.
22. Reality star Jessa Duggar and her husband Ben Seewald chose timeless names for two of their sons: Henry and George. The couple is currently expecting baby number six, so we’ll see if they choose a vintage name for their newborn.
23. Actress Whitney Cummings also used the name Henry for her first baby.
24. Athlete Allyson Felix and her husband Kenneth Ferguson gave their second baby, a boy, a moniker after his father: Kenneth Maurice. The couple shared that their son, who is the third to have this name, is nicknamed. Trey.
25. Musician Tyler Joseph and his wife Jenna chose the name Tommy for their third baby and first son.
26. Musician Matt Bellamy and his wife Elle Evans gave their son and second baby together, his third, the name George.
27. Model Sofia Richie and her husband Elliot Grainge chose the name Eloise for their first baby, a girl.
28. Singer Aly Michalka gave her first baby, a boy, with her husband Stephen Ringer two timeless names: Jack Francis.
29. Actress Mindy Kaling gave both of her daughter’s vintage monikers: Katherine and Anne.
30. Former President George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara Bush and her husband Craig Coyne named their babies Cora and Edward.
31. Singer Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber named their first baby, a son, Jack.
32. Reality star Brandon Jenner and his wife Cayley chose the name Joan for their third baby together, his fourth.
33. Actress Mandy Moore and her husband Taylor Goldsmith named their third baby and only daughter Louise.
34. Model Georgia May Jagger and her partner Cambryan Sedlick named their first baby Dean.
35. Former President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden chose to name her first baby with her husband Peter Neal, a son, William.
Kate Fann (she/her) is the BabyNames.com celebrity blogger, as well as an established content writer, aspiring author, and social media expert. She has been featured in online publications such as Bolde, ManoByte, Medium, The Social Observer, and more. Kate has ghostwritten numerous romance novels and is currently working on publishing her own works in the Young Adult genre.
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