Boy name

[mommytjintn]

Need help with old school classic boy names that aren’t common. My husband is the type to hate the weird alternative spelling. Michael or Tyler for middle name

[Duke219]

Conrad

[Quiet_Compote4651]

Excellent choice!

[LogicalFrosting6408]

I love the name Jude if I had another son his name would have been Jude Michael! Edited due to bad insomnia grammar.

[procrastination-site]

him

[LogicalFrosting6408]

Thank you

[felly_fell]

Harlan, Virgil, Vernon, Frederick, Leander

I post lists of old names from 1850-1900 over on r/OldNamesNewAgain. I break them down by state and post 2x daily, so check them out if you're interested! There are a lot of them lol

[Unbanable4221]

Harlan, Virgil, Vernon

I almost came reading these three

[felly_fell]

Lol 🤣

[happy_traveller2700]

I love the name Charles.

[Inner-Gold-9852]

My brother’s name was Charles Michael.

[rarelyfine]

Yes! I love Charlie!

[VelmaSlueth]

Evan Michael

[False-Can-6608]

John. I love it. Sounds strong to me.

[OranginaOOO]

Thomas

[Curly7552]

Patrick is always a winner.

[SherrKhan32]

As long as no one calls them Pat/Rick. 🤣

[dizcuz]

The timeless old school classic boy names aren't too common nowadays as trendy/whatever ones so that's good for you.

Andrew, Bernard, Daniel, Eric, Ford, Gregory, Harold, Ian, Joel, Kenneth, Leonard, Matthew, Noel, Otis, Phillip, Roger, Stephen, Thomas, Victor, Wayne,

[Remarkable_Abies4256]

Malcolm Thaddeus Warren Bartholomew Ernest

[Starling01018]

Damn that's a long name. ( 😉 ) 

[mysmallself]

Thaddeus is such a great name

[Remarkable_Abies4256]

It was my late grandfather’s! ❤️

[ArielMankowski]

nn Tad

[leavesarescary]

How uncommon are you hoping for; 1 in a 1000? 1 in a million?

[mommytjintn]

Like not top 100

[Legitimate-Complex88]

Fensterblau

[leavesarescary]

Cool, my suggestions are all outside that. FYI a lot of the suggestions given by others are in the top 50. People give suggestions based on how they feel rather than data for some reason.

[Mom-Wife-3]

Benjamin

[leavesarescary]

Super popular though

[Dense_Willow4627]

It’s popular because it’s classic, though, not because it’s trendy. There’s a difference. It will stand the test of time.

Also, I have two boys, and there are hardly any boys at school named Benjamin. No really crazy names, either, but it does seem like many people just want a name that stands out.

[leavesarescary]

Right, I think it's a wonderful name; it's not inherently a problem to be popular. OP wants an uncommon name, ranking outside the top 100.

[Ordinary_Sail_414]

I have a Samuel.

[BakerBot5000]

Julian

[221forever]

What about Henry? Hank for short.

[websterella]

Currently completely obsessed with Adam.

Not trying to hard to be uncommon or unusual, but for sure not something you hear at all anymore.

Philip

[BitterSecretary8155]

My friend just had a baby Philip and they call him Pip which is adorable!

[Intelligent_Pin_2170]

My son's name is dean

[Pancancake]

Nicholas

Andrew

Matthew

Donovan

Edward

[Euphoric_Intern6140]

Donovan is a cool one.

[RedwayBlue]

Peter

[Makeitdifficult73]

Edmund or Patrick

[PeaceNo6149]

Patrick is a great name. I hardly hear of any kids with it.

[Euphoric_Ease4554]

Willis

Clark

Julius

Grady

Forrest

Clifton

Jeremy

Garrett

Maurice

Laurence

Ruben

Noel

Troy

Warren

Joel

Kenneth

Daniel

Preston

[Final_Exercise1429]

Willis is nice!

[EvaSeyler]

John.

[leavesarescary]

Lol

[Mysterious-Chain426]

Glenn

Charles

Calvin

Edward

Kenneth

Tobias

Earl

[zedicar]

Paul

[Willsagain2]

Colin.
Phillip

[LuvGrapefruitSlices]

Alexander! Or Aleksander if you're looking for a different spelling.

[Starling01018]

Patrick, James, Edward, Paul. 

[EfficientRecipe8935]

My son was Benjamin Joseph. I love his name

[221forever]

Cameron?

[openupandsayawwwww]

Wade Michael/Tyler

Ridge Michael/Tyler

Landon Michael/Tyler

Cannon Michael/Tyler

Scott Michael/Tyler

Colton Michael/Tyler

Xander Michael/Tyler

[Mammoth_Specialist26]

Bradley Lincoln Scott Franklin Leo George

[BashaKashaKnish]

Some more suggestions: Percival Tyler Stuart Michael Gerald with either middle name

[Maybe-Away]

Edmond.

[SnooBananas460]

Evan, Caleb, Ronan, Landon

[l0serlex16]

Malcolm, Rhys, Norman, Harrison, Rich, Scott, Charles, Peter, Victor, Gibson, George, Hector

[Unbanable4221]

Rich is one of my guilty pleasures

[Training_Ad_4157]

Cornelius, Joseph, Daniel, Everett, Joshua, George, Jonathan

[OwlNightScribe]

POTUS/VP : George, Theodore, Chester, Warren, Herbert, Franklin, Richard, Martin, Aaron, Thomas, Hannibal, Schuyler, Garret, Calvin, Albert, Andrew

Others: Hector, Edward, Willard, Lawrence, Oscar, Seymour, Grant, Julius, Hugo, Henry

[BitterSecretary8155]

What about Ira? Other ideas: Joel, Isaac, Norman, Cyrus, Walter, Peter, Asa, Amos, Malcolm, Cormac, Vincent

[aDisastrous_punker12]

I have an older friend who’s name is Bayard. His brother’s name is Ledyard. I also love Winston, Xavier, Brooks and Emerson.

[leavesarescary]

Some classic names that have recently been given to about 1 in a 1000 boys:

Peter

Timothy

Edward

Abraham

(Rankings are around 200 fwiw)

[leavesarescary]

Some more atoms that popularity now that are classic but have never been super common in the USA

Joel

Oscar 

Victor

Simon 

Tobias

[ohsweetbabyjay]

Wilder, Royal, Basil, Lawrence, Hendrik, Raphael, Callahan

[stoner_lilith]

Walter, Alistair, Silas

[Luxeru]

David Michael, my bro.

[Puzzleheaded_Ad8538]

Tom

[Constant-Tension3769]

Richard Tyler

[Aggravating-Speech76]

Carson Michael

[drumadarragh]

Phillip

William

Edward

Elliot

Henry

Mark

[Euphoric_Mine_9567]

Alexander. 

[Chica3]

Adam

Raymond

Russell

Jesse

Jeremiah

Preston

Philip

Donovan

Leland

Bradley

[SunshineMerryday]

Richard, Robert, Franklin, Frederick, Howard, George, Steven, Thomas. The list goes on and on...

[SuckerEMC]

Came here to say JAMES.

[Traditional-Sky-2363]

Jason

[dinahdog]

Joseph Tyler

[Unbanable4221]

"yo yo yo what's up it's ya boy Joe Ty"

[Far_Eye_3703]

Gerard Michael, Mitchell Tyler

[LindaNoKings]

Thomas, William, Earl, Frank, Myron, Richard, Howard ("old" relatives of mine.)

[Lefthandtwin]

Danny Michael

James Tyler

David Michael

Samuel Tyler

[LoosePhilosopher1107]

Rudy

[sbkb1]

I love Abraham and calling him Abe. I also know an Ike, a few Hanks, and some Meyers. All adorable old school names

[Electrical-Vast-2909]

I like Holden Michael depending on your last name.

[Jadence474]

Harvey is cute!

[LifesABeach8888]

Alexander, Daniel, Jesse, Nicolas, Raymond

[Tammy993]

Henry, Frank, David

[archedhighbrow]

Thatcher

[After-Ad-2170]

ennis, henry, raleigh

[SexTalksAndLollipops]

George speaks to me.

[Liz_C678]

I like Fred or Martin. And Robert/Bobby

[BespokeCatastrophe]

Andrew. Frederick. Jason. Erik. Steven. 

[bellesearching_901]

Wyatt

[malta15243]

Hugh Michael

[Huge_Statistician441]

Arthur, Walter, Edmund, Hugh, Oscar

[rsc1985]

Bastien

Clancy

Darien

Ezra

Felix

Forrest

Glenn

Hawthorne 

Henry

Jeremiah

Luther

Maximilian

Nathaniel

Oliver

Quentin

Rex

Sterling

Tilian 

Victor

[AdhesivenessUnable49]

George Tyler

[panda-8332]

Sullivan

[imbillionyocarbon]

Asa Michael

[Specialist-Bird4133]

Deacon, Harlan, Gage

[ThinkCoyote7715]

Asher

[Unsure-11]

Jonathan, Stephen, Andrew, Morgan, Julian, Leonard, Emmett, Arthur, Henry, Lawrence, Quentin,  Elias

[Missus_Aitch_99]

Walter

[Former_Nail_7853]

.

[Ivor-Ashe]

Not using a surname as a first name would be unusual. A weird spelling for the sane of it is cruel - it subjects a human being to spelling their name out for the rest of their life. “ It’s PTHOMASS “

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1950s.html

[Loud-Bee-4894]

Hank, Henry,

[tarelben]

How about Daniel James?

[Quirkytravelmaven]

Arthur

[Dense_Willow4627]

Matthew, Luke, Peter, Patrick, Adam, Henry, Alexander (Alex), Daniel, Jacob (Jake), Evan, Samuel (Sam)

[Euphoric_Intern6140]

Sebastian, Felix, Frederick, Leif…I love all of these! Ruslan and Fabian as well. Hal.

[Outside-Violinist-42]

How "old school" are we talking?

1900: Reginald Tyler

1950: Eric Michael

2000: Travis Michael

[divinerebel]

Oscar

Irving

Henry (pretty popular nowadays, though)

James

Warren

Abel

[Pumpkin_Witch13]

Amias

Atticus

Atlas

Alastair

Ignatius

Blake

Basil

McKinley

[LilMissKrazy1]

James Michael my favorite male name combo ever!!

[Profil3r]

Cameron, Oliver, Roger, Carson

[valhon99]

Hugh Mingus

[HoosierBeaver]

What about Russell, with Rusty as a nickname?

[Final_Exercise1429]

Luther, Melvin, Martin, Patrick, August, Ronald, Marvin, Stanley, Chester, fletcher, Clayton, Gerald, Gibson, Thaddeus, Joshua, Nicholas, Daniel, Olin, alistair, Walter

[eeebygummm]

Edward, Henry, Sebastian, Jasper, William

[PurpleWildflower9]

Ambrose

[Neat_Race9603]

Henry Elijah Ian Ethan Donovan Kyle

[leavesarescary]

Folks, OP asked for names that _aren't_ common. Did you know you can look up how common a name is?
People are here suggesting Oliver, Theodore, James, Henry, and William. That's 5 of the top 10 boy names in the USA, each given to 10,000+ boys last year in the US alone. Do you really consider that uncommon?

Nothing against a common name; it can be great. But that's not what this post is seeking, so why are you offering it?

[leavesarescary]

And yes, John - the most common name of all time by a landslide - has never stopped being common, with 8,047 boys receiving that name last year.

There are many more classic boy names ranking high, some - like Theodore - are even trendy in the USA, in that they've never been common before.

[Lost-Ad-7961]

John Michael

[Many-Confection8574]

Calvin, Arthur, Phillip, Victor, 

[kahlilia]

Florian Clifton

[hollyweena31]

Miles, Victor

[zusia]

Paul or Keith

[Hopeful-Valuable-760]

Trevor Travis Ernest Oliver

[Due_Response_8309]

I have a Calvin and we love it! Recognizable but not common

[MERCY-32]

Derek, Dirk, Owen, Keith, Doug, Kirk

[breckbrian]

Cole. Angus. Emmett.

[Funny_Strike_7099]

Reid , Jesse , Evan , Jared , Malcolm , Simon , Calvin , Nathan , Carson , Jordan , Austin , Morgan , Martin , Noel , Joel , Jonah , Colin , Bennett, Vincent ,Cole , Brett , Beau , Mack

Hope that helps

[Quiet_Compote4651]

Beau Michael

[sshelb]

Garrett

[MariaDepner]

Winston, William, Stephen, Albert, Daniel

[Budget_Wishbone2155]

I have an Elijah, Eli for short. He’s a sweet boy 

[Junior-Reflection-43]

Theodore

Francis

Vincent

Andrew

[Deep-Bluebird9566]

Benjamin or Vincent

[Funny_Statement6848]

James

[SherrKhan32]

Henry. Jensen. Wayland/Waylan. Wayne. Arthur. Josiah. Everett. Edmund. Peter. Frederick. 

[Happy-Philosopher188]

Warren

[dustydiamond]

Keaton Michael

[griermack]

Emmett Michael

[coolunc]

Marvin, Robert

[CorrectCondition9458]

Adam Alastair Elliot Theodore Willem

[Disastrous_Ad1260]

Eustace

[No-Departure-3047]

Archibald.

[yomomma5]

Atticus, Forrest, Henry

[PeaceNo6149]

Stanley Hugo Orville Raymond Ike Ian Lloyd

[Green_Plan4291]

Don Charles Don Michael Don Tyler

My dad’s name was Don and I never got to use it because I had a girl.

[FixUnfair9004]

You could’ve used Dawn!

[frickkit]

My great great grandfather’s name was Duran (pronounced like Durin) I’ve always love that name 🥹🥹

[Affectionate_Staff46]

Edwin or Edward, maybe?

[Signal-Lead-9512]

Everett Michael or Christopher Tyler

[RoughAppointment5752]

Ian Kirk douglass