Quiz: Expecting Parents Will Get A Kick Out Of This Old-Fashioned Baby Names Quiz

Every soon-to-be parent wants to give his or her child the perfect name. Each day, thousands of future moms and dads spend countless, hopeful hours poring over baby books, scrolling through internet lists, and swiping on apps, debating the use of relatives’, old flames’ and sworn enemies’ names, all the while micro-analyzing the prospects for culturally appropriate or gender non-specific options. As they explore, many parents find that each potential name has already been given to a friends’ baby, is the same name as that gross boy from third grade, sounds awkward with the parents’ last name, or simply won’t work for a million other reasons. 

However, before opting to forfeit the name game all together and assign numbers to any future spawn, take a few minutes to stroll down America’s memory lane. Perhaps the perfect name is hiding among these outstanding ones from another era, when life and parenting, were a little less complex. Old-timey names like Theodore, Ethel, Ruth, and Roy often have heartwarming meanings and noteworthy legacies. 

And if you don't want to give your kid a name that sounds like it belongs to an old man or woman, you'll at least get a kick out of seeing how much you can guess about what was popular back in the day. Are you ready?