Eighteenth century baby names and what they mean, with 47 results. Adoption of these boy names reached its highest in the 1880s (ADOPTION OF 6.6%) and has become significantly diminished since (ADOPTION 2.2%, ▼67%), with names such as Oscar becoming somewhat outmoded. The trendier baby names among these are Julian (#36), Wesley (#105), Owen (#25), Boone (#669) and Solomon (#388), while Semon (TOP 11%) and Julin (29%) are familiar surnames. Here is the list of 18th century names for girls.

Addison - Lothar

Addison▼
.. and influential through the 18th century. Common as surnames. Compare Adisson, var. and popular -son last names Ackison (UPPER 76%), Asleson (25%). [Adisson, Adison, Addy, Addeson, Ad, .. 1 more]

Antioco
.. 300 AD until the 18th century. Antioco, Antiochus, etc. are not Top 2000 names. [Antiochus, .. 2 more]

Augustus
.. Britain in the 18th century, when .. Augustus, Gus, etc. became less trendy in 2018, dropping -75 rankings as boys' names with Austen leading the decline. [Guus, Austen, Augy, Augusto, Augustin, Auguste, Augie, .. 7 more]

Bayard
.. Delaware in the 18th and 19th .. Usage of Bajardo and forms peaked a decade ago. [Baylen, Bay, Bajardo, .. 1 more]

Bernard▼
.. common until the 18th century, and .. Bernard, Berend, etc. became more popular in 2018, rising +133 positions as birth names with Bernardo leading the rise. [Vernados, Bernt, Bernis, Bernardino, Berend, Barnie, Barnhardo, .. 16 more]

Boaz
.. in the 17th and 18th centuries .. A common boys' name (#1099 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Boaz also occurs frequently as a surname. [Boase, .. 1 more]

Boone▲
.. Daniel Boone (18th century), the legendary .. Adoption of Boone is at its apex today. See also Boni.

Boswell
James Boswell (18th century) was a .. Not in popularity charts.

Bradford▼
.. Another William Bradford (18th century) was .. Bradford (UPPER 1%) and Brad (37%) are found regularly as surnames. [Brad, Bradfurd, Braddford]

Clinton▼
.. An illustrious 18th century governor of .. Well-used, with usage of 0.016% for Clinton and variants as birth names in 2018, higher than 0.015% the year before. [Klint, .. 2 more]

Ephraim▲
.. mostly in the 18th and 19th .. Efrayim and forms peaked in popularity in 2004 and are almost as popular now. [Yefrem, Ephrim, Ephream, Ephraem, Efraim, .. 10 more]

Fingal
.. the Ossianic poems (18th century) for .. Fingal and variants became more popular in 2018, gaining +1 ranking as children's names with Finn leading the rise. [Fionghall, Finn, Fingall, .. 1 more]

Galfrid
.. used in the 18th century but .. Galfrid and Gal are not frequently used as baby names. [Gal]

Garrick▼
18th century English actor David Garrick .. Less widespread today. Garrick was the form last listed (2006) in the Top 2000. [Garryk, Garreck, .. 3 more]

George▼
.. popular in the 18th century when .. Usage of George, Yorik, etc. as children's names in 2018 was down 1.5% compared to the previous year. [Ygor, Yorik, Yiorgos, Yegor, Jurik, Jurian, Jorn, Jorck, Joran, Joeri, .. 45 more]

Goronwy
.. revived in the 18th century when .. Not Top 2000 names. [Gronwy]

Griffith
.. the 16th to the 18th century .. Moderately unusual as a boys' name, Griffith is found more often as a last name. [Gutyn, Griffudd, Gruffud, .. 4 more]

Julian▲
.. First used in the 18th century .. Julian has risen in favor as a baby name since the 1960s. [Julyan, Juliano, Jules, .. 5 more]

Livingston
.. landowners in the 18th and 19th .. Usage of Livingsten and variants was elevated 108 years ago. [Livingstone, Livingsten, .. 1 more]

Lothar
.. in an early 18th century English .. Scarce as a children's name. [Lothur, Lothario, .. 2 more]