I was sitting on a bench at the park watching my three year old daugther play when the mother next to me calls out, "Enid, it's time to go!" I winced at the sound of it. Enid? Eee-nid? I tried hard not to cast an unseasy glance at this mother; wondering if perhaps I had mis-heard her or if by some chance, a ninety year-old woman was being pushed on the tire swing. Sure enough, a little girl approached. And suddenly, I understood. Fair skinned, brown-eyed and topped off with a mop of frizzy red curls, Enid took her mother's hand and left. Little Enid looked back and grinned at me. The name....fit. 

You don't hear them much anymore: those names that you haven't heard for sixty or seventy years. Oddly enough, those traditional names are becoming a part of of the unique name craze that has over-taken the baby-naming game for thousands of parents over the last several years. The devout search for the" name that isn't common" is slowly adopting little Winstons, Charlottes, Minnie Pearls and Henrys as names you just don't hear very often. But how do those ole' fashioned names hold up against the growing list of Ryders, Cadens, Emerys, and Ainsleys? You decide. Here is a list of names that are making a come-back from the past: 

Boys: Bradford, Byron, Carter, Easton, Grady, Llewellyn, Merrick, Maxwell, Oakley, Sterling, Stanley, Tristan, Tobias, Wesley, Winston

Girls: Ashlyn, Arabella, Clementine, Dorthea, Ellamae, Estelle, Harriet, Hazel, Lilibeth, Maisie, Olive, Pearl, Quinnie, Rosemarie, Susannah, Viola, Waverly

Indeed, these names do not frequent the common ear but how well does it roll off your tongue? Do they blend in with the trendy, edgy names that have become so popular? Or should these names stay in the past where they belong? The final shots belong to you.