(MCT) — A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the favorite girls' names on a Nameberry message board thread—led by the lovely Beatrix, Penelope and Clementine—and now it's time to look over at the boys' side.

The most striking result is the strong showing for the good old traditional, timeless classics, with many votes for William, Henry, Charles, James, Edward, Joseph, George, and Thomas, and a resurgence of interest in Theodore (2!—perhaps because of the popularity of nickname Theo), Frederick, and Peter. Does this mean that parents are still (or once again) looking at safer, more conservative choices for their sons than their daughters? Is it somehow a reflection of the cloudy economic climate?

Some smaller trends noted: a preponderance of names starting with the vowel EElliot (in its various spellings), Edward, Emmett, Everett, Ethan, Ezra, Elias; and the characteristic Nameberry love of some quirkier choices, several not found in the Top 500 of the Social Security listGideon, Amos, Emmett, Dexter, Atticus, Asa, Harvey, Callum and Cullenand some not even on the list at allDashiell, Archer, Malachy, Laszlo, Ambrose. It takes time for the rest of the world to catch up!

So here, as of today, are your top choices:

WILLIAM and HENRY tied

THEODORE

OLIVER

CHARLES

JAMES

GIDEON

AUGUST

MILO, NATHANIEL

NOAH, ELIOT/ELLIOT/ELLIOTT, EDWARD, EMMETT, JASPER

JUDE

LUKE, BENJAMIN, DASHIELL, EVERETT, OWEN

And then:

LEVI

ETHAN

GEORGE

GRAYSON

CALVIN

DESMOND

FELIX

HUGO

FREDERICK

SEBASTIAN

ADAM

DECLAN

Followed by:

AMOS

FINN

HUDSON

JACK

JACOB

JOSEPH

NATHAN

PETER

THOMAS

And the runners-up:

AIDAN/AIDEN, AMBROSE, ARCHER, ARLO, ARTHUR, ASA, ATTICUS, BARNABY, CALLUM, CULLEN, CHRISTOPHER, DANIEL, DEXTER, DOMINIC, DONOVAN, EDMUND, ELIAS, EZRA, FINLAY/FINLEY, HARVEY, JACKSON, JOSIAH, JULIAN, LASZLO, LIAM, LANDON, MALACHY, MILES, NICHOLAS, OSCAR, QUINN, RHYS, RONAN, SILAS, SIMON, TOBIAS, TRISTAN, TRUMAN, WALTER

As with the girls, we've also tallied up the names that have received the most 5-star ratings by visitors. Here are the Top 25:

HENRY

JASPER

FINN

MILO

OLIVER

FELIX

OSCAR

ASHER

ATTICUS

JUDE

JAMES

LEO

LIAM

JACK

ELI

ELIJAH

OWEN

JACKSON

BENJAMIN

WILLIAM

EZRA

BECKETT

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NOAH

SEBASTIAN

DASHIELL

Nameberry (nameberry.com) is a baby-naming site produced by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, co-authors of 10 bestselling baby name guides, including the newest, "Beyond Ave and Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby."

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