For Example I really like [name_f]Linda[/name_f].
I like [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
I second [name_f]Susan[/name_f]! I also like [name_f]Nancy[/name_f].
[name_f]LOVE[/name_f] [name_f]Nancy[/name_f]! I also like [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Anne[/name_f]. Some of them have lengthy histories but to me they qualify as “middle aged” - as does [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] which is gorgeous and seems to be coming back with a bang!
Ohhh, yeah! I think mid-century names are cool…so sturdy, steady, unfussy, and completely unexpected on a kid today. They stand out–in a good way, I think–among all the Brinleys, Masons, Kaidens, and Lilianas. I could probably name a dozen kids off the 1955 Top 100.
I like/love:
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_f]Christine[/name_f], [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] (my #1 name for a girl), [name_f]Joan[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Phyllis[/name_f], [name_f]Elaine[/name_f], [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f], [name_f]Sally[/name_f], [name_f]Maureen[/name_f]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] (in my top 5), [name_u]Douglas[/name_u], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Frank[/name_m], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Eric[/name_m], [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_m]Alan[/name_m]
I absolutely love [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], and I’ve always had a soft spot for [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] and [name_f]Wanda[/name_f]. Also, [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] (I think it should be in the classic category now though), [name_u]Perry[/name_u], [name_m]Chester[/name_m], and [name_m]Clarence[/name_m].
For girl names, I like [name_f]Melinda[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Sue[/name_f]/[name_f]Susan[/name_f]/[name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f]. For the guys, I like [name_u]Lyle[/name_u], [name_m]Lowell[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Craig[/name_m].
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Rhoda[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] & [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] are ones that I like. 
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]!!! I adore the name [name_f]Susan[/name_f], I’m so happy to hear that I’m not alone! I also love [name_f]Judith[/name_f] and [name_f]Anne[/name_f]! For boys [name_m]Richard[/name_m] has a place in my heart
[name_f]Eileen[/name_f]! Very pretty but not usable.
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_u]Darren[/name_u], [name_m]Ronald[/name_m], [name_u]Vernon[/name_u], [name_u]Glen[/name_u], [name_f]Doris[/name_f], [name_f]Lois[/name_f], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Joan[/name_f], [name_f]Judy[/name_f], and [name_f]Colleen[/name_f]!
Hmm. I’m noticing that maybe it’s just my love for N names… some of these names though belong to especially nice people, so maybe that gives their names extra credit? Nah, I think I like their names in and of themselves.
[name_f]Shirley[/name_f] (lalalala sorry had to post 10 characters…)
I too have a soft spot for [name_f]Susan[/name_f], and I think [name_f]Suzie[/name_f] is actually quite a spunky nickname. For girls I also like [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f], [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] (the ‘-een’ ending was the ‘-ayden’ of its time, I guess?), [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Kitty[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Rachel[/name_f], [name_f]Sara[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], and [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]. And for boys: [name_m]Martin[/name_m], [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Scott[/name_m], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_u]Jesse[/name_u], and [name_u]Jamie[/name_u].
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_f]Amy[/name_f], [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m], [name_m]Allen[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]/[name_f]Debbie[/name_f], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f], [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] and [name_f]Amy[/name_f] for girls.
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m], [name_m]Craig[/name_m], [name_u]Dean[/name_u] and [name_m]Robert[/name_m] for boys.
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
Tons!
[name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_f]Linda[/name_f], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Joan[/name_f], [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Theresa[/name_f], ect
[name_f]Suzanne[/name_f] (I love the nn [name_f]Suzie[/name_f]), [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Donna[/name_f], [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
Also, [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], [name_m]Raymond[/name_m].
Absolutely – I like [name_m]Graeme[/name_m], [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f] (and I’m sure there are more).
I’m surprised I don’t think of [name_f]Amy[/name_f] as a middle aged name – it is my sister’s name! I suppose I’m getting older than I realise!
I love [name_f]Linda[/name_f], [name_f]Joan[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_u]Jean[/name_u] and [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]. I was surprised to see how many people like middle aged names - although I don’t agree that some of these are middle aged. [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Laura[/name_f] and [name_f]Louise[/name_f] are timeless, and [name_f]Amy[/name_f] is super popular among 12-/13-year-old girls where I live, as is [name_f]Rachel[/name_f].