diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Currencies.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Currencies.php
index ce7fe5e2a84b..6f887e1ca139 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Currencies.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Currencies.php
@@ -58,27 +58,30 @@ public static function getName(string $currency, ?string $displayLocale = null):
     /**
      * @return string[]
      */
-    public static function getNames(?string $displayLocale = null): array
+    public static function getNames(?string $displayLocale = null, bool $obsoleteCurrencies = false): array
     {
-        // ====================================================================
-        // For reference: It is NOT possible to return names indexed by
-        // numeric code here, because some numeric codes map to multiple
-        // 3-letter codes (e.g. 32 => "ARA", "ARP", "ARS")
-        // ====================================================================
-
         $names = self::readEntry(['Names'], $displayLocale);
 
         if ($names instanceof \Traversable) {
             $names = iterator_to_array($names);
         }
 
-        array_walk($names, function (&$value) {
-            $value = $value[self::INDEX_NAME];
-        });
+        $result = [];
+        foreach ($names as $code => $value) {
+            $currencyName = $value[self::INDEX_NAME];
+
+            // If obsoleteCurrencies=false, skip obsolete ones
+            if (!$obsoleteCurrencies && self::isObsolete($code)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $result[$code] = $currencyName;
+        }
 
-        return self::asort($names, $displayLocale);
+        return self::asort($result, $displayLocale);
     }
 
+
     /**
      * @throws MissingResourceException if the currency code does not exist
      */
@@ -143,4 +146,17 @@ protected static function getPath(): string
     {
         return Intl::getDataDirectory().'/'.Intl::CURRENCY_DIR;
     }
+    /**
+     * Check whether a currency is obsolete based on ICU metadata.
+     * @param string $code ISO 4217 currency code (e.g. "USD", "BEF").
+     */
+    public static function isObsolete(string $code): bool
+    {
+        try {
+            self::readEntry(['Meta', $code], 'meta');
+            return false;
+        } catch (MissingResourceException $e) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 }