Vintage Names

Names that were everywhere a century ago and then were not. The reliable pattern is the hundred-year rule: a name usually has to feel like a great-grandparent rather than a grandparent before it can come back, because the generation in between still hears it as merely old.

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22,357 names, most popular first in United States

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Charlotte Charlotte is a girl's name of French origin meaning "free man," the feminine form of Charles, itself from the Germanic name Karl.
Girl French #2 in US
Oliver Oliver is a boy's name that entered England with the Normans and has a genuinely disputed origin.
Boy Norman French #3 in US
Amelia Amelia is a girl's name most often explained as a blend of two older names: the Germanic Amalia, meaning "work" or "industrious," and the Latin Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Girl Germanic #4 in US
Theodore Theodore is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God," formed from theos, meaning god, and doron, meaning gift.
Boy Greek #4 in US
Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
Boy Germanic #5 in US
Evelyn Evelyn is a girl's name of English and French origin meaning "desired" or "wished for".
Girl English #8 in US
Eleanor Eleanor is a girl's name that traces back to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the twelfth-century queen of France and later England, whose own name, Aliénor, is widely explained as "the other Aenor," distinguishing her from her mother, also named Aenor.
Girl Occitan/French #12 in US
Levi Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined" or "attached."
Boy Hebrew #12 in US
Violet Violet is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "purple," taken from viola, the Latin word for the purple flower.
Girl Latin #13 in US
Lily Lily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily flower," from lilium.
Girl Latin #18 in US
Nora Nora is a girl's name that developed as a short form of longer names, chiefly Honora and Eleanor, and is now used independently.
Girl Latin #20 in US
Ezra Ezra is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "help."
Boy Hebrew #20 in US
Hazel Hazel is a girl's name of English origin naming the hazel tree, from the Old English hæsel.
Girl English #21 in US
Penelope Penelope is a girl's name of Greek origin, borne in Homer's Odyssey by the wife of Odysseus, who held off suitors for twenty years by weaving a shroud she unpicked each night.
Girl Greek #22 in US
Lucy Lucy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," from lux.
Girl Latin #25 in US
Ivy Ivy is a girl's name of English origin naming the climbing evergreen plant, from the Old English ifig.
Girl English #39 in US
Eloise Eloise is a girl's name of French origin, from the medieval Héloïse.
Girl French #49 in US
Sadie Sadie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Sarah, the Hebrew name meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Girl Hebrew #50 in US
Delilah Delilah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, usually translated as "delicate" or connected to a root meaning to weaken.
Girl Hebrew #51 in US
Stella Stella is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "star."
Girl Latin #52 in US
Josephine Josephine is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the French feminine form of Joseph.
Girl Hebrew #53 in US
Josiah Josiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh supports" or "Yahweh heals," from Yoshiyahu.
Boy Hebrew #54 in US
Lillian Lillian is a girl's name usually explained as an elaboration of Lily, from the Latin lilium, and sometimes as a variant of Elizabeth by way of the medieval pet form Lilian.
Girl Latin #57 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl Germanic #59 in US
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
Girl Greek #61 in US
Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.
Boy Hebrew #61 in US
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
Girl Latin #63 in US
Ruby Ruby is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the red gemstone, from ruber, meaning red.
Girl Latin #64 in US
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
Girl Germanic #65 in US
Silas Silas is a boy's name generally understood as a Greek form of the Aramaic Seila, itself corresponding to the Hebrew Saul, meaning "asked for" or "prayed for."
Boy Aramaic #71 in US
Vivian Vivian is a name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "lively," from vivus.
Girl Latin #72 in US
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
Girl English #73 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Unisex Germanic #74 in US
Daisy Daisy is a girl's name of English origin naming the flower, and its meaning is unusually literal: daisy comes from the Old English dægesege, "day's eye," because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
Girl English #75 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Boy Germanic #77 in US
August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.
Boy Latin #81 in US
Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.
Girl Hebrew #82 in US
Audrey Audrey is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "noble strength," from Æthelthryth.
Girl English #86 in US
Arthur Arthur is a boy's name of disputed origin.
Boy Celtic #87 in US
Lydia Lydia is a girl's name meaning "woman from Lydia," an ancient kingdom in what is now western Turkey.
Girl Greek #92 in US
Caroline Caroline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," the French feminine of Charles by way of the Latin Carolus.
Girl Germanic #96 in US
Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
Girl Greek #99 in US
Margot Margot is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pearl," a French pet form of Marguerite and so of Margaret.
Girl French #102 in US
Allison Allison is a girl's name of Norman French origin, from Alis — the medieval form of Alice — plus a diminutive ending.
Girl Germanic #103 in US
Vincent Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conquering," from vincere, to conquer.
Boy Latin #107 in US
Cecilia Cecilia is a girl's name of Latin origin from the Roman family name Caecilius, which derives from caecus, meaning blind.
Girl Latin #108 in US
Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.
Girl Greek #112 in US
Cora Cora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "maiden," from kore.
Girl Greek #113 in US

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