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.
191 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in the United States
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Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."Boy Germanic 217 in 2025
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Randy Randy is a boy's name, the short form of Randall or Randolph, meaning shield-wolf.Boy Germanic 198 in 2025
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Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.Boy French 210 in 2025
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Ida Ida is a girl's name from a Germanic word for work or labor, and it charts in all seven markets.Girl Germanic 209 in 2025
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Sally Sally is a girl's name meaning princess, a pet form of Sarah reached by medieval rhyming.Girl Hebrew 201 in 2025
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Rue Rue is a unisex name, used mostly for girls, with several meanings.Unisex Greek, English 179 in 2025
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