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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Lilith Lilith is a girl's name of Mesopotamian origin, from a class of night spirits called lilitu in Akkadian.
Girl Akkadian #277 in US
Azalea Azalea is a girl's name taken from the flowering shrub, whose botanical name comes from the Greek azaleos, meaning dry.
Girl Greek #278 in US
Sylvie Sylvie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the forest."
Girl Latin #282 in US
Rosie Rosie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rose."
Girl Latin #283 in US
Adelaide Adelaide means noble in kind, and it is one of only three names in this group our data marks as rising — 230th in Canada, 289th in the United States, 344th in England and Wales, 416th in France and 618th in Scotland, and setting its English peak in the most recent year we hold.
Girl German #289 in US
Aurelia Aurelia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "golden."
Girl Latin #291 in US
Poppy Poppy is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the flower, whose name comes from the Latin papaver.
Girl English #292 in US
Maggie Maggie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl."
Girl Greek #294 in US
Esme Esme is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "esteemed" or "beloved."
Girl French #298 in US
Evelynn Evelynn is a girl's name of Norman French origin, a modern respelling of Evelyn with a doubled N.
Girl English #301 in US
Archie Archie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "genuine and bold."
Boy Germanic #302 in US
Adelina Adelina is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #305 in US
Octavia Octavia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "eighth".
Girl Latin #308 in US
Frances Frances is a girl's name meaning a Frank, or a free one, and the feminine of Francis.
Girl Latin #318 in US
Hattie Hattie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."
Girl Germanic #334 in US
Gideon Gideon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "hewer" or "one who cuts down".
Boy Hebrew #337 in US
Emory Emory is a unisex name of Germanic origin, a variant of Emery.
Unisex English #339 in US
Heidi Heidi is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble one."
Girl Germanic #341 in US
Annabelle Annabelle is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Latin #344 in US
Adelyn Adelyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #357 in US
Gwendolyn Gwendolyn means white ring or blessed ring, from Welsh, and the second element is genuinely a ring — a torc or armlet, which was the standard Celtic mark of rank.
Girl Welsh #360 in US
Camilla Camilla is a girl's name of Latin origin naming a young attendant at a religious rite.
Girl Latin #361 in US
Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Girl Germanic #364 in US
Astrid Astrid is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "divinely beautiful".
Girl Old Norse #376 in US
Ivory Ivory is a unisex name taken from the material, whose word comes through French and Latin from an Egyptian word for elephant.
Unisex English #378 in US
Winston Winston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "Wine's settlement", from an Old English personal name plus tun.
Boy English #382 in US
Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.
Unisex English #389 in US
Florence Florence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blossoming" or "flourishing."
Girl Latin #391 in US
Raymond Raymond is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning counsel and protection.
Boy Germanic #395 in US
Bonnie Bonnie is a girl's name of Scots origin meaning "pretty" or "fine."
Girl Scottish #396 in US
Edwin Edwin is a boy's name from Old English meaning rich friend, borne by a Northumbrian king whose fortress may have given Edinburgh its name.
Boy English #399 in US
Lauren Lauren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel," which became a women's name because a film studio invented one.
Girl English #401 in US
Augustus Augustus is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "consecrated".
Boy Latin #407 in US
Hank Hank is a boy's name of Germanic origin, a short form of Henry meaning "home ruler".
Boy Germanic #413 in US
Holly Holly is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the tree, from holegn.
Girl English #416 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Girl Greek #421 in US
Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".
Girl Germanic #422 in US
Opal Opal means the gem, and it is the only major stone whose name may come from Sanskrit — upala, a precious stone, reaching Greek and Latin through the trade routes rather than from a European root.
Girl English #423 in US
Marceline Marceline is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars".
Girl Latin #425 in US
Leona Leona means lioness, and our data marks it reviving across six markets — the United States 429th, France 556th, Scotland 631st, Ireland 705th and England and Wales 716th, all within 290 places.
Girl Latin #429 in US
Alma Alma is a girl's name with several competing origins: "nourishing" in Latin, "soul" in Spanish, and "young woman" in Hebrew.
Girl Latin #450 in US
Bo Bo is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "to live" or "to dwell".
Boy Scandinavian #450 in US
Clementine Clementine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "merciful."
Girl Latin #457 in US
Alicia Alicia is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a Latinate form of Alice.
Girl Germanic #460 in US
Lucian Lucian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".
Boy Latin #462 in US
Winnie Winnie is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "blessed reconciliation."
Girl Welsh #475 in US
Asa Asa is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "healer" or "physician".
Boy Hebrew #483 in US
Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.
Girl French #496 in US

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