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.

Rankings for

22,357 names, most popular first in United States

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Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
Girl English #499 in US
Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."
Girl Latin #508 in US
Frank Frank is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frank."
Boy Germanic #514 in US
Faye Faye is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "fairy," from a word that traces back to the Fates of Roman religion.
Girl English #514 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
Girl French #515 in US
Amber Amber is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ambergris."
Girl Arabic #521 in US
Kate Kate is a girl's name of Greek origin, a short form of Katherine whose meaning has never actually been established.
Girl English #522 in US
Virginia Virginia is a girl's name from a Roman family name, and the American state was named before the name became common in America — both honoring Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.
Girl Latin #525 in US
Roy Roy is a boy's name with two independent sources — the Gaelic ruadh, meaning red-haired, and the French roi, meaning king.
Boy Scottish Gaelic #525 in US
Lottie Lottie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Girl Germanic #527 in US
Nellie Nellie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining light."
Girl Greek #533 in US
Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."
Unisex Germanic #551 in US
Della Della has no single parent — it shortens Adela, Delia and Adelaide alike, and our data marks it reviving, at 563rd in the United States and 1010th in Scotland.
Girl English #563 in US
Cleo Cleo is a name of Greek origin meaning "glory" or "fame."
Unisex Greek #577 in US
Flora Flora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "flower," the Roman goddess whose festival was among the least decorous in the calendar.
Girl Latin #607 in US
Albert Albert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble and bright."
Boy Germanic #614 in US
Leonard Leonard is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "lion-strong," and its saint is the patron of prisoners and of women in labor.
Boy Germanic #637 in US
Irene Irene is a girl's name from the Greek word for peace, and the name of the goddess who personified it.
Girl Greek #651 in US
Quincy Quincy is a unisex name of Norman French origin meaning "estate of Quintus".
Unisex English #652 in US
Gloria Gloria is a girl's name that is simply the Latin word for glory, taken unchanged.
Girl Latin #654 in US
Otis Otis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."
Boy Germanic #655 in US
Eileen Eileen is a girl's name anglicizing the Irish Eibhlín, and its meaning is genuinely unsettled — it may render Helen, or Evelyn, or a native Irish name.
Girl Irish #656 in US
Lillie Lillie is a girl's name from the flower, which has stood for purity in Christian art for so long that the association predates the name.
Girl English #676 in US
Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."
Boy Latin #692 in US
Billie Billie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
Unisex Germanic #693 in US
Louisa Louisa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a Latinate form of Louise.
Girl Germanic #694 in US
Romy Romy is a girl's name of Latin origin, a pet form of Rosemarie or Rosemary.
Girl Latin #697 in US
Emmie Emmie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "whole" or "universal."
Girl Germanic #698 in US
Marvin Marvin is a boy's name from the Welsh Merfyn, and the sea friend reading usually given for it is not supported — the Welsh elements point to marrow and eminent instead.
Boy Welsh #699 in US
Robin Robin is a name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
Unisex Germanic #704 in US
Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."
Girl Aramaic #712 in US
Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."
Boy Germanic #739 in US
Penny Penny is a girl's name of Greek origin, a diminutive of Penelope, whose own name is bound up with a duck.
Girl English #740 in US
Junior Junior is a boy's name from the Latin for younger, used first as a suffix marking a son who shares his father's name and only later as a name in its own right.
Boy Latin #752 in US
Adèle Adèle is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl French #753 in US
Marilyn Marilyn is a girl's name usually read as a blend of Mary and Lyn.
Girl English #760 in US
Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets we track.
Girl English #777 in US
Judith Judith is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "woman of Judea," borne by the heroine who beheads Holofernes in the deuterocanonical book named for her.
Girl Hebrew #789 in US
Ray Ray is a boy's name that serves as a short form of Raymond and as the English word for a beam of light.
Boy Germanic #792 in US
Jessie Jessie is a name that arrives from two unrelated directions — the Scottish pet form of Janet, and a feminine of the Hebrew Jesse.
Unisex Scottish #823 in US
Teddy Teddy is a boy's name that shortens either Edward, meaning "wealthy guardian," or Theodore, meaning "gift of God."
Boy English #823 in US
Alvin Alvin means elf-friend, from an Old English name that treats elves as beings whose favor was worth having.
Boy English #839 in US
Alfred Alfred is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "elf counsel."
Boy English #841 in US
Tara Tara is a girl's name from the hill in County Meath where the High Kings were inaugurated, and its meaning is a place of assembly.
Girl Irish #844 in US
Stanley Stanley is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "stony clearing."
Boy English #863 in US
Reuben Reuben is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "behold, a son."
Boy Hebrew #885 in US
Tilly Tilly is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Girl Germanic #886 in US
Violette Violette is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "violet," and in France it belongs to an agent executed at Ravensbrück at twenty-three.
Girl French #894 in US

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