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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Yvette Yvette is a girl's name from a Germanic word for the yew tree, by way of Breton.Girl French 128 in 2025
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Kristina Kristina means a follower of Christ, the Scandinavian and Slavic form of Christina.Girl Scandinavian 118 in 2025
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Judy Judy is a girl's name, the pet form of Judith, from a Hebrew word meaning a woman of Judea.Girl Hebrew 105 in 2025
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