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.
1,274 names, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in the United States
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Peggy Peggy is a girl's name meaning pearl, a pet form of Margaret by way of Meg.Girl Greek 12 in 2025
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Charlemagne Charlemagne is a rare boy's name meaning "Charles the Great," from the French form of Latin Carolus Magnus.Boy French, Germanic 9 in 2025
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