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Vintage Baby Names

Vintage baby names are among the most fashionable today, for girls as well as boys. Along with vintage names such as Olivia and Emma, Noah and Elijah leading the popularity list, the US Top 100 includes such vintage names for girls as Alice, Grace, and Penelope, and vintage boy names Henry, Julian, and Wyatt.

Unique retro names gaining visibility include such new old choices as Ophelia and Posey for girls, Cassian and Linus for boys.

Choosing a vintage name can give you the best of all worlds, drawing on classic inspiration with modern style. Vintage baby names are found on the popularity lists of a hundred years ago and then often faded from sight, only to be revived for the new generation of babies. The best antique names are inspired by literary, biblical and royal sources.

Here, our master list of the vintage baby names most stylish today. You might also want to check out our curated lists of Vintage Girl Names and Vintage Boy Names.

Felix

Meaning: happy, fortunate

Origin:Latin
6
Sebastian

Meaning: person from ancient city of Sebastia

Origin:Latin from Greek
18
Lucas

Meaning: man from Lucania

Origin:Latin form of Luke
58
Hugo

Meaning: mind, intellect

Origin:Latinized form of Hugh
8
Oscar

Meaning: God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior

Origin:English or Irish
12
Otto

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:German
15
Jack

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:English, diminutive of John
93
Molly

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Diminutive of Mary, Hebrew
99
George

Meaning: farmer

Origin:Greek
191
Louis

Meaning: renowned warrior

Origin:German and French
39
Ralph

Meaning: wolf-counsel

Origin:English from German
147