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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.

Spencer

Meaning: house steward, dispenser of provisions

Origin:English
267
Elliot

Meaning: Jehovah is God

Origin:Anglicization of Elijah or Elias
62
August

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:German form of Latin Augustus
16
Jude

Meaning: praised

Origin:Latin diminutive of Judah
14
Ezra

Meaning: help

Origin:Hebrew
21
Finn

Meaning: fair or white

Origin:Irish
20
Genevieve

Meaning: tribe woman

Origin:English from French
24
Mae

Meaning: bitter or pearl

Origin:Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
30
Willa

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:Feminine variation of William
57
Cora

Meaning: maiden

Origin:Greek
16
Edith

Meaning: prosperous in war

Origin:English
70
Winifred

Meaning: blessed peacemaking

Origin:Welsh
161
Ida

Meaning: industrious one

Origin:German
166
Ines

Meaning: pure, virginal

Origin:Italian, Portuguese, Slovene and Croatian variation of Agnes
194
Birdie

Meaning: bird

Origin:English
130
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Origin:Botanical name
138
Vera

Meaning: faith

Origin:Russian
139
Tess

Meaning: to harvest

Origin:English, diminutive of Theresa
327
Helena

Meaning: torch; shining light

Origin:Latinate form of Helen, Greek
115
Lottie

Meaning: free man

Origin:English, diminutive of Charlotte
144