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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.

Malcolm

Meaning: devotee of St. Colomba

Origin:Scottish
130
Maxwell

Meaning: great stream

Origin:Scottish
237
Barnaby

Meaning: son of consolation

Origin:English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic
349
Romulus

Meaning: citizen of Rome

Origin:Latin
364
Remy

Meaning: oarsman

Origin:French from Latin
50
Everett

Meaning: brave as a wild boar

Origin:English variation of the German Eberhard
67
Wyatt

Meaning: brave in war

Origin:English surname
167
Conrad

Meaning: brave counsel

Origin:German
197
Xavier

Meaning: new house

Origin:Basque
75
Gabriel

Meaning: God is my strength

Origin:Hebrew
138
Abel

Meaning: breath

Origin:Hebrew
156
Moses

Meaning: delivered from the water

Origin:Egyptian
817
Malachi

Meaning: my messenger

Origin:Hebrew
95
Elias

Meaning: Yahweh is God

Origin:Greek variation of Elijah, Hebrew
132
Elijah

Meaning: Yahweh is God

Origin:Hebrew
136
Ambrose

Meaning: immortal

Origin:Latin
38
Ozias

Meaning: salvation

Origin:Greek
176
Inigo

Meaning: fiery

Origin:Basque, medieval Spanish variation of Ignatius
330
Wilfred

Meaning: desires peace

Origin:English
437
Casper

Meaning: bringer of treasure

Origin:Dutch form of Jasper, Persian
84