Vintage baby names that are coming back
Names that were popular in the early 1900s, all but disappeared by the late 20th century, and are rising again now. By our rule, 65 names qualify; the best known are Oliver, Charlotte, Theodore, Henry, Evelyn and Leo.
How this list is made
Popular from 1900 to 1929 (at least 500 babies per million of the same sex), faded later (some decade from 1950 to 1989 below a fifth of that level), and at least twice as common in 2021–2025 as in 2006–2010, with at least 500 babies in 2025. Counts are from Social Security records; "per million" means babies given the name per million babies of the same sex recorded that year, which keeps old and new years comparable.
The names
| Name | For | Per million, 1900–29 | Lowest decade, 1950–89 | Per million now | Babies 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver | Boys | 1,294 | 174 | 8,686 | 14,939 |
| Charlotte | Girls | 2,591 | 494 | 8,006 | 13,400 |
| Theodore | Boys | 3,638 | 648 | 6,599 | 13,355 |
| Henry | Boys | 12,687 | 1,124 | 6,630 | 12,020 |
| Evelyn | Girls | 9,157 | 639 | 5,696 | 9,123 |
| Leo | Boys | 3,826 | 247 | 4,661 | 8,173 |
| Eleanor | Girls | 5,327 | 162 | 4,387 | 7,649 |
| Violet | Girls | 2,661 | 80 | 4,058 | 7,546 |
| Nora | Girls | 1,650 | 322 | 3,819 | 6,380 |
| Hazel | Girls | 6,737 | 72 | 3,837 | 6,318 |
| Everett | Boys | 1,771 | 169 | 2,369 | 4,287 |
| Eloise | Girls | 787 | 18 | 1,983 | 4,251 |
| Stella | Girls | 3,138 | 109 | 2,766 | 4,136 |
| Josephine | Girls | 6,543 | 276 | 2,210 | 4,126 |
| August | Boys | 715 | 62 | 2,073 | 3,958 |
| Adeline | Girls | 936 | 23 | 2,010 | 3,864 |
| Arthur | Boys | 10,147 | 912 | 1,760 | 3,847 |
| Clara | Girls | 5,974 | 213 | 1,799 | 3,601 |
| Alice | Girls | 10,654 | 427 | 2,151 | 3,547 |
| Millie | Girls | 509 | 27 | 1,572 | 3,353 |
| Emmett | Boys | 672 | 58 | 1,854 | 2,950 |
| Georgia | Girls | 2,161 | 168 | 1,328 | 2,619 |
| Leon | Boys | 2,237 | 415 | 1,412 | 2,583 |
| Charlie | Boys | 3,824 | 297 | 1,248 | 2,460 |
| Cora | Girls | 2,312 | 130 | 1,705 | 2,428 |
| Rose | Girls | 8,682 | 575 | 1,455 | 2,386 |
| Eliza | Girls | 513 | 55 | 1,464 | 2,370 |
| Elsie | Girls | 4,925 | 68 | 1,088 | 2,236 |
| Genevieve | Girls | 2,191 | 139 | 1,131 | 1,981 |
| June | Girls | 2,413 | 102 | 1,113 | 1,978 |
| Rosalie | Girls | 749 | 97 | 1,040 | 1,797 |
| Ruth | Girls | 18,817 | 654 | 1,038 | 1,781 |
| Annie | Girls | 7,352 | 350 | 921 | 1,690 |
| Olive | Girls | 1,508 | 5 | 1,049 | 1,597 |
| Mabel | Girls | 4,529 | 45 | 728 | 1,522 |
| Vera | Girls | 3,256 | 77 | 841 | 1,482 |
| Warren | Boys | 2,176 | 419 | 677 | 1,471 |
| Ellis | Boys | 683 | 82 | 699 | 1,417 |
| Ada | Girls | 2,123 | 94 | 978 | 1,401 |
| Harvey | Boys | 2,086 | 131 | 625 | 1,381 |
| Lucille | Girls | 5,742 | 61 | 722 | 1,314 |
| Otto | Boys | 894 | 31 | 665 | 1,241 |
| Archie | Boys | 1,146 | 75 | 552 | 1,129 |
| Rosie | Girls | 1,364 | 77 | 530 | 1,088 |
| Frances | Girls | 11,355 | 496 | 506 | 960 |
| Hattie | Girls | 2,530 | 38 | 493 | 923 |
| Matilda | Girls | 694 | 21 | 462 | 838 |
| Florence | Girls | 9,971 | 74 | 367 | 796 |
| Francis | Boys | 5,525 | 511 | 399 | 769 |
| Dorothy | Girls | 22,794 | 418 | 422 | 743 |
| Opal | Girls | 2,206 | 31 | 398 | 740 |
| Lewis | Boys | 2,662 | 317 | 388 | 736 |
| Leona | Girls | 2,830 | 79 | 385 | 723 |
| Mack | Boys | 764 | 71 | 353 | 668 |
| Winnie | Girls | 540 | 25 | 322 | 646 |
| Maxine | Girls | 1,753 | 79 | 330 | 597 |
| Mae | Girls | 3,023 | 35 | 371 | 594 |
| Estella | Girls | 738 | 47 | 341 | 581 |
| Louise | Girls | 7,716 | 115 | 318 | 579 |
| Faye | Girls | 817 | 62 | 344 | 579 |
| Lottie | Girls | 1,336 | 17 | 231 | 570 |
| Nellie | Girls | 4,010 | 65 | 305 | 567 |
| Lenora | Girls | 511 | 53 | 228 | 562 |
| Della | Girls | 1,381 | 48 | 291 | 533 |
| Estelle | Girls | 1,520 | 26 | 267 | 523 |