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Vintage baby names back in fashion

Names in the top 100 in the early 1900s that fell out of fashion by the 1960s and are back in favour now.

In the UK

86 names in the UK's 2025 records.

Girls

  1. Lily #2 in 2025
  2. Amelia #3 in 2025
  3. Florence #6 in 2025
  4. Elsie #8 in 2025
  5. Ivy #9 in 2025
  6. Isabella #10 in 2025
  7. Grace #16 in 2025
  8. Evelyn #17 in 2025
  9. Mabel #18 in 2025
  10. Daisy #19 in 2025
  11. Ruby #38 in 2025
  12. Ella #40 in 2025
  13. Violet #41 in 2025
  14. Ada #43 in 2025
  15. Olive #50 in 2025
  16. Eva #57 in 2025
  17. Iris #61 in 2025
  18. Harriet #62 in 2025
  19. Rose #66 in 2025
  20. Eliza #66 in 2025
  21. Nora #72 in 2025
  22. Clara #73 in 2025
  23. Hazel #75 in 2025
  24. Nancy #80 in 2025
  25. Annie #92 in 2025
  26. Molly #102 in 2025
  27. Nellie #112 in 2025
  28. Edith #130 in 2025
  29. Daphne #134 in 2025
  30. Beatrice #136 in 2025
  31. and 25 more

Boys

  1. Arthur #6 in 2025
  2. Henry #14 in 2025
  3. Harry #20 in 2025
  4. Louis #50 in 2025
  5. Jesse #53 in 2025
  6. Frederick #54 in 2025
  7. Albert #61 in 2025
  8. Alfred #83 in 2025
  9. Ralph #104 in 2025
  10. Stanley #107 in 2025
  11. Wilfred #121 in 2025
  12. Owen #166 in 2025
  13. Evan #188 in 2025
  14. Frank #206 in 2025
  15. Sidney #215 in 2025
  16. Reginald #242 in 2025
  17. Leonard #263 in 2025
  18. Ernest #268 in 2025
  19. Bertie #273 in 2025
  20. Ivan #289 in 2025
  21. Hector #293 in 2025
  22. Percival #790 in 2025
  23. Bernard #799 in 2025
  24. Basil #1,192 in 2025
  25. Desmond #1,372 in 2025
  26. Derrick #2,087 in 2025
  27. Claude #2,087 in 2025
  28. Rodney #2,342 in 2025
  29. Jean #3,329 in 2025
  30. Cyril #3,747 in 2025
  31. and 3 more

In the US

65 names in the US's 2025 records.

Girls

  1. Charlotte #2 in 2025
  2. Emma #3 in 2025
  3. Evelyn #8 in 2025
  4. Eleanor #12 in 2025
  5. Violet #13 in 2025
  6. Nora #20 in 2025
  7. Hazel #21 in 2025
  8. Lucy #24 in 2025
  9. Ella #29 in 2025
  10. Grace #38 in 2025
  11. Sadie #50 in 2025
  12. Stella #52 in 2025
  13. Josephine #53 in 2025
  14. Sophie #55 in 2025
  15. Lillian #57 in 2025
  16. Clara #63 in 2025
  17. Ruby #64 in 2025
  18. Alice #65 in 2025
  19. Vivian #70 in 2025
  20. Daisy #75 in 2025
  21. Audrey #86 in 2025
  22. Georgia #99 in 2025
  23. Cora #113 in 2025
  24. Rose #114 in 2025
  25. Esther #119 in 2025
  26. Elsie #123 in 2025
  27. Eva #134 in 2025
  28. Genevieve #148 in 2025
  29. June #150 in 2025
  30. Ruth #173 in 2025
  31. and 23 more

Boys

  1. Theodore #4 in 2025
  2. Leo #19 in 2025
  3. Everett #77 in 2025
  4. Calvin #132 in 2025
  5. Leon #138 in 2025
  6. Max #180 in 2025
  7. Oscar #223 in 2025
  8. Warren #240 in 2025
  9. Louis #249 in 2025
  10. Harvey #251 in 2025
  11. Lewis #433 in 2025
  12. Virgil #1,409 in 2025

More ideas

Baby names on the rise, Old-fashioned baby names due a comeback, Classic baby names, New baby names, Uncommon baby names on the rise, Unisex baby names, Short baby names, Baby names more popular in Scotland, Baby names more popular in Northern Ireland, Baby names going out of fashion

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Vintage baby names back in fashion”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ideas/vintage, updated 20 October 2026.