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I’m an old-fashioned girl in pretty much every aspect of my life, and vintage baby names have long been my favorite. Every time I see one that I love, I add it to my growing list. When I had Caroline, I had SO many names that I wanted to use–I wish I could have given her three middle names! I’m sharing my list of favorite Vintage Baby Girl names with you, and it was so fun to type them out–it made me baby hungry!
Some of these have become more popular over the years, and others still hover below the top 1000. So whether you’re looking for a name that not everyone on the playground will have, or one that’s classic and recognizable, there’s a name on here I bet you’ll love!
50 FAVORITE VINTAGE BABY GIRL NAMES
Adelaide
Adeline
Amelia
Annie
Audrey
Blythe
Bridget
Caroline
Charlotte
Claire
Clara
Clementine
Constance
Cora
Della
Eleanor
Eliza
Ella
Eloise
Elsie
Emma
Evangeline
Felicity
Frances
Garnet
Grace
Hattie
Hazel
Jane
June
Kate
Lola
Lucy
Mae
Maeve
Margaret
Martha
Matilda
Maude
Meg
Mercy
Meredith
Millie
Nora
Olivia
Pearl
Penelope
Rose
Ruby
Sadie
Violet
If you have a vintage baby girl name that you love and that isn’t on the list, please leave it in the comments–I’d love to see it.
And don’t forget to check out the list of 50+ Favorite Vintage Baby Boy Names!
We love ‘vintage’ names, too. Our oldest is named Eloise and our youngest is Margot. Evelyn and Genevieve were also contenders.
Oh, I love Margot! Evelyn and Genevieve are also gorgeous names…thank you for adding them to the list!!
We named our baby girl Ruth. And everyone we tell it to just gushes how they love it.
Such a darling name–thank you for adding it to the list!
We have a ruthann, but we call her by her middle name- marie.
So cute! What made you decide to call her by her middle name?
You have Emma, but not Emilie. My daughter is named after her great-great grandmother who was named after her father, Emil.
Thank you for adding Emilie to the list—it’s a beautiful name, and I like the spelling. And I love that she’s named after family!
Josephine
Love it!
My daughter is named Helen Rosaleen, after 2 of her great grandmothers!
Beautiful name!! I’ve loved giving my children a little piece of their ancestry as well.
My Daughters are named Violet and Vivian. I love the old fashioned feel of them, and knowing that not many children have these names. :)
How darling!! I love them together too–so cute!!
how about vanessa, sophia, isabella , lilliana, and rebecca
Yes!! Love those!!
There are so many lovely old names! You have one of my aunts names, Pearl. Opal and Jean are a couple of lovely names not on your list!
Those are all beautiful names…thank you so much for listing them!!!
Interestingly, so many of those names are so popular right now!
If I had another daughter, I would have named her Mary-Jane.
Another name that is cool is Felicia( name of a friend growing up).
I love all of those names!!!
Oh and, Josephine ( Josie)
My sister’s name is Eloise Clara! She hates it and has always gone by “Corki” which is a nickname she picked up from a family friend as a toddler. I’ve told her that her name is back in style, but she thinks I’m crazy :)
YES! Her name is definitely totally in style!! I’m totally with you. :)
I love vintage…and was excited to see that most of my girls made your list! :) We have a Meg (Meghann), Em, Claire, Annie and Josie. Yes….5 special girls….of course no drama ever over here! Thanks for your blog….best wishes on your house building. It’s been very fun to watch. We did it four times, loved it…but now want to stay put!
Five girls!! Definitely special and SO fun, I’m sure!! Lol about the drama. :) Thanks for reading, for the well wishes, and for following our house journey!! We will definitely want to be here for awhile as well, after all this hard work! :) xoxo
I have and Adeline Margaret and a Priscilla Kendrick. As you can tell, I love old fashioned names as well!
SO cute! Priscilla is one I didn’t have on the list, so thank you for adding it!!
Our now 23-yo daughter is named Sophia Pearl, after her maternal great-grandmother and paternal grandmother, respectively. We love the old-fashioned sound it has. Fortunately, she likes her name too.
I just love that name, and it’s even more special since she’s named after her grandmothers!
We have Louisa Leigh, Eleanor Grace and Annabelle Marie. I’ve always loved Hannah and Rebekah, as well!
Love love all those names!!
I love vintage names, our youngest little girl is Clara :)
SUCH a cute name!!
One of our favourites on our list at the moment is Florence! Hubby totally has his heart set on it! I prefer Matilda so no matter what she will have a vintage name ?
Both adorable names! I have a friend with a Matilda and they call her Tilly. SO darling.
Estella, Poppy, Lucie, Gwen, Eden, Hope
Yes, LOVE all of those!! I really like Poppy, but my hubby turned me down. Too bad I can’t name them all by myself, lol.
I have a Jane. I love the classic, pretty names like these!
Me too–they’re my favorite!!! My sister has a Jane–she beat me to it. :)
My middle name came from my grandmother and I gave it to my daughter too. It’s a classic but still rare. “Aurelia”
Definitely rare, classic, and gorgeous!
My oldest daughter is Grier (Greer) and my baby is simply, Olive. I love old fashioned and seldom heard names.
Oh, I love both of those names!! Adorable!
Ruth, it was my Grandmothers name , her full name was Ruth Darlene
Ruth Darlene
So pretty!!
I love Julia, our new baby granddaughter’s name.
That is beautiful!!
We have a EmmaLee Kate (named after a grandmother) a Kingston Lee (named after her great grandfather) and a Zadie Grace (named after her great great grandmother) as you can tell we love family names!
Such great names!! Family names are the best!
Ethel
So cute!!
My daughter’s name is Ophelia Lavender and we call her Ella. I think Ophelia and Lavender are vintage. And my next baby if it’s a girl will be Eleanora Belle which I believe are vintage as well as Rosemary, Fiona, and Odette.
What darling, darling names! I love them all!
I adore classic names too and searched the SS index for the 40s & 50s for our names, which are both on your list–Amelia Jane & Annie Layne. ? I love that they’re not made up names but also not too trendy. And that they each have awesomely pioneering women with the same names (I’m a history teacher).
Oh and I see Millie on your list–I thought it was mostly used as a nickname for Amelia. Do you know if it was commonly used on its own? Just curious. ?
Love both of those names so much! And I too appreciate their pioneering roots. When I was doing my searching, I didn’t come across Millie by itself too often, but I’ve loved it ever since I was small, and watched Thoroughly Modern Millie. :)
I believe Millie was usually short for Millicent.
Yes!! My daughter is Millicent and we call her Millie ☺
McKenna
I have a McKenna! It’s actually Taylor-McKenna, and yes, we call her by her full name. I also have a Sunshine, Krystal, and Kennedy. My boy is Taylor as well, but he has his dad’s last name and the girl Taylor-McKenna has my last name.
My sister has Tina,Teri, and Eric. It was fun reading this!
Thank you so much for sharing–love all those names!
My name is Betsy! Can’t get more vintage than sharing a name with the sewer of the American flag!
That’s true!! I love the name Betsy!
My daughter is Amelia and I’ve loved it! Her daughter is Naomi Jane, which is vintage and my other granddaughter is Ophelia which I also love
The cutest names!! Love them all!
I have a good friend that is very vintage right down to the way she dresses and she named her girls Ava, Mabel, Mary and Jane…love them! My mom’s name is Nola and I’ve always loved that one too!
Oh my goodness, that is too cute! I love every single one of those names!
Named my daughter Nettie Elizabeth after two of her grandmothers.
I love that!
Our daughter’s name is hooper from her great grandma.
Our daughter’s name is hoper after her great grandma.
In Germany its also trendy to give vintage names. A few years ago many kids get an english name.
My daughters name is Melissa. Its no big trendy name and in Germany on place 80 of popular names. But I find the name very cute. I don´t really know, if it´s a vintage name?!
I think it’s an 80’s vintage name! :) Usually when I think of vintage I’m thinking 1940’s or earlier, but I suppose everyone has their own thoughts about it. Melissa is a super cute name!
My daughter’s name is Emmaline!
My Daughter’s name is Emmaline after her great great grandmother
I love the name Emmaline!! So cute!
We have a Ruthann Marie (goes by Marie), Vincent Gabriel, Sophie Renee, and David Randall. I love classic names that arent impossible to spell.
I love them too!!
Jeannette…my grandmothers name. Her sisters were Mary, Grace, Ethel, Martha and Lulubelle.?
I love them! And I think Lulubelle is so cute. :)
I luv all of these. I think Lillian should have a spot. I named my baby this after my great grandmother.
My nieces names are Emma Rose and Charlotte Noel, my girls are Kristina Marie and Erin Kathleen! All of the girls were named after great grandmothers and grandmothers. I loved all these names. Di
Those are all beautiful names!! Love them!!
I have a Scarlett Charley. I love Mabel too, I just couldn’t convince her dad to go for it lol.
I love the name Scarlett, and her middle name is darling! I tried Mabel too, lol, didn’t work!
We named our daughter Thea Isabelle. I love Audrey on your list but I know my husband won’t go for it :-(. He likes Lexi instead, which I don’t mind :-)
I love both of those!! Deciding on names together can be so hard—there are several names I just loved that my hubby vetoed. But I guess I did the same to him. :)
My granddaughters are Franchesca, we call her Frannie. Then we have Bennett, we call her Benne. On the way we have Abilene, we plan to call her Abby.
Oh my goodness, I adore all of those!!! SO cute!
Scarlett
Kinslee
My daughter is Sadie Amelia. She’s 10 so it really wasn’t a trendy name then. She’s named after my ancestor Sadie Nell.
Being named after family/ancestors is the best! Love!
We are naming our first daughter Felicity! If we ever have a second she’ll be Amelia.
LOVE Felicity!!
My not quite 2 year old daughter is Marion Elaine. She is named Marion after my grandfather who was named after his mother. My other great grandmother was also named Marion. Her middle name, Elaine is for her grandmother and also both of her great grandmother’s on her father’s side.
The name Marion is just beautiful. You don’t hear it often, which makes me love it even more!
My Daughters name is Stephanie Nicollette after my grandmother. If I have another girl I will name her Harlow Scarlett. I love vintage names!
Love that, Jennifer!!
My daughters are Edith “Edie” Brooke, and Quinn Elizabeth.
Oh, I love Edie and Quinn!! SUPER cute!
Oh my goodness, I could talk baby names for daaaayyyyys! And especially girl names – so many adorable options! I love so many of the names on your list!! Lucy, Violet, Eleanor, Eloise, Hazel, Hattie – I DIE! Two of our nieces are Greta and Mable – LOVE! I also love the name Leisl. So pretty! Yesterday I discovered the name Avigail for the first time and I just love it! Girl names are just too fun. :)
Oh my gosh, I feel the same way! It makes me wish I had 25 girls, just so I could use all my favorite names! :)
YES! I tell my husband that all the time! We need to have at least ten daughters to use all my favorite girl names. :)
I don’t have a girl but love the name Sylvia. It is also a family name.
It’s a beautiful name!
Love this! Such gorgeous names. My sisters and I obviously share a love for vintage, as our girls are Nora, Mia, Elizabeth, and Evelyn. Our short list for more girls has family names like Elaine, Hattie, Helen, and Sophie. Can’t wait for your boys list!!
I love every single one of those names!! Beautiful!
Love vintage. I had a Great-great Aunt Rosine ( Rose-een). Loved her name, but I had boys. My sisters are Josephine & Dorathea and I’m Danniela (Dah-niela) German pronunciation.
Such wonderful names!!
I already have a Sadie and a Violet!
Th ancient Russian name is Liubava)
If we had one more girl she would have been called Virginia Arlene :)
My grandmother’s name was Ann Elizabeth, but she went by Annie. I think her name is so beautiful. I named my daughter Kaystin Elizabeth.
I have nieces named Shirley Ann, Donna Theresa, and Hazel Mae Elaine