100 beautiful vintage names that were popular 100 years ago

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Anyone searching for baby name ideas?

    Now more than ever, baby names are seeing a return to the classics. Gorgeous vintage names like Ivy, Evelyn and Violet, to name just a few, are becoming increasing popular – and now here is your chance to discover more beautiful, timeless monikers that were popular exactly 100 years ago, and could well be making a comeback soon! 1918 was an incredible year, marking both the end of World War I and the beginning of votes for women over the age of 30. As for baby names, the most popular boy's name at the time was 'John', while 'Mary' was at the top of the list for little girls. Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth were also very popular choices, as were James, Robert and Charles. Scroll down to see the top 100 name choices back in the day, to help inspire you if you have a little one on the way!

    Girls names 

    Agatha

    Alpha

    Althea

    Augusta

    Avis

    Bernadette

    Beryl

    Bessie

    Birdie

    Carmella

    Cleo

    Delia

    Dixie

    Effie

    Etta

    Fay

    Geneva

    Gertie

    Ida

    Inez

    Ione

    Iva

    Lelia

    Loretta

    Lorna

    Lottie

    Louella

    Lucinda

    Lula

    Lulu

    Mamie

    Maude

    Merle

    Minerva

    Minnie

    Muriel

    Myrtle

    Odessa

    Olga

    Opal

    Pauline

    Philomena

    Polly

    Rosalind

    Rosella

    Roxie

    Sibyl

    Theda

    Winifred

    Yolanda

    Boys names

    Abe

    Alphonse

    Ambrose

    Archie

    Barney

    Benedict

    Booker

    Burl

    Cecil

    Chester

    Claude

    Clement

    Cleveland

    Cornelius

    Dale

    Dewey

    Dorsey

    Doyle

    Dudley

    Edmund

    Ferdinand

    Floyd

    Forest

    Garland

    Grover

    Hiram

    Homer

    Isadore

    Kermit

    Lemuel

    Lowell

    Lucius

    Luther

    Ned

    Noble

    Norris

    Ollie

    Perry

    Pete

    Roscoe

    Rufus

    Sol

    Stuart

    Thaddeus

    Ulysses

    Vito

    Waldo

    Wallace

    Ward

    Wiley

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