Uncommon but not overused vintage girl names?

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Me (21,F) and my husband (25,M) are having our first child. I'm due in February so I have some more time to choose. My husband and I want a vintage name, we don't want a overused name. We want a simple vintage name that is easy to spell that is still vintage.

Actually @GreenSedan you got girls' names spot on but the boy names are out, they're more like the dad names in that era.

I was born in the 60s and the most common ones were David, Andrew, Mark, Michael, Stephen, Paul, Christopher, Kevin, Sean and, to go more downmarket Darren and Wayne. Hang on, I think there was one Alan once, but that was unusual.

Ida
May

Jemima
Fanny
Fidelma
Doris
Mildred
Secunda
Biddy
Theresa

Charity
Hope
Faith
Constance
Honour
Verity (although the Colleen Hoover book may have ruined this one)
Lavinia
Loveday
Mercy
Theodora
Dorothy
Millicent
Felicity
Matilda (still quite popular but a good versatile name)
Dorcas
Roberta
Celeste
Daphne
Phoebe
Deirdre
Cassandra

Mary
Kitty
Emma
Iris

Valma
Elspeth
Joy
Nancy
Lorna
Hariette
Fiona
Jacqueline
Barbara
Timothea
Anne
Fay
Dawn

Susan, Jackyline, Deborah, Amanda, Elaine, Adele, Jane, Lillian, Gillian, Evelyn, Sylvia, Dorothy, Sheila, Brenda, Mary, Stephanie, Wesley, Diane, Sarah, Melody

Kenneth, Jeffrey and Brian were dated in the 1960s. Heather doesn't seem dated because nature names are popular. Rachel and Rebecca were popular in the 1980s and 90s, Deborah was popular in the 1960s, but all three are Bible names.

I suggest Ruth or Hephzibah.
Baby names since 1904: how has yours performed? - Office for National Statistics

Angela

I'm 80s and it seems like the boys names didn't change much in that time then! David, Andrew, Mark and Paul between them would have been a noticeable percentage of my school year 🤣

We also had a lot of Rachels, but not the other girls names @GreenSedan mentioned (a couple of Rebecca's).

Also popular among my age should OP consider us vintage - Louise, Emma, Claire, Laura, Hayley.
Daniel, Jason, Jonathan, Matthew.

Depends what era you envisage when you say "vintage". 1920s vintage will be totally different to 1970s vintage (unless you go for very traditional timeless names, which probably won't be unusual enough).

Some names I like which don't seem to be around much more are:
Josephine
May (very popular as a middle name but rare for a first name)
Marina

Until recently I would also have said Hazel but that name seems to have had a renaissance recently.

Depends what era you envisage when you say "vintage". 1920s vintage will be totally different to 1970s vintage (unless you go for very traditional timeless names, which probably won't be unusual enough).

Some names I like which don't seem to be around much more are:
Josephine
May (very popular as a middle name but rare for a first name)
Marina

Until recently I would also have said Hazel but that name seems to have had a renaissance recently.

Even my lovely name has been mentioned 🤣🤣🤣

Ruby
Nola
Lucille
Evelyn
Clarissa
Penelope

Marina
Sylvia
Lynette
Audrey
Norma
I think Marion/Marian is due a comeback!

There were Alans but it was a bit of a Dad name.

Late 60s baby.

The names popular then were Mark, Ian, Steve, Andy, Chris, Martin, Paul, Richard, David, Neil, John etc. And yes, there were boys called Darren, Gary, Wayne etc.

Girls were Sarah, Michelle, Tracey, Lindsay, Susan, Nicky, Karen, Helen, Julie, Paula, Melanie, Kerry etc

I don't think they're ready for a comeback.

Bridget
Mary
Fiona

Daisy
Iris
Ada/Ida
Ruby
Kitty
Vita

@Currentquandry , Maggie is a diminutive of Margaret.
Molly is a diminutive of Mary.
Tess is a diminutive of Teresa.

How vintage? Some people think the 90’s is vintage or are we talking the 1900’s?

A lot of the names are popular or have been popular in the last 30 years.
https://names.darkgreener.com/ will show you how popular the name has been in England and Wales since 1996.
Baby names since 1904: how has yours performed? - Office for National Statistics shows the popularity of the top 100 names.

OP was probably at school with several girls with some of the suggested names.

Some of the names are misspelt and why do people post things that aren't true?

Ivy or Florence

Dorothy.

Annette

Pearl.

Martha.

Teresa.

Cynthia.

Virginia.

Ingrid.

Bridget.

Mindy.

Adeline.

Josephine is surprisingly popular round here for young kids- there are two in my daughter's reception class plus a Jocelyn and more elsewhere in the school 😂 It seems particularly popular in the black community locally, but that is just an observation.

Depends what you consider vintage.

There are many Ivy/Edith/Ada/Mabel/Florence/Elsie/Martha/Dorothy/Iris/Rubys around. Boys are Alfie/Archie/Stanley/George.