Vintage should describe a name's documented history, not a mood. These girl and boy names all appear in Social Security's top 200 for the 1900s, and the comparison below shows where each one stands in the latest 2025 records.
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Every name below was in the U.S. top 200 across 1900-1909. The last column uses the latest complete Social Security ranking, so “comeback” is visible rather than guessed.
| Name | 1900s rank | 1900s births | 2025 U.S. rank | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | #9 | 36,191 | #391 | |
| Hazel | #24 | 23,802 | #21 | |
| Mabel | #30 | 21,625 | #201 | |
| Edith | #32 | 20,884 | #499 | |
| Josephine | #37 | 18,785 | #53 | |
| Beatrice | #47 | 16,282 | #508 | |
| Vera | #69 | 10,457 | #205 | |
| Cora | #70 | 10,372 | #113 | |
| Opal | #98 | 6,791 | #423 | |
| Adeline | #186 | 2,646 | #59 |
Theodore has returned to the top five; Ernest and Roscoe remain outside the current top 1,000. Both outcomes are genuinely vintage, but they create very different everyday experiences.
| Name | 1900s rank | 1900s births | 2025 U.S. rank | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter | #12 | 19,997 | #252 | |
| Arthur | #15 | 15,409 | #87 | |
| Ernest | #30 | 8,657 | Outside top 1,000 | |
| Theodore | #38 | 6,490 | #4 | |
| Clyde | #56 | 4,524 | #743 | |
| Harvey | #80 | 3,104 | #251 | |
| Otis | #113 | 1,966 | #652 | |
| Wallace | #130 | 1,654 | #964 | |
| August | #162 | 1,245 | #81 | |
| Roscoe | #199 | 916 | Outside top 1,000 |
Social Security counts names on U.S. Social Security card applications. Records from the early twentieth century are less complete than modern birth-year records, so the table is evidence of broad use, not a perfect census. Current ranks also describe the United States, not every English-speaking country.
A name is not automatically “back” because it appears in a trend article. Hazel, Josephine, Theodore and August have clear modern rank evidence. Florence and Wallace are used but remain much less common; Ernest and Roscoe do not appear in the latest top 1,000.
See Social Security’s official 1900s table. For the current list, use baby names 2026.
