Names That Peaked In 1880

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1880 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Mary and John — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)

Peaked in 1881 Full 1880 top 100 The 1880s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
John	8,027#23	Up 4 rank positions in five years	1947
William	10,545#9	Down 4 rank positions in five years	1947
Mary	2,230#125	Down 2 rank positions in five years	1921
Charles	5,898#48	Down 2 rank positions in five years	1947
Thomas	6,917#34	Up 11 rank positions in five years	1952
Frank	584#514	Down 86 rank positions in five years	1918
Anna	2,521#107	Down 39 rank positions in five years	1918
Samuel	8,334#18	Up 7 rank positions in five years	2001
Peter	1,954#187	Up 28 rank positions in five years	1957
Alice	3,547#65	Up 11 rank positions in five years	1921
Arthur	3,847#87	Up 76 rank positions in five years	1921
Julia	2,172#131	Down 23 rank positions in five years	2001
Joe	230#994	Down 266 rank positions in five years	1936
Martin	1,009#335	Down 42 rank positions in five years	1963
Carrie	63#2,726	Down 551 rank positions in five years	1977
Frederick	728#435	Up 49 rank positions in five years	1951
Ida	209#1,120	Up 59 rank positions in five years	1918
Rosa	441#653	Down 22 rank positions in five years	1925
Minnie	54#3,060	Down 597 rank positions in five years	1916
Daisy	3,206#75	Up 68 rank positions in five years	2025
Cora	2,428#113	Down 25 rank positions in five years	2019
Lewis	736#433	Up 64 rank positions in five years	1921
Tom	65#2,206	Up 139 rank positions in five years	1959
Harvey	1,381#251	Up 165 rank positions in five years	1921
Jennie	79#2,309	Up 491 rank positions in five years	1917
Maggie	1,041#294	Down 1 rank positions in five years	2007
Ada	1,401#219	Down 34 rank positions in five years	1918
Hattie	923#334	Up 87 rank positions in five years	1918
Harriet	226#1,073	Up 3 rank positions in five years	1921
Kate	576#522	Down 110 rank positions in five years	2007
Perry	135#1,373	Down 112 rank positions in five years	1959
Marion	54#2,504	Down 145 rank positions in five years	1921
Flora	483#607	Up 318 rank positions in five years	1920
Eliza	2,370#115	Steady	2021
Callie	1,754#175	Down 10 rank positions in five years	2014
August	3,958#81	Up 74 rank positions in five years	2025
Fredrick	94#1,736	Down 308 rank positions in five years	1953
Myra	429#663	Down 107 rank positions in five years	1958
Leila	1,193#259	Down 54 rank positions in five years	2010
Emanuel	513#574	Down 164 rank positions in five years	2007
Horace	14#6,241	Down 1,134 rank positions in five years	1921
Willis	52#2,567	Down 333 rank positions in five years	1924
May	183#1,233	Up 481 rank positions in five years	1919
Alonzo	590#511	Down 34 rank positions in five years	2022
Moses	583#515	Down 21 rank positions in five years	2016
Etta	281#930	Down 6 rank positions in five years	1920
Katharine	27#4,934	Down 1,507 rank positions in five years	1982
Otto	1,241#277	Up 112 rank positions in five years	2024
Solomon	767#422	Down 20 rank positions in five years	2016
Delia	135#1,561	Down 217 rank positions in five years	1957
Matilda	838#365	Up 113 rank positions in five years	2025
Amos	364#730	Down 34 rank positions in five years	1922
Rufus	27#4,018	Down 16 rank positions in five years	1922
Lou	65#2,674	Up 853 rank positions in five years	1954
Bert	6#10,862	Down 2,704 rank positions in five years	1918
Reuben	269#889	Up 20 rank positions in five years	1920
Francis	122#1,685	Up 606 rank positions in five years	1919
Cyrus	1,284#268	Up 101 rank positions in five years	2024
Emilie	170#1,312	Down 80 rank positions in five years	2003
Charley	87#1,827	Down 26 rank positions in five years	1920
Anton	132#1,389	Down 149 rank positions in five years	1915
Cornelia	51#3,138	Up 888 rank positions in five years	1921
John	6#13,970	Down 3,323 rank positions in five years	1927
Augustus	783#407	Up 92 rank positions in five years	2024
Harriett	17#6,640	Up 5,987 rank positions in five years	1920
Porter	531#560	Down 136 rank positions in five years	2015
Lina	527#572	Up 118 rank positions in five years	2024
Mina	491#597	Up 64 rank positions in five years	2023
Belle	247#1,013	Down 13 rank positions in five years	1915
Josh	96#1,703	Down 21 rank positions in five years	1979
Minerva	89#2,112	Up 407 rank positions in five years	1955
Judson	252#934	Down 61 rank positions in five years	2023
Enoch	348#746	Up 39 rank positions in five years	2023
Cordelia	258#981	Up 25 rank positions in five years	2015
Georgie	162#1,361	Up 865 rank positions in five years	1925
Leora	163#1,356	Up 459 rank positions in five years	1921
Leota	—Unranked	—	1918
Georgiana	153#1,418	Up 480 rank positions in five years	1918
Lon	—Unranked	—	1948
Fanny	18#6,396	Up 3,386 rank positions in five years	1916
Newton	15#6,056	Down 2,170 rank positions in five years	1919
Columbus	—Unranked	—	1922
Leonora	114#1,772	Up 875 rank positions in five years	1924
Emmet	110#1,555	Down 266 rank positions in five years	2015
Burt	—Unranked	—	1956
Adella	66#2,608	Down 108 rank positions in five years	1920
Berry	5#12,286	Down 5,192 rank positions in five years	1963
Granville	5#12,674	Down 1,604 rank positions in five years	1918
Vina	7#13,096	Down 4,719 rank positions in five years	1920
Winfield	8#9,655	Down 967 rank positions in five years	1916
Zula	5#17,276	Down 8,878 rank positions in five years	1922
Lilla	26#5,046	Up 1,171 rank positions in five years	1918
Merton	—Unranked	—	1920
Chas	5#12,379	new	1915
Arch	46#2,766	Up 6,031 rank positions in five years	1880
Kittie	—Unranked	—	1889
Adelbert	—Unranked	—	1918
Elza	—Unranked	—	1922
Ettie	11#9,038	Up 3,513 rank positions in five years	1891
Docia	—Unranked	—	1890

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1880 when that year holds its best-ever position in the national rankings — rank, not raw count, because raw counts track how many babies were born and would pile every “peak” into the boom years. To qualify, a name must have reached the top 1,000 at its height and have at least 500 all-time applications. Lists are ordered by that peak rank.

One caveat for 1880: the records begin in 1880, so a name shown peaking here may already have been fading when counting started — its true peak could lie earlier, out of sight.

Ranks come from U.S. births, counted separately for girls and boys. “Unranked” today means fewer than 5 applications in the latest year — uncommon, never invalid.