Names That Peaked In 1883

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1883 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 1882 Peaked in 1884 Full 1883 top 100 The 1880s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Grace	5,127#38	Down 10 rank positions in five years	2003
Bertha	30#4,568	Up 91 rank positions in five years	1918
Lydia	2,692#92	Up 3 rank positions in five years	2014
Clyde	350#743	Down 28 rank positions in five years	1920
Susie	101#1,922	Up 174 rank positions in five years	1919
Julius	759#424	Down 89 rank positions in five years	1918
Johanna	309#871	Down 226 rank positions in five years	1984
Allie	529#569	Down 140 rank positions in five years	2010
Estella	581#509	Up 222 rank positions in five years	1921
Adelaide	1,062#289	Down 17 rank positions in five years	2016
Elbert	9#8,438	Up 1,415 rank positions in five years	1920
Edmond	75#2,011	Up 206 rank positions in five years	1920
Adolph	—Unranked	—	1917
Augusta	49#3,215	Up 523 rank positions in five years	1915
William	7#13,111	Down 5,170 rank positions in five years	1928
Elisha	322#789	Up 54 rank positions in five years	2008
Emelia	488#601	Down 149 rank positions in five years	2019
Addison	62#2,259	Down 573 rank positions in five years	2006
Maud	—Unranked	—	1886
Catharine	—Unranked	—	1915
Joseph	12#8,589	Up 2,065 rank positions in five years	1985
Alvina	19#6,128	Down 805 rank positions in five years	1917
Benton	104#1,623	Down 498 rank positions in five years	2016
Nan	—Unranked	—	1947
Zack	126#1,435	Down 128 rank positions in five years	2008
Corrie	33#4,281	Down 771 rank positions in five years	1977
Tena	5#17,027	Down 6,026 rank positions in five years	1962
Mathilda	32#4,422	Down 95 rank positions in five years	1918
Hamilton	38#3,151	Down 779 rank positions in five years	2016
Mittie	—Unranked	—	1920
Zena	73#2,457	Down 262 rank positions in five years	1964
Montgomery	241#962	Up 132 rank positions in five years	2025
Ora	—Unranked	—	1919
Easter	—Unranked	—	1925
Dock	—Unranked	—	1920
Amado	176#1,169	Up 547 rank positions in five years	2025
Almeda	—Unranked	—	1921
Gustav	30#3,685	Down 593 rank positions in five years	1917
Adah	110#1,818	Down 131 rank positions in five years	2020
Roxy	72#2,477	Up 908 rank positions in five years	2009
Judge	49#2,660	Up 578 rank positions in five years	1919
Ceasar	—Unranked	—	2006
Ardella	8#11,034	Up 161 rank positions in five years	1924
Hyrum	33#3,469	Down 1,368 rank positions in five years	2007
Manda	—Unranked	—	1975
Matilde	27#4,947	Up 13 rank positions in five years	1927
Ellison	98#1,679	Up 100 rank positions in five years	2017
Annis	—Unranked	—	1920
Genie	6#13,780	Up 2,137 rank positions in five years	1982
Orson	126#1,433	Up 140 rank positions in five years	2023
Mabelle	12#8,658	Up 7,930 rank positions in five years	1893
Albert	—Unranked	—	1927
Sumner	17#5,578	Up 82 rank positions in five years	1920
Albertine	—Unranked	—	1918
Author	—Unranked	—	1933
Henery	—Unranked	—	1928
Luetta	—Unranked	—	1928
Zetta	5#17,258	Down 2,208 rank positions in five years	1925
Tilda	17#6,805	Up 1,117 rank positions in five years	1924
Delpha	—Unranked	—	1921
Clifford	—Unranked	—	1917
Fredericka	—Unranked	—	1947
Berton	—Unranked	—	1924
Hanson	41#3,012	Up 216 rank positions in five years	2018
Almira	9#10,146	Down 2,154 rank positions in five years	1917
Onie	—Unranked	—	1918
Malvina	—Unranked	—	1917
Alvena	5#15,063	new	1920
Odie	—Unranked	—	1916
Hollie	—Unranked	—	1919
Rosco	7#10,465	Down 1,080 rank positions in five years	1922
Doc	27#3,974	Up 600 rank positions in five years	2021
Lem	—Unranked	—	1917
Chauncy	—Unranked	—	1978
Estill	—Unranked	—	1919
Chancey	7#9,882	new	1978
Daisie	29#4,682	Up 2,959 rank positions in five years	2025
Guss	—Unranked	—	1920
Alf	—Unranked	—	1916
Alvan	—Unranked	—	1927
Harman	9#8,485	Down 190 rank positions in five years	2008
Fleming	—Unranked	—	1917
Ananias	55#2,452	Up 477 rank positions in five years	2025
Lissie	—Unranked	—	1924
Charle	—Unranked	—	1962
Mont	—Unranked	—	1917
Lella	—Unranked	—	1916
Newt	12#7,069	Down 1,445 rank positions in five years	1914
Fronie	—Unranked	—	1918
Clide	—Unranked	—	1919
Lelar	—Unranked	—	1924
Lovie	—Unranked	—	1917
Corda	—Unranked	—	1890
Linzy	—Unranked	—	1924
Harve	—Unranked	—	1882
Wess	8#9,649	Down 144 rank positions in five years	1965
Milas	—Unranked	—	1918

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1883 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 1883: 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.