Names That Peaked In 1884

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1884 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 1883 Peaked in 1885 Full 1884 top 100 The 1880s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Lena	1,106#279	Down 8 rank positions in five years	1917
Felix	2,064#175	Up 50 rank positions in five years	2024
Cecelia	569#529	Up 44 rank positions in five years	1918
Mollie	212#1,116	Down 25 rank positions in five years	1915
Blaine	230#992	Down 110 rank positions in five years	2001
Clare	283#924	Down 93 rank positions in five years	1998
Grover	24#4,297	Up 616 rank positions in five years	1884
Matt	29#3,817	Down 707 rank positions in five years	1959
Cleveland	11#7,282	Down 2,555 rank positions in five years	1947
Susanna	197#1,181	Up 207 rank positions in five years	1958
Roxie	37#3,959	Down 471 rank positions in five years	1918
Tillie	177#1,269	Up 511 rank positions in five years	1915
Wilhelmina	141#1,517	Up 312 rank positions in five years	1916
Zora	264#969	Down 94 rank positions in five years	2019
Ferdinand	24#4,293	Up 1,773 rank positions in five years	1918
Belva	5#15,300	new	1927
Ike	55#2,460	Down 451 rank positions in five years	1953
Hettie	—Unranked	—	1916
Meta	—Unranked	—	1892
Adelia	88#2,117	Up 53 rank positions in five years	2017
Gustave	10#7,854	Down 1,438 rank positions in five years	1915
Jones	306#811	Up 136 rank positions in five years	2025
Albina	8#10,962	new	1917
Arther	5#12,187	new	1922
Lennie	69#2,557	Up 3,205 rank positions in five years	1915
Lucious	25#4,206	Down 330 rank positions in five years	1926
Beverly	—Unranked	—	1926
Queenie	8#11,681	Down 5,876 rank positions in five years	1917
Nels	22#4,655	Up 966 rank positions in five years	1918
Benjamen	7#9,827	Down 1,671 rank positions in five years	1990
Ara	48#3,255	Down 322 rank positions in five years	2022
Vallie	105#1,879	Up 6,490 rank positions in five years	2025
Altha	—Unranked	—	1917
Milly	113#1,790	Up 87 rank positions in five years	2014
Sena	51#3,162	Up 431 rank positions in five years	2023
Johannah	24#5,310	Up 425 rank positions in five years	2010
Sid	7#10,518	Down 4,280 rank positions in five years	1960
Zita	16#7,128	Up 832 rank positions in five years	1922
Stafford	28#3,932	Up 2,313 rank positions in five years	1959
Tennie	—Unranked	—	1918
Harlow	167#1,214	Up 1,032 rank positions in five years	2023
Washington	—Unranked	—	1921
Clemmie	—Unranked	—	1916
Margaretta	—Unranked	—	1915
Bell	8#11,093	Up 1,257 rank positions in five years	1900
Jens	18#5,296	Down 964 rank positions in five years	1966
Dorthea	7#12,243	Up 3,510 rank positions in five years	1921
Burley	—Unranked	—	1921
Blain	10#7,741	Up 1,950 rank positions in five years	2003
Elenor	41#3,659	Up 1,700 rank positions in five years	1921
Tiny	—Unranked	—	1920
Cordie	—Unranked	—	1919
Flavia	13#8,025	Down 1,298 rank positions in five years	1921
Catherine	—Unranked	—	1989
Isom	8#9,224	Up 1,908 rank positions in five years	1920
Avie	49#3,217	Down 530 rank positions in five years	2023
Julious	5#12,910	new	1930
Sina	18#6,516	Up 3,647 rank positions in five years	1917
Evaline	18#6,393	Down 1,811 rank positions in five years	1916
Tempie	—Unranked	—	1918
Arlington	16#5,626	Down 921 rank positions in five years	1917
Nelia	14#7,785	Down 1,530 rank positions in five years	2015
Erie	6#13,727	Down 1,183 rank positions in five years	1916
Carry	—Unranked	—	1975
Fleta	—Unranked	—	1917
Silvester	—Unranked	—	1960
Ebenezer	52#2,544	Up 396 rank positions in five years	2017
Anner	—Unranked	—	1920
Bowman	57#2,396	Up 265 rank positions in five years	2025
Tennessee	27#4,973	Up 856 rank positions in five years	2021
Roena	—Unranked	—	1919
Ephriam	—Unranked	—	1917
Doshie	—Unranked	—	1916
Ancel	—Unranked	—	1919
Gustaf	—Unranked	—	1917
Bascom	—Unranked	—	1916
Simpson	—Unranked	—	1921
Lafe	5#13,111	Down 1,706 rank positions in five years	1884
Callie	—Unranked	—	1920
Zoa	18#6,541	Up 3,697 rank positions in five years	2023
Rube	—Unranked	—	1917
Osborn	6#11,641	new	1923
Orange	—Unranked	—	1920
Capitola	—Unranked	—	1915
Gusta	—Unranked	—	1919
Cleva	—Unranked	—	1918
Donaciano	—Unranked	—	1924
Wilhelmine	—Unranked	—	1896
Pluma	—Unranked	—	1916

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1884 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.

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.