Names That Peaked In 1890

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1890 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 1889 Peaked in 1891 Full 1890 top 100 The 1890s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Florence	796#391	Up 372 rank positions in five years	1918
Archie	1,129#301	Up 167 rank positions in five years	2025
Corinne	253#999	Down 40 rank positions in five years	1978
Ned	8#9,448	Down 4,053 rank positions in five years	1939
Lona	12#8,651	Down 2,138 rank positions in five years	1918
Chauncey	23#4,421	Down 1,341 rank positions in five years	1981
Paris	60#2,326	Down 237 rank positions in five years	1991
Una	49#3,245	Down 535 rank positions in five years	1921
Bishop	172#1,188	Down 209 rank positions in five years	2021
Harmon	15#5,952	Down 627 rank positions in five years	1921
Loyal	233#983	Up 72 rank positions in five years	2022
Ray	19#6,273	Down 659 rank positions in five years	1918
Rosina	21#5,873	Down 1,447 rank positions in five years	1924
Frank	—Unranked	—	1929
Webster	12#7,161	Down 151 rank positions in five years	1915
Willian	20#5,032	Up 1,566 rank positions in five years	1929
Josefa	12#8,588	Up 5,616 rank positions in five years	1925
Archibald	184#1,145	Up 512 rank positions in five years	2025
Lonzo	25#4,205	Up 431 rank positions in five years	1919
Elgin	7#9,978	Down 4,459 rank positions in five years	1920
Kit	195#1,103	Up 390 rank positions in five years	2025
Clyde	—Unranked	—	1917
Charlton	15#5,899	Down 616 rank positions in five years	1971
Rance	10#8,091	Down 706 rank positions in five years	1962
Esau	37#3,204	Down 170 rank positions in five years	2007
Joeseph	—Unranked	—	1998
Ocie	—Unranked	—	1919
Roy	—Unranked	—	1927
Golden	45#3,416	Up 877 rank positions in five years	1919
Jetta	14#7,648	Down 1,689 rank positions in five years	2009
Verena	40#3,770	Up 868 rank positions in five years	1916
Olevia	—Unranked	—	1921
Junie	144#1,488	Up 1,504 rank positions in five years	2025
Emma	14#6,218	Down 1,312 rank positions in five years	2004
Clemens	—Unranked	—	1918
Lilie	12#8,646	Up 2,124 rank positions in five years	2008
Gay	—Unranked	—	1941
Hallie	—Unranked	—	1920
Delos	—Unranked	—	1923
Charly	16#5,650	Down 2,223 rank positions in five years	2004
Rosey	26#5,069	Down 644 rank positions in five years	2020
Otelia	—Unranked	—	1923
Collie	—Unranked	—	1915
Burgess	—Unranked	—	1922
Forrest	12#8,530	Up 2,009 rank positions in five years	1994
Eva	—Unranked	—	1933
Love	21#4,803	Up 1,361 rank positions in five years	2022
Burnie	—Unranked	—	1916
Conard	—Unranked	—	1923
Fleeta	—Unranked	—	1921
Guilford	—Unranked	—	1923
Clemence	9#10,263	Down 1,191 rank positions in five years	1917
Lillard	—Unranked	—	1924
Mansfield	—Unranked	—	1917

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1890 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.