Names That Peaked In 1892

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1892 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 1891 Peaked in 1893 Full 1892 top 100 The 1890s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Mae	594#501	Up 75 rank positions in five years	1918
Guy	103#1,637	Down 275 rank positions in five years	1957
Henrietta	65#2,666	Down 239 rank positions in five years	1918
Rae	171#1,306	Down 241 rank positions in five years	1956
Fletcher	549#547	Up 107 rank positions in five years	2025
Olin	86#1,849	Down 108 rank positions in five years	1921
Murphy	341#754	Up 213 rank positions in five years	2025
Walton	56#2,449	Up 433 rank positions in five years	1922
Lovie	19#6,242	Up 1,983 rank positions in five years	1919
Letty	158#1,386	Up 324 rank positions in five years	2016
Grayce	15#7,251	Down 2,660 rank positions in five years	1917
Ivy	7#10,083	Down 4,540 rank positions in five years	1925
Nolen	58#2,381	Down 321 rank positions in five years	2009
Cloyd	—Unranked	—	1918
Signe	8#11,785	Down 5,187 rank positions in five years	1915
Oral	—Unranked	—	1917
Corbett	10#7,777	Down 2,278 rank positions in five years	1971
Earl	—Unranked	—	1930
Ernest	—Unranked	—	1927
Willaim	—Unranked	—	1987
Florrie	—Unranked	—	1921
Page	—Unranked	—	1920
Cordia	—Unranked	—	1917
Spurgeon	5#13,625	Down 4,189 rank positions in five years	1918
Nonie	—Unranked	—	1917
Edmon	—Unranked	—	1924
Irven	—Unranked	—	1921
Hamp	—Unranked	—	1920
Lollie	—Unranked	—	1921
Manson	—Unranked	—	1923
Versa	—Unranked	—	1921
Reubin	—Unranked	—	1919
Adlai	6#10,715	Down 2,631 rank positions in five years	1952
Else	—Unranked	—	1932

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1892 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.