Names That Peaked In 1893

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1893 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 1892 Peaked in 1894 Full 1893 top 100 The 1890s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Ruth	1,781#173	Up 46 rank positions in five years	1920
Elmer	165#1,223	Up 87 rank positions in five years	1918
Olive	1,597#197	Down 1 rank positions in five years	2022
Homer	21#4,768	Down 1,162 rank positions in five years	1920
Rhea	452#639	Down 14 rank positions in five years	2023
Forest	344#750	Up 48 rank positions in five years	2022
Rowena	32#4,440	Down 1,310 rank positions in five years	1917
Mazie	265#966	Up 287 rank positions in five years	2023
Jules	131#1,396	Up 46 rank positions in five years	1928
Ona	21#5,867	Down 257 rank positions in five years	1916
Dewitt	5#12,506	Up 4 rank positions in five years	1921
Verne	—Unranked	—	1919
Aloysius	20#4,863	Up 180 rank positions in five years	1916
Lindsay	—Unranked	—	1960
Eulalia	57#2,940	Down 37 rank positions in five years	1921
Ansel	186#1,138	Up 41 rank positions in five years	2025
Delta	78#2,337	Down 632 rank positions in five years	2019
Delphia	10#9,608	new	1924
Fay	—Unranked	—	1916
Adolphus	—Unranked	—	1922
Jodie	6#11,282	Down 3,507 rank positions in five years	1969
June	66#2,172	Up 690 rank positions in five years	1922
Rollie	13#6,727	Up 223 rank positions in five years	1947
Holland	136#1,367	Up 177 rank positions in five years	2025
Sigrid	32#4,444	Down 453 rank positions in five years	2022
Enola	44#3,482	Up 3,237 rank positions in five years	1953
Clare	—Unranked	—	1920
Ever	131#1,599	Up 383 rank positions in five years	2025
Ludwig	12#7,040	Up 2,183 rank positions in five years	1916
Link	108#1,579	Down 436 rank positions in five years	2022
Sanders	15#6,083	Down 160 rank positions in five years	1951
Shelly	—Unranked	—	1950
Leo	23#5,491	Down 1,088 rank positions in five years	1918
Allena	10#9,485	Down 5,030 rank positions in five years	2007
Coley	8#9,071	Down 178 rank positions in five years	1993
Laurie	—Unranked	—	1924
Ruel	14#6,373	Up 7,288 rank positions in five years	1915
Eulah	—Unranked	—	1915
Carlisle	36#3,255	Down 320 rank positions in five years	2012
Avon	18#5,231	Up 1,097 rank positions in five years	1921
Classie	—Unranked	—	1922
Hermine	—Unranked	—	1916
Zettie	—Unranked	—	1924
Jule	—Unranked	—	1922
Mayo	—Unranked	—	1915
Carrie	—Unranked	—	1980
Icy	—Unranked	—	1899
Dow	—Unranked	—	1962
Humphrey	—Unranked	—	1924
Lethia	—Unranked	—	1917
Claudius	6#10,926	new	1916
Minnie	—Unranked	—	1925
Stanislaus	—Unranked	—	1916
Eulalie	—Unranked	—	1926
Moody	—Unranked	—	1922
Knute	10#7,976	new	1931
Jeffie	—Unranked	—	1918
Nellie	—Unranked	—	1924
Iva	—Unranked	—	1929
Virdie	—Unranked	—	1920
Elmyra	—Unranked	—	1915
Weaver	—Unranked	—	1914
Oral	—Unranked	—	1916

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1893 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.