Names That Peaked In 1902
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1902 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.)
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119#1,486 | Up 161 rank positions in five years | 1920 | |||
| 16#7,126 | Up 3,106 rank positions in five years | 1919 | |||
| 56#2,969 | Up 447 rank positions in five years | 1928 | |||
| 38#3,142 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 1916 | |||
| 208#1,054 | Down 313 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| 6#11,723 | Up 1,925 rank positions in five years | 1950 | |||
| 5#12,568 | new | 1989 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1943 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1928 | |||
| 221#1,092 | Up 507 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1915 | |||
| 5#15,681 | Down 6,536 rank positions in five years | 1924 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| 38#3,148 | Up 75 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1944 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| 6#13,566 | Down 3,853 rank positions in five years | 1924 | |||
| 12#8,821 | Up 3,244 rank positions in five years | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1926 | |||
| 54#2,503 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 | |||
| 16#5,686 | Up 387 rank positions in five years | 1928 | |||
| 53#2,537 | Up 956 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| 6#11,898 | Down 4,897 rank positions in five years | 1929 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1927 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1929 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1919 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1927 | |||
| 10#7,880 | Up 440 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 5#12,556 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1902 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.