Names That Peaked In 1904

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1904 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 1903 Peaked in 1905 Full 1904 top 100 The 1900s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Russell	944#345	Up 25 rank positions in five years	1960
Leona	723#429	Up 55 rank positions in five years	1918
Lola	1,132#275	Down 38 rank positions in five years	1919
Alton	106#1,602	Up 92 rank positions in five years	1937
Jewel	141#1,514	Down 502 rank positions in five years	1920
Goldie	469#621	Up 404 rank positions in five years	1915
Virgie	—Unranked	—	1918
Lessie	—Unranked	—	1916
Magdalene	165#1,345	Up 434 rank positions in five years	1923
Lauretta	11#9,207	Up 2,465 rank positions in five years	1915
Aletha	—Unranked	—	1923
Arlie	16#5,625	Up 694 rank positions in five years	1921
Felton	—Unranked	—	1948
Leone	6#14,185	Down 3,421 rank positions in five years	1916
Caesar	44#2,842	Down 147 rank positions in five years	2015
Albertha	—Unranked	—	1922
Leda	12#8,639	Down 1,225 rank positions in five years	1920
Laurette	—Unranked	—	1956
Hazel	24#4,305	Up 612 rank positions in five years	1916
Garnett	—Unranked	—	1920
Joy	27#3,992	Up 1,139 rank positions in five years	1922
Verlie	—Unranked	—	1917
Garnet	6#11,115	Up 1,571 rank positions in five years	1919
Rayfield	—Unranked	—	1949
Marry	6#14,318	Up 179 rank positions in five years	1918
Katherine	—Unranked	—	1989
Romie	14#6,371	Up 7,279 rank positions in five years	1920
Severo	6#11,772	Down 1,353 rank positions in five years	1924
Thyra	8#11,834	Down 2,351 rank positions in five years	1918
Vernia	—Unranked	—	1917
Luster	—Unranked	—	1920
Adron	—Unranked	—	1928
Beecher	—Unranked	—	1921
Luberta	—Unranked	—	1925
Tobie	—Unranked	—	1973
Moe	10#8,037	Up 2,202 rank positions in five years	1916
Edris	—Unranked	—	1915
Duard	—Unranked	—	1924
Arbie	—Unranked	—	1923
Anona	6#13,345	new	1925

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1904 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.