Names That Peaked In 1905

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1905 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 1904 Peaked in 1906 Full 1905 top 100 The 1900s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Floyd	63#2,237	Down 206 rank positions in five years	1926
Mable	73#2,450	Up 921 rank positions in five years	1922
Roosevelt	24#4,361	Down 1,171 rank positions in five years	1933
Leola	17#6,710	Down 1,128 rank positions in five years	1920
Ester	134#1,574	Up 84 rank positions in five years	1925
Emmitt	333#770	Down 260 rank positions in five years	2019
Johnson	34#3,405	Down 1,184 rank positions in five years	2000
Hilton	13#6,587	Down 2,911 rank positions in five years	1920
Novella	69#2,559	Up 765 rank positions in five years	1923
Odette	303#883	Up 598 rank positions in five years	2025
Conley	53#2,521	Up 35 rank positions in five years	2011
Bonnie	—Unranked	—	1934
Theadore	5#13,684	Up 160 rank positions in five years	1927
Hermon	—Unranked	—	1920
Hansel	103#1,638	Up 144 rank positions in five years	2021
Johny	5#12,890	Down 7,763 rank positions in five years	1929
Graydon	17#5,462	Down 2,518 rank positions in five years	2010
Rosevelt	—Unranked	—	1933
Bulah	—Unranked	—	1919
Lera	10#9,823	Down 550 rank positions in five years	1921
Audie	22#5,579	Up 102 rank positions in five years	1916
Fairy	—Unranked	—	1917
Estel	—Unranked	—	1921
Ozella	7#12,849	Down 5,370 rank positions in five years	1921
Claire	—Unranked	—	1923
Euna	6#13,736	Down 1,184 rank positions in five years	1916
Foy	—Unranked	—	1921
Wava	—Unranked	—	1924
Ilda	—Unranked	—	1921
Delsie	—Unranked	—	1920
Edra	—Unranked	—	1920
Lester	—Unranked	—	1927
Ardath	—Unranked	—	1923
Ozie	—Unranked	—	1922
Fredie	—Unranked	—	1924
Vela	17#6,812	Up 2,689 rank positions in five years	1915
Gladys	—Unranked	—	1927
Neola	—Unranked	—	1918
Corean	—Unranked	—	1925
Irvine	—Unranked	—	1915
Ceil	—Unranked	—	1915
Pauline	—Unranked	—	1928
Everet	7#10,004	Down 133 rank positions in five years	1925
Orma	—Unranked	—	1921
Jiles	8#9,268	Down 178 rank positions in five years	1923
Hill	6#11,163	new	1919

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1905 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.