Names That Peaked In 1906
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1906 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 860#371 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2005 | |||
| 17#6,631 | Down 2,340 rank positions in five years | 1917 | |||
| 103#1,641 | Down 108 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 44#3,512 | Up 1,127 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 549#545 | Up 166 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 23#4,494 | Down 950 rank positions in five years | 1922 | |||
| 30#3,692 | Down 461 rank positions in five years | 1950 | |||
| 21#5,741 | Down 1,469 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 28#4,759 | Down 1,741 rank positions in five years | 2011 | |||
| 20#6,035 | Up 190 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 5#12,868 | new | 1923 | |||
| 25#5,226 | Up 2,711 rank positions in five years | 1920 | |||
| 100#1,664 | Up 191 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 56#2,425 | Down 257 rank positions in five years | 1974 | |||
| 44#3,481 | Up 158 rank positions in five years | 1906 | |||
| 57#2,398 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 15#6,079 | Up 1,864 rank positions in five years | 1927 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1927 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1926 | |||
| 7#12,622 | Down 2,656 rank positions in five years | 1928 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| 14#7,625 | Up 3,849 rank positions in five years | 1915 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1926 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1927 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1956 | |||
| 5#13,786 | new | 1915 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1906 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.