Names That Peaked In 1907

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1907 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 1906 Peaked in 1908 Full 1907 top 100 The 1900s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Leroy	269#888	Up 35 rank positions in five years	1924
Virgil	129#1,417	Up 370 rank positions in five years	1921
Cleo	516#577	Up 305 rank positions in five years	1920
Fay	39#3,794	Up 405 rank positions in five years	1926
Eve	577#519	Down 49 rank positions in five years	2017
Queen	83#2,234	Down 1,271 rank positions in five years	2018
Iola	7#12,408	Down 3,235 rank positions in five years	1918
Delma	—Unranked	—	1926
Rubin	17#5,569	Down 159 rank positions in five years	1923
Lucio	146#1,326	Up 343 rank positions in five years	2025
Filomena	31#4,484	Up 448 rank positions in five years	1923
Jewel	9#8,543	Down 2,422 rank positions in five years	1926
Johnie	5#15,971	new	1918
Lavada	—Unranked	—	1921
Myrtice	—Unranked	—	1918
Margaret	—Unranked	—	1926
Bernice	—Unranked	—	1922
Ezell	—Unranked	—	1951
Neoma	9#10,676	Down 3,209 rank positions in five years	1924
Odelia	56#2,985	Up 908 rank positions in five years	2024
Leamon	—Unranked	—	1921
Merl	—Unranked	—	1922
Laurine	—Unranked	—	1918
Earlie	—Unranked	—	1922
Delmas	—Unranked	—	1947
Rose	—Unranked	—	1930
Evelyn	8#9,157	Up 713 rank positions in five years	1930
Ilah	54#3,046	Down 250 rank positions in five years	2022
Elberta	—Unranked	—	1916
Burnice	—Unranked	—	1925
Wilfrid	—Unranked	—	1922
Otha	—Unranked	—	1922
Rosabelle	28#4,854	Down 1,026 rank positions in five years	2018
Burnice	—Unranked	—	1924
Margueritte	—Unranked	—	1919
Gilmer	—Unranked	—	1918
Clydie	—Unranked	—	1922
Ogden	9#8,722	Down 3,096 rank positions in five years	1917
Samie	—Unranked	—	1921
Hoke	—Unranked	—	1910
Delmus	—Unranked	—	1938

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1907 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.