Names That Peaked In 1908

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1908 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 1907 Peaked in 1909 Full 1908 top 100 The 1900s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Viola	247#1,015	Up 104 rank positions in five years	1918
Eunice	77#2,362	Down 501 rank positions in five years	1921
Eula	5#15,630	Down 5,100 rank positions in five years	1919
Pete	58#2,382	Up 153 rank positions in five years	1959
Lucile	26#5,050	Up 534 rank positions in five years	1917
Tommie	33#3,503	Down 95 rank positions in five years	1947
Johnie	10#7,923	Down 147 rank positions in five years	1920
Odessa	193#1,197	Up 406 rank positions in five years	1920
Hollis	266#894	Up 125 rank positions in five years	1921
Theodora	384#726	Up 110 rank positions in five years	2022
Palmer	230#995	Up 193 rank positions in five years	2023
Francesco	145#1,329	Up 9 rank positions in five years	2006
Violette	298#894	Up 88 rank positions in five years	2025
Artis	20#4,870	Up 2,199 rank positions in five years	1951
Maxie	16#7,025	new	1917
Haskell	—Unranked	—	1919
Arnetta	—Unranked	—	1953
Florentino	11#7,334	Up 942 rank positions in five years	1992
Farris	11#7,330	Down 162 rank positions in five years	1923
Olan	14#6,341	Down 1,684 rank positions in five years	1920
Huston	10#7,869	Down 152 rank positions in five years	1922
Launa	11#9,206	Up 2,463 rank positions in five years	2006
Bea	83#2,218	Up 932 rank positions in five years	2024
Milburn	—Unranked	—	1918
Hadley	12#6,934	Down 3,416 rank positions in five years	2004
Exie	—Unranked	—	1921
Floretta	—Unranked	—	1930
Veta	—Unranked	—	1916
Clementina	12#8,475	Up 2,834 rank positions in five years	1925
Taft	10#8,167	Down 2,226 rank positions in five years	1908
Izola	—Unranked	—	1923
Starling	13#6,749	Up 5,081 rank positions in five years	1920
Levie	5#13,135	Down 2,961 rank positions in five years	1917
Edrie	—Unranked	—	1908
Osie	—Unranked	—	1915
Linnie	—Unranked	—	1961
Eleanor	5#12,555	new	1927

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1908 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.