Names That Peaked In 1911
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1911 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,386#114 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1917 | |||
| 3,554#64 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1924 | |||
| 1,664#209 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 50#3,181 | Down 671 rank positions in five years | 1920 | |||
| 740#423 | Up 226 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 523#573 | Up 226 rank positions in five years | 1915 | |||
| 24#5,291 | Up 637 rank positions in five years | 1920 | |||
| 851#373 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2008 | |||
| 90#1,783 | Down 84 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| 479#598 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 328#832 | Down 273 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 9#8,868 | Up 1,675 rank positions in five years | 1926 | |||
| 143#1,496 | Up 1,049 rank positions in five years | 1930 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1921 | |||
| 33#4,294 | Down 647 rank positions in five years | 1978 | |||
| 108#1,854 | Down 521 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 8#11,259 | Down 713 rank positions in five years | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1970 | |||
| 14#6,312 | Down 2,219 rank positions in five years | 1916 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1922 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| 15#7,225 | Up 868 rank positions in five years | 1917 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1917 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1925 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1915 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1914 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1918 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1920 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1912 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1911 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.