Names That Peaked In 1914

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1914 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 1913 Peaked in 1915 Full 1914 top 100 The 1910s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Catherine	972#314	Down 47 rank positions in five years	1956
Walter	1,381#252	Up 20 rank positions in five years	1918
Ralph	211#1,048	Up 54 rank positions in five years	1921
Maurice	220#1,020	Down 176 rank positions in five years	1921
Genevieve	1,981#148	Up 21 rank positions in five years	1918
Angelo	1,124#304	Up 10 rank positions in five years	2007
Antoinette	55#3,002	Down 561 rank positions in five years	1924
Dominick	448#622	Down 176 rank positions in five years	2003
Salvatore	249#945	Up 11 rank positions in five years	1927
Edmund	199#1,082	Up 335 rank positions in five years	1923
Adele	362#751	Up 40 rank positions in five years	1918
Elvira	119#1,715	Up 842 rank positions in five years	1920
Concetta	16#6,901	Up 1,610 rank positions in five years	1924
Benedict	305#814	Up 255 rank positions in five years	2025
Pasquale	16#5,779	Down 793 rank positions in five years	1917
Velda	—Unranked	—	1920
Carmel	26#5,003	Up 3,056 rank positions in five years	1962
Elwin	20#4,906	Up 1,151 rank positions in five years	1923
Kathlyn	28#4,817	Up 5,865 rank positions in five years	1951
Gaetano	27#3,978	Up 73 rank positions in five years	1921
Geno	47#2,728	Down 249 rank positions in five years	2023
Palma	5#16,663	new	1925
Domenica	20#5,967	Down 767 rank positions in five years	1979
Isidore	31#3,606	Up 3,596 rank positions in five years	1919
Armin	73#2,038	Up 431 rank positions in five years	2023
Clovis	21#4,734	Up 4,155 rank positions in five years	1917
Bernetta	—Unranked	—	1921
Madelene	—Unranked	—	1921
Versie	—Unranked	—	1914
Hilbert	—Unranked	—	1922
Saverio	10#8,128	Down 720 rank positions in five years	1922
Attilio	—Unranked	—	1916
Orene	—Unranked	—	1919
Gilmore	—Unranked	—	1914

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1914 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.