Names That Peaked In 1915

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1915 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 1914 Peaked in 1916 Full 1915 top 100 The 1910s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Harold	230#993	Down 61 rank positions in five years	1924
Anne	472#619	Up 7 rank positions in five years	1959
Stanley	278#863	Down 128 rank positions in five years	1954
Francis	769#420	Up 62 rank positions in five years	1918
Pauline	56#2,986	Up 69 rank positions in five years	1918
Vera	1,482#205	Up 41 rank positions in five years	1918
Willard	47#2,759	Up 44 rank positions in five years	1915
Clifton	82#1,907	Down 401 rank positions in five years	1975
Angeline	134#1,570	Down 213 rank positions in five years	1921
Lenore	98#1,971	Up 1,688 rank positions in five years	1926
Elton	60#2,313	Down 590 rank positions in five years	1920
Elwood	81#1,921	Up 934 rank positions in five years	1921
Bruno	351#740	Down 28 rank positions in five years	2022
Wilmer	94#1,742	Up 193 rank positions in five years	1920
Edythe	8#11,196	Up 2,699 rank positions in five years	1918
Cleo	18#5,243	Up 253 rank positions in five years	1918
Philomena	101#1,920	Up 211 rank positions in five years	1922
Antonette	—Unranked	—	1917
Oleta	—Unranked	—	1920
Santo	31#3,642	Up 751 rank positions in five years	1925
Santa	13#8,265	Up 2,680 rank positions in five years	1923
Lilyan	35#4,131	Down 1,543 rank positions in five years	2007
Antonina	25#5,109	Up 1,233 rank positions in five years	1915
Maurice	—Unranked	—	1928
Oneta	—Unranked	—	1922
Antonetta	—Unranked	—	1915
Cleone	—Unranked	—	1926
Lahoma	—Unranked	—	1968
Mafalda	—Unranked	—	1925
Nello	—Unranked	—	1921

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1915 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.