Names That Peaked In 1919

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1919 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 1918 Peaked in 1920 Full 1919 top 100 The 1910s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Raymond	807#395	Down 84 rank positions in five years	1924
Howard	226#1,004	Up 40 rank positions in five years	1921
Edwin	798#398	Down 54 rank positions in five years	1922
Lucille	1,314#239	Up 35 rank positions in five years	1920
Bernard	137#1,362	Down 112 rank positions in five years	1924
Vernon	133#1,387	Up 483 rank positions in five years	1920
Chester	107#1,588	Up 34 rank positions in five years	1920
Quentin	238#968	Down 435 rank positions in five years	1998
Loyd	5#13,155	new	1926
Sybil	152#1,426	Up 481 rank positions in five years	1921
Denver	578#518	Up 8 rank positions in five years	2022
Loraine	25#5,172	Up 1,917 rank positions in five years	1922
Everette	108#1,575	Up 325 rank positions in five years	1919
Vernice	—Unranked	—	1923
Eloisa	139#1,529	Up 796 rank positions in five years	2025
Constantine	108#1,573	Up 186 rank positions in five years	2014
Theda	—Unranked	—	1919
Syble	—Unranked	—	1920
Elvera	—Unranked	—	1921
Florene	—Unranked	—	1919
Sibyl	23#5,536	Up 1,982 rank positions in five years	1918
Evelyne	42#3,597	Up 987 rank positions in five years	1922
Laverna	—Unranked	—	1920
Santina	28#4,860	Up 1,732 rank positions in five years	1919
Dimple	—Unranked	—	1924
Oneida	—Unranked	—	1919
Felipa	—Unranked	—	1919
Clarabelle	33#4,280	Up 192 rank positions in five years	1919
Therman	—Unranked	—	1919
Margurite	—Unranked	—	1923
Laddie	—Unranked	—	1919
Toshiko	—Unranked	—	1923
Haruko	—Unranked	—	1919
Metro	—Unranked	—	1919

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1919 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.