Names That Peaked In 1921

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1921 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 1920 Peaked in 1922 Full 1921 top 100 The 1920s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Virginia	572#526	Up 55 rank positions in five years	1922
Marjorie	246#1,019	Up 117 rank positions in five years	1921
Warren	1,471#240	Up 103 rank positions in five years	1921
Bernice	35#4,081	Down 528 rank positions in five years	1921
Leland	612#494	Down 24 rank positions in five years	2007
Alyce	38#3,833	Down 738 rank positions in five years	1921
Reva	97#1,986	Up 1,501 rank positions in five years	1921
Margery	6#14,300	Down 3,492 rank positions in five years	1921
Florine	—Unranked	—	1921
Dortha	—Unranked	—	1921
Margarette	12#8,668	Up 5,819 rank positions in five years	1921
Rueben	28#3,928	Up 2,291 rank positions in five years	1921
Enrico	24#4,289	Down 692 rank positions in five years	1921
Venice	24#5,388	Down 1,319 rank positions in five years	1921
Orvil	—Unranked	—	1921
Arlyne	—Unranked	—	1921
Yoshiko	—Unranked	—	1921
Elwanda	—Unranked	—	1921
Yoshio	—Unranked	—	1921
Kiyoko	7#12,569	Up 284 rank positions in five years	1921
Harden	32#3,541	Up 413 rank positions in five years	1921
Kazuo	5#12,984	new	1921
Toshio	—Unranked	—	1921

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1921 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.