Names That Peaked In 1923
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1923 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 438#637 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | |||
| 597#497 | Up 245 rank positions in five years | 1924 | |||
| 241#964 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| 8#11,099 | Up 1,255 rank positions in five years | 1924 | |||
| 186#1,219 | Up 318 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| 276#869 | Up 457 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 109#1,840 | Down 526 rank positions in five years | 2009 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1924 | |||
| 15#7,213 | Down 2,020 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| 128#1,623 | Up 188 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| 6#14,322 | Up 2,350 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| 8#11,553 | Down 2,236 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 | |||
| 9#8,614 | Up 1,519 rank positions in five years | 1923 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1923 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1923 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.