Names That Peaked In 1927

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1927 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Mary and Robert — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)

Peaked in 1926 Peaked in 1928 Full 1927 top 100 The 1920s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Eugene	249#943	Down 103 rank positions in five years	1927
Alvin	294#838	Down 156 rank positions in five years	1927
Rudolph	25#4,230	Down 440 rank positions in five years	1927
Therese	79#2,324	Up 687 rank positions in five years	1959
Imogene	70#2,521	Up 121 rank positions in five years	1927
Eldon	60#2,311	Down 37 rank positions in five years	1926
Mavis	537#561	Up 280 rank positions in five years	1927
Elvin	102#1,647	Down 84 rank positions in five years	1927
Roslyn	151#1,433	Down 61 rank positions in five years	1956
Lupe	6#14,239	Up 2,331 rank positions in five years	1927
Merlin	59#2,343	Up 149 rank positions in five years	1927
Laverne	—Unranked	—	1928
Millicent	103#1,900	Up 42 rank positions in five years	1927
Gilda	—Unranked	—	1947
Leatrice	—Unranked	—	1927
Vilma	14#7,859	Down 1,795 rank positions in five years	1927
Emogene	—Unranked	—	1927
Lita	10#9,832	Down 3,613 rank positions in five years	1960
Leeroy	32#3,561	Up 1,397 rank positions in five years	1927
Refugio	9#8,765	Up 1,591 rank positions in five years	1927
Edsel	5#12,548	Down 4,302 rank positions in five years	1927
Rudolf	—Unranked	—	1927
Glendora	—Unranked	—	1956
Inell	—Unranked	—	1927
Akira	52#2,539	Up 149 rank positions in five years	1927
Virginia	—Unranked	—	1927
Lindy	—Unranked	—	1927
Erline	—Unranked	—	1927
Clearence	—Unranked	—	1927
Bettylou	—Unranked	—	1927

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1927 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.