Names That Peaked In 1932

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1932 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 1931 Peaked in 1933 Full 1932 top 100 The 1930s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Willa	742#422	Down 72 rank positions in five years	2019
Greta	291#908	Down 168 rank positions in five years	1967
Robbie	51#3,159	Up 569 rank positions in five years	1957
Earline	—Unranked	—	1927
Angelita	17#6,565	Down 1,804 rank positions in five years	1975
Hershel	48#2,692	Up 349 rank positions in five years	1924
Lenard	5#13,128	Down 5,278 rank positions in five years	1925
Estela	128#1,624	Up 342 rank positions in five years	2022
Doretha	—Unranked	—	1956
Margarett	7#12,700	new	1922
Thomasina	—Unranked	—	1966
Betty	—Unranked	—	1934
Porfirio	7#10,420	Down 1,861 rank positions in five years	1921
Joye	6#13,981	Down 1,231 rank positions in five years	1932
Doris	—Unranked	—	1930
Dean	6#13,622	Up 2,079 rank positions in five years	1932
Joyce	7#10,160	Up 2,843 rank positions in five years	1932
Dorine	—Unranked	—	1932
Rutha	—Unranked	—	1925
Earlean	—Unranked	—	1932
Garner	15#5,945	Down 414 rank positions in five years	1932
Jimmy	—Unranked	—	1947
Mardell	—Unranked	—	1932
Doloris	—Unranked	—	1932
Orlin	22#4,661	Up 151 rank positions in five years	1932
Bebe	—Unranked	—	1932
Dorthey	—Unranked	—	1932
Norma	—Unranked	—	1932
Kaye	—Unranked	—	1932

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1932 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.