Names That Peaked In 1933

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1933 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 1932 Peaked in 1934 Full 1933 top 100 The 1930s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Marvin	385#699	Down 92 rank positions in five years	1928
Franklin	909#359	Up 55 rank positions in five years	1933
Duane	51#2,578	Down 698 rank positions in five years	1959
Margie	17#6,729	Up 84 rank positions in five years	1925
Deloris	—Unranked	—	1947
Lionel	419#659	Up 3 rank positions in five years	2023
Teddy	301#823	Up 511 rank positions in five years	1949
Bettye	—Unranked	—	1933
Dona	5#15,527	new	1954
Elouise	344#788	Up 536 rank positions in five years	2025
Bobby	12#8,446	new	1930
Madonna	6#14,269	Up 2,328 rank positions in five years	1954
Pearline	—Unranked	—	1927
Franklyn	23#4,440	Down 691 rank positions in five years	1933
Talmadge	8#9,599	Up 2,257 rank positions in five years	1933
Delano	25#4,161	Down 1,222 rank positions in five years	1933
Ernestina	8#11,239	Up 2,724 rank positions in five years	1947
Lavon	43#2,909	Down 199 rank positions in five years	2006
Darline	—Unranked	—	1927
Ouida	—Unranked	—	1924
Delton	16#5,666	Down 929 rank positions in five years	1933
Glendon	12#6,930	Up 1,356 rank positions in five years	1975
Bernita	—Unranked	—	1954
Faustino	15#5,941	Down 1,891 rank positions in five years	1991
Loyce	—Unranked	—	1933
Marilou	—Unranked	—	1948
Willene	—Unranked	—	1929
Arletta	9#10,194	Up 5,159 rank positions in five years	1930
Erlene	—Unranked	—	1930
Monna	—Unranked	—	1933
Nira	27#4,954	Up 1,602 rank positions in five years	1933

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1933 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.