Names That Peaked In 1947
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1947 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Linda and James — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 294#902 | Down 87 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 188#1,210 | Down 107 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 198#1,085 | Down 247 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 445#628 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1954 | |||
| 36#4,027 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 1954 | |||
| 30#4,618 | Up 1,147 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 354#739 | Up 112 rank positions in five years | 1960 | |||
| 10#9,733 | Up 885 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 10#8,074 | Up 483 rank positions in five years | 1959 | |||
| 106#1,605 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1956 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| 131#1,603 | Up 607 rank positions in five years | 1979 | |||
| 5#15,040 | Down 7,057 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| 42#2,975 | Down 660 rank positions in five years | 1999 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| 110#1,827 | Up 161 rank positions in five years | 1947 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| 129#1,415 | Up 134 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1961 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1961 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1961 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 1947 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 1947 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.