Names That Peaked In 1994

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1994 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Jessica and Michael — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)

Peaked in 1993 Peaked in 1995 Full 1994 top 100 The 1990s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Aaron	4,041#80	Down 17 rank positions in five years	1989
Zachary	1,646#216	Down 81 rank positions in five years	1993
Taylor	772#403	Down 241 rank positions in five years	1993
Mitchell	245#954	Down 228 rank positions in five years	1994
Trevor	400#680	Down 273 rank positions in five years	1998
Marissa	123#1,679	Down 596 rank positions in five years	1994
Briana	431#661	Down 47 rank positions in five years	1994
Dalton	699#448	Up 16 rank positions in five years	1998
Devon	216#1,028	Down 354 rank positions in five years	1997
Kaitlin	35#4,113	Down 804 rank positions in five years	1995
Alec	234#977	Down 389 rank positions in five years	1995
Alejandra	486#604	Down 59 rank positions in five years	1994
Marisa	25#5,177	Down 2,638 rank positions in five years	1995
Jasmin	155#1,409	Down 238 rank positions in five years	2006
Skyler	325#783	Down 215 rank positions in five years	2002
Clarissa	212#1,114	Down 203 rank positions in five years	1995
Marina	488#602	Up 102 rank positions in five years	1994
Jazmine	255#993	Down 217 rank positions in five years	2006
Tori	167#1,337	Down 491 rank positions in five years	1994
Zackary	116#1,513	Down 395 rank positions in five years	2001
Larissa	126#1,646	Up 90 rank positions in five years	1994
Vicente	498#589	Up 177 rank positions in five years	2025
Janae	122#1,687	Down 448 rank positions in five years	2000
Zackery	33#3,509	Down 1,094 rank positions in five years	1994
Darian	254#928	Down 93 rank positions in five years	1994
Celina	329#829	Up 331 rank positions in five years	1994
Deshawn	100#1,663	Down 557 rank positions in five years	1997
Dallas	413#687	Down 55 rank positions in five years	2015
Deon	133#1,383	Down 150 rank positions in five years	1994
Dalia	340#800	Up 274 rank positions in five years	1994
Devan	53#2,522	Down 517 rank positions in five years	1994
Davon	77#1,978	Down 341 rank positions in five years	1994
Nigel	71#2,088	Down 223 rank positions in five years	1994
Karlie	85#2,179	Down 976 rank positions in five years	2004
Maranda	5#16,399	Down 7,090 rank positions in five years	1994
Breana	13#7,963	Down 987 rank positions in five years	1996
Bernardo	140#1,347	Up 143 rank positions in five years	1995
Darien	125#1,436	Down 108 rank positions in five years	1994
Karli	64#2,708	Down 820 rank positions in five years	1994
Raymundo	55#2,471	Down 111 rank positions in five years	1994
Katarina	113#1,788	Down 384 rank positions in five years	1994
Estevan	65#2,191	Down 373 rank positions in five years	2003
Dashawn	52#2,543	Down 822 rank positions in five years	1994
Deonte	57#2,400	Down 611 rank positions in five years	1995
Khalid	250#940	Down 42 rank positions in five years	2019
Katerina	151#1,431	Down 227 rank positions in five years	1998
Daquan	37#3,195	Down 868 rank positions in five years	1994
Karley	46#3,361	Down 2,143 rank positions in five years	2005
Mackenzie	99#1,671	Up 1,009 rank positions in five years	1994
Lucero	141#1,515	Up 137 rank positions in five years	1994
Khadijah	151#1,432	Up 260 rank positions in five years	1994
Kalyn	19#6,216	Down 1,399 rank positions in five years	1993
Darion	40#3,047	Down 951 rank positions in five years	1994
Rikki	52#3,126	Up 539 rank positions in five years	1994
Menachem	198#1,088	Down 56 rank positions in five years	2024
Adilene	125#1,653	Down 354 rank positions in five years	2014
Trever	13#6,767	Down 2,086 rank positions in five years	1994
Darian	18#6,378	Down 466 rank positions in five years	1994
Austin	111#1,810	Down 397 rank positions in five years	1994
Jamarcus	27#3,986	Down 1,631 rank positions in five years	2007
Brionna	5#15,337	Down 10,302 rank positions in five years	1996
Jaleel	77#1,983	Down 246 rank positions in five years	1994
Markell	40#3,064	Down 1,307 rank positions in five years	2005
Alek	50#2,604	Down 1,086 rank positions in five years	1999
Darrion	21#4,740	Down 2,224 rank positions in five years	1994
Denisha	—Unranked	—	1994
Dequan	11#7,300	Down 4,014 rank positions in five years	1994
Tiarra	—Unranked	—	1991
Darrian	16#5,660	Down 1,496 rank positions in five years	1994
Clarisa	21#5,757	Up 936 rank positions in five years	1994
Dakotah	27#3,968	Up 331 rank positions in five years	1994
Meranda	—Unranked	—	1994
Tayler	25#4,235	Up 1,430 rank positions in five years	1994
Demonte	19#5,083	Down 1,996 rank positions in five years	1994
Zana	27#4,982	Up 1,091 rank positions in five years	1994
Shaquan	12#7,120	Up 1,495 rank positions in five years	1994
Zhane	11#9,450	Up 785 rank positions in five years	1994
Tyrin	20#5,028	Down 1,467 rank positions in five years	1994
Dondre	7#9,956	Down 4,177 rank positions in five years	1994
Daulton	—Unranked	—	1994
Kadijah	7#12,500	Up 1,724 rank positions in five years	1994
Shyheim	8#9,582	Down 3,652 rank positions in five years	1994
Nohely	10#9,917	Up 1,919 rank positions in five years	1994

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1994 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.