Names That Peaked In 2001
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2001 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Emily and Jacob — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,945#40 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 2,078#173 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2004 | |||
| 458#635 | Down 288 rank positions in five years | 2000 | |||
| 418#679 | Down 131 rank positions in five years | 1985 | |||
| 1,343#228 | Down 109 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 225#1,077 | Down 400 rank positions in five years | 1993 | |||
| 778#410 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 551#546 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2002 | |||
| 190#1,201 | Down 661 rank positions in five years | 2005 | |||
| 379#731 | Down 222 rank positions in five years | 2003 | |||
| 455#615 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 142#1,344 | Down 404 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 282#925 | Up 51 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 931#330 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 1,392#248 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 135#1,372 | Down 488 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 502#587 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 1,151#271 | Up 153 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 118#1,722 | Down 704 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 578#519 | Down 280 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 675#460 | Up 131 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 407#669 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 169#1,198 | Down 78 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 245#952 | Up 65 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 80#2,295 | Down 570 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 56#2,973 | Down 1,290 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 486#595 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 304#878 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 2005 | |||
| 57#2,954 | Down 1,258 rank positions in five years | 2004 | |||
| 200#1,161 | Up 87 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 165#1,225 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 129#1,619 | Down 213 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 285#856 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 55#2,461 | Down 359 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 84#1,874 | Down 553 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 105#1,610 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 67#2,596 | Down 237 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 136#1,551 | Up 385 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 9#10,152 | Down 3,506 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 80#2,287 | Down 246 rank positions in five years | 2005 | |||
| 157#1,261 | Down 207 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 136#1,560 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 7#12,985 | Down 8,637 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 27#4,877 | Down 800 rank positions in five years | 2005 | |||
| 168#1,207 | Down 76 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 62#2,767 | Down 877 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 24#5,374 | Up 1,507 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 80#2,293 | Down 436 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 12#8,664 | Down 2,665 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 48#2,693 | Down 776 rank positions in five years | 2009 | |||
| 33#3,496 | Down 1,211 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 17#6,752 | Up 710 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 20#6,088 | Down 262 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 13#8,208 | Down 1,954 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 21#4,774 | Up 155 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 26#5,005 | Up 37 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 6#14,354 | Down 5,007 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 10#8,144 | Down 4,508 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| —Unranked | — | 2001 | |||
| 5#12,460 | Down 1,555 rank positions in five years | 2001 | |||
| 9#8,498 | new | 2006 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2001 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.