Names That Peaked In 2002

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2002 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.)

Peaked in 2001 Peaked in 2003 Full 2002 top 100 The 2000s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Joshua	4,773#66	Down 13 rank positions in five years	1989
Cole	2,003#182	Down 49 rank positions in five years	2002
Faith	1,212#254	Down 120 rank positions in five years	2003
Riley	1,666#208	Up 49 rank positions in five years	2006
Karla	340#803	Down 127 rank positions in five years	1964
Alexia	239#1,040	Down 308 rank positions in five years	2002
Mckenna	758#410	Down 130 rank positions in five years	2002
Lizbeth	171#1,305	Down 167 rank positions in five years	2002
Mauricio	413#664	Down 32 rank positions in five years	2008
Araceli	364#746	Up 249 rank positions in five years	2002
Paulina	346#784	Up 50 rank positions in five years	2002
Aldo	241#960	Down 177 rank positions in five years	2007
Halle	491#596	Up 266 rank positions in five years	2002
America	117#1,734	Down 102 rank positions in five years	2005
Hana	436#658	Up 98 rank positions in five years	2025
Ashanti	89#2,102	Down 294 rank positions in five years	2002
Alonso	324#785	Down 1 rank positions in five years	2010
Jaylin	111#1,548	Down 145 rank positions in five years	2002
Jaylon	88#1,816	Down 533 rank positions in five years	2002
Keon	108#1,578	Down 262 rank positions in five years	2003
Blaise	213#1,038	Down 102 rank positions in five years	2015
Kaiya	255#994	Down 7 rank positions in five years	2002
Shakira	12#8,790	Down 3,647 rank positions in five years	2002
Denisse	104#1,886	Down 1,034 rank positions in five years	2020
Alexandro	49#2,643	Down 618 rank positions in five years	2004
Kelton	35#3,349	Down 1,444 rank positions in five years	2002
Lisbeth	24#5,330	Down 1,854 rank positions in five years	2002
Keyon	59#2,340	Down 184 rank positions in five years	2002
Bilal	167#1,212	Up 76 rank positions in five years	2018
Zakary	18#5,387	Down 2,116 rank positions in five years	2002
Iyana	59#2,872	Down 311 rank positions in five years	2002
Jailyn	72#2,469	Down 873 rank positions in five years	2007
Savion	95#1,724	Down 149 rank positions in five years	2002
Priscila	84#2,211	Down 212 rank positions in five years	2002
Kiya	57#2,947	Down 490 rank positions in five years	2002
Jaheim	43#2,903	Down 127 rank positions in five years	2002
Rianna	30#4,644	Up 974 rank positions in five years	2002
Cael	79#1,945	Up 569 rank positions in five years	2011
Luc	33#3,482	Down 952 rank positions in five years	2002
Javen	38#3,155	Down 205 rank positions in five years	2007
Trevion	28#3,937	Down 808 rank positions in five years	2002
Treyton	19#5,184	Down 2,684 rank positions in five years	2002
Osbaldo	14#6,344	Down 947 rank positions in five years	2002
Tavion	38#3,175	Down 424 rank positions in five years	2002
Lisandro	130#1,404	Up 1,555 rank positions in five years	2002
Jaquez	16#5,704	Down 1,507 rank positions in five years	2002
Jahiem	16#5,698	Down 150 rank positions in five years	2002
Jaheem	20#4,925	Down 600 rank positions in five years	2002

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 2002 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.