Names That Peaked In 2007
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2007 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | |||
| 3,232#108 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 2,971#84 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 2,268#161 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 788#393 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 1,825#166 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 1,071#321 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 768#421 | Down 131 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 879#366 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 1,009#302 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 213#1,042 | Down 423 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 1,026#330 | Down 55 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 978#311 | Down 30 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 398#684 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 803#382 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 655#468 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 449#621 | Down 125 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 614#492 | Up 85 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 733#425 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 245#1,022 | Down 342 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 65#2,668 | Down 1,086 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 219#1,097 | Down 101 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 352#771 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 142#1,504 | Down 388 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 127#1,634 | Down 476 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 79#2,315 | Down 642 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 380#730 | Up 161 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 126#1,426 | Down 167 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 418#660 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 160#1,374 | Down 267 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 257#984 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 69#2,550 | Down 817 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 48#2,687 | Down 1,051 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 201#1,150 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 117#1,742 | Down 875 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 64#2,218 | Down 553 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 275#872 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 123#1,681 | Down 526 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 186#1,139 | Up 55 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 94#2,035 | Down 805 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 73#2,453 | Down 605 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 95#2,016 | Up 47 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 137#1,363 | Down 386 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 89#1,797 | Down 406 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 208#1,055 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 18#6,500 | Up 656 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 42#3,607 | Down 1,222 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 37#3,209 | Down 1,280 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 158#1,258 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 8#9,177 | Down 5,578 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 11#9,138 | Down 5,270 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 22#5,629 | Down 1,237 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 13#7,896 | Down 3,887 rank positions in five years | 2008 | |||
| 63#2,240 | Up 65 rank positions in five years | 2008 | |||
| 32#4,401 | Up 827 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 46#2,765 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 13#7,893 | Down 1,568 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 26#5,039 | Down 2,276 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 19#5,132 | Down 1,891 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 9#10,432 | Down 5,946 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 47#2,751 | Down 568 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 20#4,952 | Down 1,337 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 25#4,214 | Up 1,408 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 13#6,787 | Down 2,874 rank positions in five years | 2007 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2007 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.