Names That Peaked In 2016
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2016 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Emma and Noah — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | |||
| 7,732#11 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 3,487#68 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 4,441#48 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 3,198#110 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 2,008#181 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 1,136#274 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 1,249#276 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 1,657#214 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2014 | |||
| 894#341 | Down 149 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 1,201#283 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 988#338 | Down 76 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 851#355 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 1,446#208 | Up 79 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 471#620 | Down 302 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 260#978 | Down 199 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 357#759 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 457#636 | Down 236 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 423#669 | Down 290 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 278#936 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 331#821 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 256#988 | Down 519 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 360#754 | Up 141 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 446#647 | Up 60 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 348#747 | Up 198 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 499#588 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 301#887 | Down 373 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 308#808 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 189#1,204 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 227#1,000 | Down 306 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 252#1,001 | Down 418 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 196#1,096 | Down 468 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 233#980 | Down 147 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 296#835 | Down 126 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 176#1,175 | Down 100 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 212#1,044 | Down 94 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 197#1,180 | Down 336 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 136#1,369 | Down 554 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 243#958 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 199#1,166 | Down 159 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 221#1,015 | Down 275 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 281#931 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 115#1,758 | Down 569 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 245#1,023 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 151#1,294 | Down 379 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 136#1,548 | Down 626 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 134#1,376 | Down 432 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 132#1,390 | Down 488 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 125#1,663 | Down 889 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 265#897 | Up 64 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 83#1,889 | Down 709 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 129#1,411 | Down 491 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 63#2,748 | Down 1,597 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 112#1,540 | Down 406 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 92#1,764 | Down 707 rank positions in five years | 2016 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2016 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.