Names That Peaked In 2020
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2020 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Olivia and Liam — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,111#7 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2011 | |||
| 6,591#19 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 5,634#33 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 4,703#69 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 2,287#160 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 2,160#133 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 1,176#267 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 847#361 | Down 98 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 1,265#270 | Down 108 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 1,027#329 | Down 93 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 1,756#174 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 1,615#194 | Down 100 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 851#357 | Down 143 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 830#381 | Down 24 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 567#534 | Down 249 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 659#466 | Down 145 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 571#524 | Down 170 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 609#495 | Down 136 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 804#381 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 698#442 | Down 132 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 654#472 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 781#408 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 756#412 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 834#368 | Down 30 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 478#611 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 600#504 | Down 114 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 664#465 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 427#649 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 390#721 | Down 225 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 285#855 | Down 311 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 557#540 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 241#1,035 | Down 461 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 296#896 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 263#904 | Down 365 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 234#1,056 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 252#1,000 | Down 298 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 643#479 | Down 106 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 392#717 | Down 128 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 257#985 | Down 296 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 208#1,126 | Down 627 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 113#1,532 | Down 855 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 357#736 | Down 198 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 213#1,112 | Down 391 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 244#1,028 | Down 292 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 198#1,170 | Down 418 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 295#837 | Down 171 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 222#1,089 | Down 354 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 205#1,063 | Down 241 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 322#845 | Down 258 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 149#1,305 | Down 481 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 200#1,077 | Down 160 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 104#1,628 | Down 645 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 249#1,006 | Down 437 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 236#971 | Down 65 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 178#1,258 | Down 264 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 149#1,308 | Down 550 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 168#1,209 | Down 511 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 194#1,190 | Down 433 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 78#1,966 | Down 1,381 rank positions in five years | 2020 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2020 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.