Names That Peaked In 2021
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | |||
| 6,582#36 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 2013 | |||
| 9,642#12 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 2,028#144 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 2,950#121 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 4,677#45 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 2,118#137 | Down 35 rank positions in five years | 2010 | |||
| 4,657#46 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 2,671#93 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 1,725#204 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,507#202 | Up 8 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,936#188 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,315#236 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 1,666#207 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,862#193 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,357#255 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,638#191 | Down 24 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 1,035#295 | Down 73 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,401#220 | Down 36 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 1,017#333 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 750#417 | Down 142 rank positions in five years | 2019 | |||
| 1,056#291 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,208#281 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,183#286 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 764#409 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 651#469 | Down 22 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 981#309 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 604#502 | Down 171 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 569#526 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 644#473 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 597#496 | Down 77 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 642#474 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 374#722 | Down 180 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 676#457 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 800#387 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 437#640 | Down 185 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 580#513 | Down 152 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 272#949 | Down 143 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 491#595 | Down 215 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 299#892 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 338#809 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 234#1,054 | Down 261 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 324#840 | Down 175 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 743#431 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 682#452 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 415#682 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 299#828 | Down 169 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 336#813 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 268#962 | Down 106 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 231#1,061 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 339#805 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 261#976 | Down 252 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 222#1,014 | Down 236 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 429#662 | Down 162 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 156#1,402 | Down 471 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 340#757 | Down 146 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 301#888 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 298#829 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 345#786 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 157#1,389 | Down 356 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 349#744 | Down 128 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 262#973 | Down 122 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 329#827 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 326#836 | Up 60 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 323#787 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 333#772 | Down 132 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 318#793 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 227#999 | Down 136 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 182#1,155 | Up 31 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 268#963 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 257#919 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 343#792 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 374#721 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 137#1,540 | Down 517 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 255#925 | Down 125 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 244#957 | Down 195 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 293#904 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 111#1,815 | Down 776 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 130#1,407 | Down 518 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 147#1,465 | Down 416 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 109#1,838 | Down 706 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 164#1,228 | Down 109 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 155#1,407 | Down 471 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 103#1,636 | Down 565 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 128#1,626 | Down 627 rank positions in five years | 2021 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2021 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.