Names That Peaked In 2023
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,173#19 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 4,644#47 | Up 5 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,846#65 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 11,045#8 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 3,712#62 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 3,362#71 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2008 | |||
| 2,658#95 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2002 | |||
| 2,828#128 | Steady | 2008 | |||
| 4,140#79 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 2,804#129 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 2,477#109 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 1,627#222 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 2,496#142 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 3,208#74 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,945#82 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 2,050#178 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 1,180#265 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 2,000#185 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,853#160 | Up 63 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 3,153#76 | Up 98 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,099#139 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 942#350 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 2,168#132 | Up 151 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 1,436#210 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,151#270 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,462#241 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,033#297 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,418#242 | Up 189 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 1,933#156 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 778#412 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 689#450 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,111#277 | Up 39 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,381#253 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 811#391 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 665#463 | Up 146 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 836#367 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 434#643 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 603#490 | Up 56 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 1,286#241 | Up 123 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 648#471 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 1,054#292 | Up 165 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 579#516 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 601#503 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 495#592 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 506#580 | Up 174 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 831#369 | Up 564 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 566#530 | Up 99 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 396#689 | Up 87 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 463#630 | Up 225 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 778#411 | Up 178 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 198#1,084 | Down 84 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 881#365 | Up 248 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 486#605 | Up 143 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 468#625 | Up 192 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 711#436 | Up 172 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 330#826 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 397#686 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 282#927 | Up 235 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 450#643 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 203#1,142 | Down 192 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 427#648 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 334#816 | Up 114 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 565#535 | Up 88 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 304#818 | Up 194 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 448#623 | Up 568 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 244#956 | Up 246 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 333#769 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 269#957 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 400#679 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 365#728 | Down 104 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 249#947 | Up 176 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 327#780 | Up 246 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 330#825 | Up 146 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 423#668 | Up 190 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 276#940 | Up 188 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 251#938 | Up 443 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 377#732 | Up 450 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 248#1,012 | Up 127 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 518#575 | Up 185 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 352#772 | Up 179 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 448#624 | Up 377 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 504#582 | Up 160 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 350#776 | Up 365 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 358#756 | Up 3,458 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 450#642 | Up 1,102 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 472#604 | Up 691 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 246#1,017 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 175#1,179 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 281#929 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 259#914 | Up 314 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 289#849 | Up 677 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 231#990 | Up 91 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 282#858 | Up 229 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 354#766 | Up 1,492 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 271#881 | Up 1,901 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 169#1,199 | Down 162 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 295#898 | Up 1,626 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 266#964 | Up 1,340 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 327#779 | Up 3,068 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 158#1,382 | Up 3,505 rank positions in five years | 2023 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2023 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.