Names That Peaked In 2025
The names at their highest-ever national ranking right now — for many of them, the real peak may still be ahead. (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,020#5 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 13,400#2 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 7,649#12 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1920 | |||
| 7,603#25 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 5,578#52 | Up 46 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 6,176#25 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 6,380#20 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 8,252#9 | Up 8 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 7,546#13 | Up 24 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,287#77 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 8,837#13 | Up 41 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 7,472#27 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,095#79 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 8,583#17 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,506#108 | Up 39 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,836#42 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 6,162#42 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 7,554#26 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,729#61 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 7,065#15 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 8,759#14 | Up 53 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 8,191#10 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,482#55 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,639#71 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,021#82 | Up 53 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,118#78 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,251#49 | Up 88 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 6,268#40 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,085#140 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2007 | |||
| 2,692#134 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2006 | |||
| 1,662#188 | Up 164 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,165#60 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,354#35 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,967#120 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,012#83 | Up 77 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 6,012#28 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,877#64 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,408#56 | Up 47 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,362#70 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,212#59 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,089#80 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,860#86 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 3,353#73 | Up 117 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,204#130 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,740#178 | Up 237 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,974#119 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 1,885#157 | Up 97 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,701#94 | Up 81 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,460#110 | Up 70 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,260#120 | Up 254 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,659#94 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,998#147 | Up 111 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,768#199 | Up 131 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,835#50 | Up 118 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,556#72 | Up 102 rank positions in five years | 2024 | |||
| 2,241#122 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,921#84 | Up 56 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,138#171 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,456#111 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,627#98 | Up 62 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,518#141 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,630#98 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,873#85 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,661#189 | Up 155 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 5,738#30 | Up 336 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,862#194 | Up 159 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,805#170 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 4,413#75 | Up 113 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,575#102 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,836#196 | Up 42 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 1,786#172 | Up 89 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,233#124 | Up 52 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,806#169 | Up 166 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,590#225 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,642#190 | Up 122 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,473#239 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,618#100 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,066#174 | Up 144 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,406#247 | Up 23 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,843#161 | Up 60 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,657#213 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,995#118 | Up 218 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,662#136 | Up 351 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,448#147 | Up 208 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,981#149 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,697#181 | Up 142 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,675#185 | Up 156 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,964#153 | Up 155 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,577#226 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,917#190 | Up 244 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 7,136#14 | Up 1,816 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,354#157 | Up 815 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,780#198 | Up 381 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 3,636#97 | Up 774 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,975#186 | Up 309 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,640#217 | Up 307 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,807#168 | Up 374 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,408#246 | Up 349 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 2,228#126 | Up 1,205 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
| 1,566#227 | Up 579 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2025 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.
Because 2025 is the newest data year, these are really the names at their best-ever rank so far — the still-rising ones will move to a later page as new data arrives.
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.