Reviving Names

Names with a clear peak long ago and a clear climb now — the shape that proves the hundred-year rule rather than merely illustrating it.

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764 names, most popular first in the United States

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Roscoe Peaked in 1920 · 22,875 births since 1880
Boy #2,235 in US
Collette Peaked in 1966 · 9,677 births since 1898
Girl French #2,246 in US
Effie Effie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "well-spoken."
Girl Greek #2,247 in US
Leonor Peaked in 2024 · 8,846 births since 1885
Girl Spanish #2,260 in US
Rustin Peaked in 1979 · 2,926 births since 1949
Boy #2,272 in US
Lavinia Peaked in 1921 · 7,394 births since 1880
Girl Latin #2,290 in US
Wayland Peaked in 2023 · 4,220 births since 1884
Boy #2,295 in US
Polly Polly is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, a pet form of Mary whose meaning has never been settled.
Girl Hebrew #2,302 in US
Tommie Tommie means twin, and it is one of the most evenly split names on this site — 33 percent of recorded births are female, because it serves as a short form of both Thomas and Thomasina.
Unisex English #2,338 in US
Merlin Peaked in 1927 · 19,150 births since 1885
Boy Welsh #2,358 in US
Arlan Peaked in 1936 · 3,615 births since 1912
Boy #2,393 in US
Suzanne Suzanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily," from shoshannah.
Girl French #2,401 in US
Zena Peaked in 1964 · 7,006 births since 1880
Girl #2,457 in US
Charlette Peaked in 1971 · 6,785 births since 1915
Girl French #2,478 in US
Hardy Peaked in 1921 · 6,170 births since 1880
Boy #2,514 in US
Winnifred Peaked in 1918 · 5,385 births since 1880
Girl #2,532 in US
Alphonse Alphonse means ready for battle, and it is Visigothic rather than French — the name came into Spain with the Germanic kingdom that ruled it before the Arabs, and reached French from there.
Boy French #2,534 in US
Marius Marius is a boy's name of Latin origin, a Roman family name usually connected to Mars, the god of war.
Boy French #2,546 in US
Novella Peaked in 1923 · 6,327 births since 1882
Girl Italian #2,548 in US
Lennie Peaked in 1921 · 10,717 births since 1880
Unisex #2,549 in US
Darel Peaked in 2025 · 2,428 births since 1915
Boy #2,558 in US
Davie Peaked in 2025 · 4,543 births since 1880
Unisex #2,566 in US
Manuela Peaked in 1924 · 21,356 births since 1880
Girl Hebrew #2,577 in US
Golden Peaked in 1919 · 5,258 births since 1880
Unisex #2,579 in US
Murray Murray is a boy's name of Scottish origin from Moray, the northern province, whose name means "sea settlement."
Boy Scottish #2,610 in US
Henderson Peaked in 1918 · 4,390 births since 1880
Boy #2,621 in US
Ellamae Peaked in 2021 · 3,933 births since 1898
Girl #2,650 in US
Golda Peaked in 1915 · 6,620 births since 1880
Girl #2,652 in US
Judge Peaked in 1919 · 3,829 births since 1880
Boy #2,675 in US
Henrietta Henrietta named a American state — Maryland was chartered for Henrietta Maria, queen to Charles I, so a French princess's middle name sits on the map of the United States.
Girl French #2,682 in US
Iona Iona is a girl's name taken from the Hebridean island where Columba founded his monastery — and the island's name exists because a medieval scribe misread a letter.
Girl Scottish #2,684 in US
Malika Peaked in 1965 · 31,443 births since 1943
Girl #2,705 in US
Wayde Peaked in 1959 · 2,389 births since 1915
Boy #2,713 in US
Sable Peaked in 1986 · 1,743 births since 1923
Girl #2,713 in US
Era Peaked in 1916 · 6,366 births since 1880
Girl #2,716 in US
Einar Peaked in 1915 · 1,636 births since 1893
Boy #2,721 in US
Teodoro Peaked in 2024 · 3,495 births since 1884
Boy Italian #2,724 in US
Joanie Peaked in 1957 · 9,663 births since 1931
Girl #2,745 in US
Fritz Peaked in 1956 · 7,552 births since 1880
Boy German #2,762 in US
Arch Peaked in 1880 · 2,572 births since 1880
Boy #2,780 in US
Arlie Peaked in 1921 · 9,911 births since 1880
Unisex #2,782 in US
Arlin Peaked in 1935 · 4,920 births since 1910
Unisex #2,790 in US
Silvio Peaked in 1922 · 4,674 births since 1905
Boy Italian #2,798 in US
Wynona Peaked in 1930 · 3,973 births since 1899
Girl #2,807 in US
Jedediah Peaked in 1979 · 3,325 births since 1970
Boy #2,817 in US
Hayat Peaked in 1982 · 3,681 births since 1961
Girl Arabic #2,822 in US
Gigi Peaked in 1962 · 5,075 births since 1940
Girl #2,843 in US
Nella Peaked in 1927 · 6,594 births since 1880
Girl Norse #2,858 in US

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