Comeback Kids

Names that were dominant before 1975 — sometimes given to tens of thousands of babies a year — fell to near-zero, and are now climbing back. Emma is the prototype: practically extinct in the 1970s, #1 by 2008.

Name	Peaked	Peak	2025	Growth
Hazel F	1918	7,615	6,318	3.3×	Details →
Eleanor F	1920	8,497	7,649	2.8×	Details →
Arthur M	1921	10,527	3,847	2.6×	Details →
June F	1925	6,649	1,978	2.6×	Details →
Elsie F	1918	5,194	2,236	2.4×	Details →
Rose F	1917	9,783	2,386	1.9×	Details →
Alice F	1921	11,955	3,547	1.8×	Details →
Josephine F	1918	8,682	4,126	1.8×	Details →
Warren M	1921	7,798	1,471	1.8×	Details →
Lucille F	1920	7,989	1,314	1.7×	Details →
Elaine F	1947	7,059	1,007	1.7×	Details →
Regina F	1962	5,002	786	1.6×	Details →
Evelyn F	1921	14,278	9,123	1.5×	Details →
Annie F	1922	7,476	1,690	1.5×	Details →
Walter M	1918	13,338	1,381	1.5×	Details →
Francis M	1918	6,347	769	1.5×	Details →
Clara F	1918	5,778	3,601	1.4×	Details →
Esther F	1918	6,574	2,277	1.4×	Details →
Louis M	1921	7,247	1,391	1.4×	Details →
Jane F	1947	9,943	1,380	1.3×	Details →
Franklin M	1933	5,363	909	1.3×	Details →
Ruby F	1924	8,406	3,554	1.2×	Details →
Russell M	1960	7,487	944	1.2×	Details →
George M	1921	27,476	2,848	1.1×	Details →
Jay M	1960	5,385	809	1.1×	Details →
Jack M	1927	12,802	8,748	1×	Details →
James M	1947	94,767	11,945	0.9×	Details →
Thomas M	1952	48,647	6,917	0.9×	Details →
Charles M	1947	40,781	5,898	0.9×	Details →
Vincent M	1962	6,159	3,267	0.9×	Details →
Valerie F	1959	7,302	2,221	0.9×	Details →
Peter M	1957	11,603	1,954	0.9×	Details →
Alan M	1955	9,037	1,915	0.8×	Details →
Martin M	1963	6,073	1,009	0.8×	Details →
Maria F	1964	10,148	2,887	0.7×	Details →
Diana F	1957	9,433	1,277	0.7×	Details →