Every #1 name in American history

Since 1880, only a handful of names have ever worn the crown. Some still reign; others have wandered surprisingly far from the throne.

This is the full royal lineage of American naming — every name that was ever the single most popular in the country, with the year it peaked and its rank today.

How this list is built: Names whose all-time peak rank is #1, ordered by the year they reached it. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.