Eras & decades
Midcentury modern: tomorrow's comeback bets
100 names · 50 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025
If the naming cycle keeps its schedule, the 2040s belong to the names of diners and drive-ins. Buying early is how you beat the wave.
This guide has 100 names: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Names whose all-time peak fell in 1945–1969 and which are currently ranked, ordered by today's rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
These midcentury peakers are still in use today — future-classic material, currently at bargain rarity.
Girl names
50 names
- Valeriepeaked 1959 · #127 today
- Janepeaked 1946 · #221 today
- Dianapeaked 1946 · #244 today
- Rosemarypeaked 1946 · #251 today
- Kimberlypeaked 1966 · #302 today
- Gwendolynpeaked 1951 · #360 today
- Laurapeaked 1969 · #379 today
- Carmenpeaked 1968 · #389 today
- Reginapeaked 1967 · #395 today
- Lanapeaked 1948 · #406 today
- Michellepeaked 1968 · #465 today
- Jacquelinepeaked 1961 · #558 today
- Margopeaked 1951 · #559 today
- Larapeaked 1969 · #691 today
- Robinpeaked 1962 · #704 today
- Gwenpeaked 1959 · #725 today
- Kathrynpeaked 1951 · #729 today
- Laurelpeaked 1956 · #734 today
- Pennypeaked 1963 · #740 today
- Paulapeaked 1954 · #853 today
- Darcypeaked 1968 · #857 today
- Deborahpeaked 1955 · #862 today
- Lindapeaked 1947 · #902 today
- Teresapeaked 1961 · #908 today
- Darlapeaked 1963 · #941 today
- Nancypeaked 1950 · #965 today
- Lisapeaked 1962 · #987 today
- Joellepeaked 1966 · #1008 today
- Cynthiapeaked 1957 · #1013 today
- Bernadettepeaked 1946 · #1034 today
- Rosalynpeaked 1952 · #1047 today
- Ellenpeaked 1946 · #1062 today
- Carlapeaked 1965 · #1082 today
- Susanpeaked 1957 · #1085 today
- Claudiapeaked 1952 · #1096 today
- Reneepeaked 1967 · #1098 today
- Ingridpeaked 1967 · #1120 today
- Hollispeaked 1953 · #1132 today
- Kathleenpeaked 1949 · #1150 today
- Sandrapeaked 1947 · #1207 today
- Janapeaked 1961 · #1241 today
- Lizpeaked 1961 · #1258 today
- Christinepeaked 1967 · #1272 today
- Karenpeaked 1965 · #1279 today
- Roxannepeaked 1954 · #1309 today
- Dinapeaked 1969 · #1326 today
- Anitapeaked 1963 · #1341 today
- Aidapeaked 1954 · #1413 today
- Annettepeaked 1960 · #1443 today
- Linneapeaked 1945 · #1443 today
Boy names
50 names
- Michaelpeaked 1954 · #21 today
- Davidpeaked 1960 · #35 today
- Vincentpeaked 1966 · #107 today
- Deanpeaked 1967 · #125 today
- Alanpeaked 1951 · #191 today
- Timothypeaked 1960 · #203 today
- Kevinpeaked 1963 · #221 today
- Patrickpeaked 1964 · #235 today
- Markpeaked 1959 · #244 today
- Stevenpeaked 1955 · #271 today
- Wadepeaked 1966 · #344 today
- Stephenpeaked 1949 · #383 today
- Jaypeaked 1960 · #392 today
- Troypeaked 1967 · #532 today
- Brucepeaked 1952 · #536 today
- Jeffreypeaked 1966 · #552 today
- Rockypeaked 1955 · #568 today
- Claypeaked 1961 · #573 today
- Gregorypeaked 1962 · #593 today
- Dannypeaked 1947 · #628 today
- Chrispeaked 1966 · #646 today
- Phillippeaked 1950 · #651 today
- Waynepeaked 1946 · #652 today
- Laynepeaked 1959 · #662 today
- Dexterpeaked 1968 · #692 today
- Robinpeaked 1956 · #703 today
- Dennispeaked 1949 · #707 today
- Wespeaked 1963 · #715 today
- Rudypeaked 1947 · #739 today
- Tonypeaked 1965 · #783 today
- Barronpeaked 1966 · #790 today
- Keithpeaked 1966 · #800 today
- Rogerpeaked 1945 · #832 today
- Neilpeaked 1953 · #850 today
- Rexpeaked 1951 · #859 today
- Frankiepeaked 1945 · #920 today
- Rickypeaked 1958 · #948 today
- Jonpeaked 1968 · #951 today
- Curtispeaked 1963 · #984 today
- Kelvinpeaked 1965 · #1034 today
- Ronniepeaked 1946 · #1064 today
- Garypeaked 1954 · #1073 today
- Vancepeaked 1969 · #1075 today
- Larrypeaked 1947 · #1084 today
- Randypeaked 1956 · #1084 today
- Rodneypeaked 1965 · #1091 today
- Renepeaked 1969 · #1091 today
- Terrypeaked 1946 · #1115 today
- Darrenpeaked 1965 · #1132 today
- Vaughnpeaked 1949 · #1152 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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