| Name | Peak rank | Rank 2025 | Babies 2025 | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | #18 (2000) | #905 | 242 | −887 |
| Jessica | #8 (2000) | #670 | 383 | −662 |
| Alexis | #5 (2001) | #564 | 498 | −559 |
How much the rule matters
The count of 3 depends on a strict rule: the name had to reach the national top 20. Loosen the peak and the list grows fast. Every row below uses the same second half of the rule — outside the top 500 in 2025.
| Peak rule (best rank, 2000–2020) | Names matching |
|---|---|
| Top 10 | 2 |
| Top 15 | 2 |
| Top 20 | 3 |
| Top 25 | 4 |
| Top 30 | 7 |
| Top 50 | 16 |
| Top 100 | 42 |
At a top-100 peak the list is 42 names, including Brittany (down 891 places from #60), Haley, Cheyenne, Tiffany, and Kaitlyn. The pattern is the same either way: the names that fell furthest were girl names that peaked around 2000.
How this was counted: Peak rank/year is the best national rank in 2000-2020, and the peak must be in the national top 20 (peak rank <= 20). Out of top 500 in 2025 means rank_2025 is null (absent from national top 1000) or >500. fall_in_ranks = rank_2025 - peak_rank; null when absent from the top 1000 (those sort first, as the largest falls).
Counts come from SSA’s published state files for the 50 states and DC. A name is published in a state only when at least 5 babies of one sex received it there that year, so totals are slightly smaller than true births. National ranks are competition ranks of the summed counts; ties share a rank.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.