2021 Comeback Kids

Comeback Kid: A name that was once ranked in the top 1000 but fell off the list for 1 or more years. 

I love looking at the names that are back onto the top 1000 and how long they have been off the list. Often times the names have only been off the list for a year or two but every once in a while you will see a name that hasn't been ranked since the 1930s, 1940s, or 1950s. 

In 2021 39 names are back on the list. Half of them have only been off the list for a year but one name has not ranked for 82 years! I love when vintage beauties rank again. 

*Next to each name is their ranking for 2021. Below each name is the last year they ranked and the number spot they were at.*

Loyal #753

Last Ranked: 1948 (#996)

Palmer #990 

Last Ranked: 1949 (#903)

Koen #993

Last Ranked: 2014 (#976)

Yaakov #966

Last Ranked: 2015 (#995)

Agustin #975

Last Ranked: 2017 (#941)

Bowie #950

Last Ranked: 2018 (#984)

Elon #952

Last Ranked: 2018 (#940)

Benedict #991

Last Ranked: 2018 (#983)

Kylian #779 

Last Ranked: 2019 (#943)

Alfonso #876

Last Ranked: 2019 (#941)

Mustafa #890

Last Ranked: 2019 (#993)

Jesiah #919

Last Ranked: 2019 (#987)

Zyon #938

Last Ranked: 2019 (#992)

Howard #940

Last Ranked: 2019 (#984)

Turner #947

Last Ranked: 2019 (#892)

Yisroel #959

Last Ranked: 2019 (#880)

Adrien #967

Last Ranked: 2019 (#861)

Ephraim #978

Last Ranked: 2019 (#975)

Ignacio #981

Last Ranked: 2019 (#988)

Dimitri #987

Last Ranked: 2019 (#996)

Eleanora #997

Last Ranked: 1939 (#978)

Birdie #897

Last Ranked: 1948 (#987)

Vida #992

Last Ranked: 1949 (#930)

Goldie #883

Last Ranked: 1958 (#984)

Billie #941

Last Ranked: 1997 (#930)

Arleth #957

Last Ranked: 2005 (#820)

Dalia #918

Last Ranked: 2014 (#948)

Angelique #876

Last Ranked: 2017 (#800)

Aiyana #967

Last Ranked: 2018 (#992)

Jaylene #974

Last Ranked: 2018 (#879)

Azaria #977

Last Ranked: 2018 (#993)

Austyn #917

Last Ranked: 2019 (#989)

Salma #922

Last Ranked: 2019 (#915)

India #943

Last Ranked: 2019 (#928)

Tatiana #944

Last Ranked: 2019 (#950)

Micah #982

Last Ranked: 2019 (#946)

Kathleen #984

Last Ranked: 2019 (#942)

Arlette #989

Last Ranked: 2019 (#965)

Sandra #998

Last Ranked: 2019 (#988)

What are your favorite names from the list? 

2019 Comeback Kids

We are coming up on our last post for today but don't worry there will be many more posts about the new SSA list in the weeks to come! I am not done spending all my free time looking at the list and lucky for me I have a 12 day staycation coming up. Below I have a list of all the comeback kid names. What is a comeback kid name? It is a name that has been on the top 1000 before but has been off the list for 1 or more years. Below you will see the name with the spot it is ranked in 2019 and below each name is the last year it was ranked with the spot it was that year. 

Stone #999

Last Ranked: 2009 (#996)

Yadiel #995

Last Ranked: 2017 (#976)

Jair #992

Last Ranked: 2016 (#940)

Wes #982

Last Ranked: 1971 (#899)

Dilan #978

Last Ranked: 2017 (#917)

Ayan #977

Last Ranked: 2017 (#910)

Colter #974

Last Ranked: 1992 (#997)

Simeon #973

Last Ranked: 2017 (#969)

Alistair #967

Last Ranked: 2017 (#929)

Santos #966

Last Ranked: 2017 (#984)

Jovanni #965

Last Ranked: 2017 (#988)

Ambrose #955

Last Ranked: 1954 (#932)

Marquis #953

Last Ranked: 2016 (#942)

Yahya #947

Last Ranked: 2017 (#922)

Foster #945

Last Ranked: 2017 (#936)

Kolten #928

Last Ranked: 2017 (#879)

Blaise #925

Last Ranked: 2017 (#912)

Yisroel #905

Last Ranked: 2017 (#985)

Mac #870

Last Ranked: 1976 (#882)

Robin #865

Last Ranked: 2015 (#972)

Kenny #863

Last Ranked: 2017 (#957)

Dixie #1000

Last Ranked: 2015 (#941)

Zendaya #998

Last Ranked: 2016 (#912)

Luisa #997

Last Ranked: 2006 (#998)

Harriet #983

Last Ranked: 1970 #819

Renee #966

Last Ranked: 2017 (#266)

Paityn #977

Last Ranked: 2017 (#942)

Kaya #972

Last Ranked: 2017 (#936)

Magdalena #960

Last Ranked: 2017 (#953)

Cleo #967

Last ranked 1956 (#830)

Emerald #969

Last Ranked: 2017 (#976)

Fallon #959

Last Ranked: 1995 (#929)

Yasmin #948

Last Ranked: 2016 (#935)

Flora #936

Last Ranked: 1972 (#965)

Chandler #925

Last Ranked: 2016 (#998)

Luz #895

Last Ranked: 2015 (#960)

Kimora #882

Last Ranked: 2017 (#965)

Nellie #868

Last Ranked: 1979 (#954)

Kamari #860

Last Ranked: 2009 (#937)

Theodora #859

Last Ranked: 1954 (#959)

Winnie #812

Last Ranked: 1957 (#968)

Yaritza #810

Last Ranked: 2015 (#939)

Names off the list for the longest time

Theodora and Ambrose were both off the charts for 65 years! 

2018 Comeback Kids

We took a look at the names that are brand new to the top 1000 so now let's look at names that are making a comeback to the list. Some of these names have only been off the list for a year while others have been off the charts for up to 70+ years! The list is very interesting to say the least. Read on to see the comeback kids. 

Gus #994

Last Ranked in 1978 (#994)

Archie #992 

Last Ranked in 1988 (#889)

Immanuel #989 

Last Ranked in 2016 (#973)

Deangelo #983

Last Ranked in 2015 (#977)

Benedict #981

Last Ranked in 1968 (#971)

Forest #973

Last Ranked in 1995 (#749)

Justus #972

Last Ranked in 2016 (#918)

Ahmir #965

Last Ranked in 2016 (#946)

Creed #962

Last Ranked in 2016 (#985)

Marcellus #961

Last Ranked in 1987 (#986)

Jericho #959

Last Ranked in 2016 (#925)

Ralph #951

Last Ranked in 2016 (#998)

Boden #949

Last Ranked in 2015 (#980)

Yael #932

Last Ranked in 2014 (#913)

Bode #920

Last Ranked in 2016 (#1000)

Deshawn #919

Last Ranked in 2015 (#999)

Turner #896

Last Ranked in 2016 (#917)

Benicio #880

Last Ranked in 2016 (#977)

Wallace #879

Last Ranked in 1993 (#992)

Kylo #865

Last Ranked in 2016 (#905)

Kamdyn #799

Last Ranked in 2016 (#812)

Mordechai #792

Last Ranked in 2012 (#998)

Watson #711

Last Ranked in 1941 (#959)

Whitley #997

Last Ranked in 1993 (#926)

Azaria #990

Last Ranked in 2016 (#983)

Valery #989

Last Ranked in 2009 (#997)

Giavanna #987

Last Ranked in 2015 (#987)

Ann #983

Last Ranked in 2016 (#993)

Zora #982

Last Ranked in 1939 (#959)

Robin #974

Last Ranked in 2004 (#954)

Margo #972

Last Ranked in 1989 (#992)

Wendy #969

Last Ranked in 2016 (#857)

Arden #967

Last Ranked in 2016 (#973)

Violeta #965

Last Ranked in 1985 (#968)

Queen #959

Last Ranked in 1959 (#877)

Zola #956

Last Ranked in 1941 (#918)

Dani #945

Last Ranked in 1958 (#864)

Marisol #939

Last Ranked in 2016 (#940)

Saniyah #933

Last Ranked in 2015 (#931)

Alisson #909

Last Ranked in 2015 (#914)

Aislinn #886

Last Ranked in 2016 (#967)

Alianna #878

Last Ranked in 2016 (#996)

Della #861

Last Ranked in 1977 (#832)

Anais #848

Last Ranked in 2017 (#905)

Rosalee #842

Last Ranked in 1951 (#815)

Kamilah #810

Last Ranked in 1977 (#856)

Meghan #703

Last Ranked in 2012 (#883)

Names that spent the most time off the list:

• Zora was off the charts for 79 years!
• Watson was off the charts for 71 years!

A few of the names were only ranked this year and the last time they were on the list. Those were Ahmir, Benicio, and Kylo for boys. As for girls it was Violeta and Kamilah. 

It's always interesting to see what names have been off the chart and for how long. It makes me think about the reasons the names are back. Do you have any guesses? 

2017 Comeback Kids

Some namers take a look at the SSA list every year and group together all of the name that weren't on the top 1000 the year before into one category. I on the other hand like to split them up into two categories; newbies and comeback kids. This posts today is all about the comeback kids. What are comeback kids exactly? They are ones that have previously been on the top 1000 list but were not on the 2016 list. Some names haven't been on the list for 1 year while others haven't been on for 62 years! The following lists are in order from last time spent off the list to most time off the list.

Bishop #988

Last Ranked in 2015 (#989)

Rashad #981

Last Ranked in 2015 (#945)

Kylen #980

Last Ranked in 2015 (#987)

Yadiel #975

Last Ranked in 2015 (#972)

Dilan #920

Last Ranked in 2015 (#903)

Ayan #907

Last Ranked in 2015 (#997)

Frankie #898

Last Ranked in 2015 (#994)

Aaden #888

Last Ranked in 2015 (#784)

Juelz #776

Last Ranked in 2015 (#990)

Mike #949

Last Ranked in 2014 (#976)

Randall #960

Last Ranked in 2014 (#909)

Simeon #974

Last Ranked in 2012 (#981)

Khari #969

Last Ranked in 1994 (#952)

Bjorn #953

Last Ranked in 1980 (#959)

Jenny #996

Last Ranked in 2015 (#967)

Tara #985

Last Ranked in 2015 (#912)

Kimora #960

Last Ranked in 2015 (#958)

Meilani #911

Last Ranked in 2015 (#951)

Aminah #887

Last Ranked in 2015 (#902)

Alisa #988

Last Ranked in 2014 (#945)

Sonia #983

Last Ranked in 2014 (#949)

Renee #966

Last Ranked in 2014 (#950)

Magdalena #955

Last Ranked in 2014 (#974)

Miley #923

Last Ranked in 2014 (#792)

Jurnee #950

Last Ranked in 2013 (#896)

India #890

Last Ranked in 2013 (#968)

Raylee #881

Last Ranked in 2012 (#937)

Saanvi #991

Last Ranked in 2012 (#901)

Xiomara #848

Last Ranked in 2010 (#984)

Selene #917

Last Ranked in 2006 (#987)

Samira #992

Last Ranked in 2005 (#974)

Treasure #968

Last Ranked in 2004 (#889)

Emerald #979

Last Ranked in 2002 (#995)

Octavia #593

Last Ranked in 1998 (#877)

Sunny #984

Last Ranked in 1985 (#962)

Florence #980

Last Ranked in 1981 (#956)

Opal #859

Last Ranked in 1960 (#918) 

Luella #905

Last Ranked in 1955 (#971)

Which names for each gender spent the most time off the top 1000? For boys it was Bjorn for spending 37 years off the list and Luella for the ladies. She spent 62 years off the list.

One interesting thing I noticed was some of the names on the list have only ranked for two years in total, this year being one of them. For boys that would be Khari and for girls it is Treasure, Jurnee, Aminah, and Meilani. 

I feel like this year the list is on the smaller size. I was expecting a lot more names. Are we not using extremely unique names as much? One can always wonder. As for the names that are on the list I am excited to see Bishop, Simeon, Magdalena, India, Selene, Octavia, Florence, and Opal on the list. A few of those I had actually predicted would make their ways back! 

Other 2017 SSA List Posts

Top 10 Names 

New Top 100 Names
Newbies