Names With the Widest Age Range

For the typical name, half of the living people who have it were born within about 17 years of each other. For these, the middle half spans much more. Half of all living people named Lucille are between 13 and 80.

These are names whose popularity rose and fell gently, or came back for a second wave, so they turn up in every generation.

Names With the Widest Age Range
#	Name	Middle half aged	Peak year	Alive	Average age
1	Lucille	13–80	1920	54.8K	52
2	June	14–79	1925	79K	54
3	Josephine	9–71	1918	117K	39
4	Georgia	12–74	2025	81K	44
5	Alice	17–78	1921	206K	53
6	Ruby	11–71	1924	153K	39
7	Clara	9–69	1918	103K	36
8	Vivian	11–69	1920	126K	40
9	Eleanor	5–62	1920	140K	30
10	Leon	13–70	1924	90.2K	44
11	Evelyn	9–65	1921	310K	34
12	Esther	14–69	1918	101K	42
13	Henry	9–63	2025	380K	34
14	Charlotte	7–60	2025	319K	30
15	Theodore	5–57	2025	200K	29
16	Annie	27–79	1922	108K	54
17	Charlie	7–58	2025	116K	31
18	Eva	12–62	1918	135K	36
19	Lena	12–62	1917	52.2K	38
20	Jack	12–61	1927	413K	34
21	Hazel	5–54	1918	107K	27
22	Melody	11–60	2025	106K	36
23	Iris	7–56	2025	74.3K	32
24	Calvin	16–64	1924	146K	40
25	Dean	18–66	1961	135K	46

Names With the Widest Age Range, continued
#	Name	Middle half aged	Peak year	Alive	Average age
26	Cecilia	11–56	2025	83.1K	34
27	Edith	34–79	1918	63.6K	57
28	Audrey	13–57	2015	208K	34
29	Marshall	18–62	1947	62.9K	40
30	Alma	29–73	1918	53.8K	50
31	Edwin	23–66	1922	128K	44
32	Miriam	17–60	1924	73.5K	38
33	Alan	27–69	1955	267K	49
34	Nina	21–63	1980	87.6K	41
35	Sidney	24–66	1918	54.7K	43
36	Vincent	19–60	1962	257K	39
37	Felix	8–49	2024	59.6K	30
38	Rose	35–75	1917	193K	56
39	Claudia	31–71	1952	98.8K	50
40	Warren	31–71	1921	85.3K	51
41	Franklin	30–70	1933	73.5K	49
42	Wade	21–60	1970	56.9K	42
43	Allan	34–73	1947	55.9K	53
44	William	32–70	1947	2.15M	51
45	Lucy	7–45	2025	134K	28
46	Priscilla	30–68	1942	89.3K	47
47	Lewis	35–73	1921	61.5K	53
48	Noel	15–53	2014	53.5K	35
49	Victor	22–59	1990	236K	40
50	Arthur	37–74	1921	201K	54

How this list works

Names with 50,000+ estimated alive, ranked by the span of ages covering the middle half of living people (25th to 75th percentile). Ages are estimates for people alive in 2026, from Social Security baby-name records and SSA life tables. How we calculate this

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