Enduring Boy Names

Names whose curve barely moves across the whole series. The rarest movement category, and the only one that is a genuine achievement rather than a phase.

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3,547 names, most popular first in the United States

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Shawn Shawn is a boy's name, the phonetic American respelling of the Irish Seán, which is itself the Irish form of John.
Irish #681 in US
Aurelio Peaked in 2025 · 9,569 births since 1904
Italian #682 in US
Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.
Scottish Gaelic #690 in US
Tomas Tomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," a form of Thomas used across Ireland, Scandinavia and the Hispanic world.
Irish #691 in US
Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."
Latin #692 in US
Mac Mac is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for son, which appears in every Mc- and Mac- surname there is.
Scottish #696 in US
Duke Peaked in 2018 · 12,360 births since 1880
#697 in US
Evander Peaked in 2025 · 5,089 births since 1888
#698 in US
Marvin Marvin is a boy's name from the Welsh Merfyn, and the sea friend reading usually given for it is not supported — the Welsh elements point to marrow and eminent instead.
Welsh #699 in US
Jayson Peaked in 2004 · 41,887 births since 1922
Dutch #700 in US
Ahmed Ahmed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "most praiseworthy."
Arabic #703 in US
Ryland Peaked in 2013 · 15,301 births since 1912
#706 in US
Dennis Dennis is a boy's name that traces back to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstatic release — one of the few widely used Christian names derived from a pagan deity.
Greek #708 in US
Julien Julien is a boy's name, the French form of Julian, from a Roman family name whose meaning was never established.
French #709 in US
Carmelo Peaked in 2013 · 14,960 births since 1904
#711 in US
Aron Peaked in 2008 · 28,460 births since 1880
Hebrew #713 in US
Wes Peaked in 2025 · 7,090 births since 1880
#716 in US
Lee Lee is a name from the Old English word for a woodland clearing, and it is one of the most productive elements in English place names — the ending of Ashley, Bradley, Shirley and Beverly.
English #725 in US
Dustin Dustin is a boy's name from the Old Norse Thorstein, meaning Thor's stone — the dust in the spelling is pure coincidence.
Norse #728 in US
Ander Peaked in 2023 · 4,854 births since 1908
Latin #729 in US
Marcel Marcel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little warrior," a diminutive of Marcus and so ultimately from Mars.
French #730 in US
Amos Peaked in 1922 · 38,799 births since 1880
Hebrew #731 in US
Hugh Hugh is a boy's name from a Germanic word for mind or spirit, brought to Britain by the Normans.
Germanic #732 in US
Ambrose Peaked in 2021 · 11,897 births since 1880
#735 in US
Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."
Germanic #739 in US
Bruno Bruno is a boy's name from the Germanic word for brown, and it founded the Carthusians — the strictest order in the Western church, whose monks still live largely in silence.
Germanic #740 in US
Clyde Clyde took nothing from Bonnie and Clyde.
Scottish #742 in US
Abram Peaked in 2016 · 21,287 births since 1880
Hebrew #743 in US
Enoch Peaked in 2023 · 14,489 births since 1880
Hebrew #746 in US
Forest Peaked in 2022 · 19,306 births since 1880
#751 in US
Junior Junior is a boy's name from the Latin for younger, used first as a suffix marking a son who shares his father's name and only later as a name in its own right.
Latin #752 in US
Noé Noé is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," the French and Spanish form of Noah.
French #755 in US
Salvador Salvador means savior, and it names a country and an ocean crossing — El Salvador is the only nation named directly for Christ, and San Salvador was the first island Columbus reached.
Spanish #756 in US
Dario Peaked in 2024 · 17,253 births since 1909
Italian #761 in US
Magnus Magnus is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "great," which became a Scandinavian royal name through a misunderstanding about Charlemagne's Latin title.
Latin #764 in US
Santos Peaked in 2025 · 21,749 births since 1880
#766 in US
Emmitt Peaked in 2019 · 14,810 births since 1880
#769 in US
Harry Harry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."
English #776 in US
Alvaro Peaked in 2000 · 18,646 births since 1914
Italian #777 in US
Corey Corey is a boy's name from an Irish surname, generally given as dweller near a hollow.
Irish #779 in US
Tony Tony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning has never been established.
Latin #783 in US
Alonso Peaked in 2010 · 12,939 births since 1915
Spanish #785 in US
Darius Darius means holding firm the good, and we know that because the king said so — the Behistun inscription has Darius the Great explain his own name and reign in three languages, carved on a cliff face.
Persian #788 in US
Barron Peaked in 2025 · 5,735 births since 1913
#790 in US
Ray Ray is a boy's name that serves as a short form of Raymond and as the English word for a beam of light.
Germanic #792 in US
Thaddeus Peaked in 2016 · 26,642 births since 1880
Aramaic #798 in US
Keith Keith is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, probably from a Brittonic word for a wood.
Scottish #800 in US
Zeke Peaked in 2022 · 9,211 births since 1880
#802 in US

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