Enduring Girl 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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4,296 names, most popular first in the United States

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Lillian Lillian is a girl's name usually explained as an elaboration of Lily, from the Latin lilium, and sometimes as a variant of Elizabeth by way of the medieval pet form Lilian.
Latin #57 in US
Leah Leah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is disputed, most often given as "weary" but also linked to a word for wild cow.
Hebrew #58 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Germanic #59 in US
Leilani Leilani is a girl's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "heavenly flowers" or "royal child," from lei, a garland or wreath of flowers, and lani, meaning sky, heaven, or royalty.
Hawaiian #60 in US
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
Greek #61 in US
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
Latin #63 in US
Ruby Ruby is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the red gemstone, from ruber, meaning red.
Latin #64 in US
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
Germanic #65 in US
Claire Claire is a girl's name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," from the Latin clarus.
French #68 in US
Madelyn Madelyn is a girl's name and a modern American respelling of Madeline, which descends from Magdalene — meaning "of Magdala," a town on the Sea of Galilee.
Hebrew #71 in US
Vivian Vivian is a name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "lively," from vivus.
Latin #72 in US
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
English #73 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Germanic #74 in US
Daisy Daisy is a girl's name of English origin naming the flower, and its meaning is unusually literal: daisy comes from the Old English dægesege, "day's eye," because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
English #75 in US
Maeve Maeve is a girl's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Medb, usually translated as "she who intoxicates" or "intoxicating."
Irish #76 in US
Melody Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song" or "singing," from melodia.
Greek #79 in US
Lyla Lyla is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Modern coinage #80 in US
Madeline Madeline is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee whose name comes from the Hebrew migdal, a tower.
Hebrew #81 in US
Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.
Hebrew #82 in US
Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.
Latin #83 in US
Addison Addison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Adam."
English #84 in US
Kennedy Kennedy is a name of Irish origin meaning "helmeted head" or "ugly head," from the Gaelic ceann, head, and éidigh.
Irish #85 in US
Audrey Audrey is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "noble strength," from Æthelthryth.
English #86 in US
Maria Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Latin and Greek form of Miryam.
Hebrew #87 in US
Autumn Autumn is a girl's name taken from the English word for the season, which comes through French from the Latin autumnus.
Latin #88 in US
Natalie Natalie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "birthday of the Lord," from natalis.
Latin #89 in US
Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
Hebrew #90 in US
Lydia Lydia is a girl's name meaning "woman from Lydia," an ancient kingdom in what is now western Turkey.
Greek #92 in US
Caroline Caroline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," the French feminine of Charles by way of the Latin Carolus.
Germanic #96 in US
Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
Greek #99 in US
Margot Margot is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pearl," a French pet form of Marguerite and so of Margaret.
French #102 in US
Allison Allison is a girl's name of Norman French origin, from Alis — the medieval form of Alice — plus a diminutive ending.
Germanic #103 in US
Gabriella Gabriella is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the Italian feminine of Gabriel.
Hebrew #105 in US
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
Hebrew #107 in US
Cecilia Cecilia is a girl's name of Latin origin from the Roman family name Caecilius, which derives from caecus, meaning blind.
Latin #108 in US
Athena Athena is a girl's name from the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and craft.
Greek #109 in US
Juliette Juliette is a girl's name of Latin origin, the French diminutive of Julie and so of Julia, from the Roman family name Julius.
Latin #110 in US
Catalina Catalina is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Spanish form of Catherine.
Greek #111 in US
Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.
Greek #112 in US
Cora Cora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "maiden," from kore.
Greek #113 in US
Rose Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the flower, from rosa.
Latin #114 in US
Eliza Eliza is a girl's name that began as a short form of Elizabeth, and so means "God is my oath," from the Hebrew Elisheva.
Hebrew #115 in US
Esther Esther is a girl's name usually connected to the Persian word for star, and possibly to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
Persian #119 in US
Hallie Hallie is a girl's name with more than one line.
English #120 in US
Hadley Hadley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "heather meadow," from the Old English hæth, heather or heathland, and leah, a clearing.
English #121 in US
Elsie Elsie is a girl's name that began as a Scottish short form of Elspeth, itself a Scottish form of Elizabeth.
Hebrew #123 in US
Magnolia Magnolia is a girl's name naming the flowering tree, which was named after Pierre Magnol, a seventeenth-century French botanist.
Latin #124 in US
Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.
Hebrew #125 in US

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