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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Joanie Peaked in 1957 · 9,663 births since 1931
#2,745 in US
Starr Peaked in 1997 · 10,756 births since 1914
#2,747 in US
Betsy Betsy is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath."
Hebrew #2,748 in US
Evanna Peaked in 2020 · 1,833 births since 1920
#2,750 in US
Tirzah Peaked in 2017 · 2,280 births since 1899
Spanish #2,751 in US
Brigid Peaked in 2000 · 9,881 births since 1917
#2,784 in US
Joie Peaked in 2019 · 3,222 births since 1915
#2,789 in US
Jaclyn Jaclyn compresses Jacqueline, and the name underneath means heel-grabber — Jacob was born gripping his twin's heel, and every Jack, Jacques and Jacqueline descends from that description.
American #2,790 in US
Janet Janet is a girl's name, a Scottish diminutive of Jane meaning God is gracious.
Scottish #2,797 in US
Juanita Juanita is a girl's name meaning God is gracious, the Spanish diminutive of Juana.
Spanish #2,798 in US
Suzanna Peaked in 1973 · 11,316 births since 1892
Dutch #2,803 in US
Tina Tina is a girl's name that serves as the tail end of several unrelated names — Christina, Martina, Valentina and Bettina — so its meaning depends entirely on which one a family had in mind.
Latin #2,804 in US
Mona Mona in Mona Lisa is not a name — it contracts ma donna, my lady, so the painting's title is closer to Madam Lisa than to anyone called Mona.
Irish #2,806 in US
Wynona Peaked in 1930 · 3,973 births since 1899
#2,807 in US
Selma Selma may have been invented by a forger — the name appears in Macpherson's Ossian poems of the 1760s, which he presented as ancient Gaelic epic and largely wrote himself.
German #2,810 in US
Truly Peaked in 2025 · 1,211 births since 1915
#2,811 in US
Roberta Roberta is a girl's name meaning bright fame, the feminine of Robert.
Germanic #2,813 in US
Vittoria Peaked in 2023 · 2,921 births since 1918
Italian #2,816 in US
Eugenia Peaked in 1919 · 30,813 births since 1880
#2,821 in US
Roxanna Peaked in 1988 · 14,046 births since 1880
#2,825 in US
Hollie Hollie is a girl's name from the holly tree, whose name comes from a word meaning "prickly" rather than anything festive.
English #2,832 in US
Emiko Peaked in 2022 · 2,024 births since 1916
#2,834 in US
Kirsten Kirsten means a follower of the anointed one, and the anointing is literal — Christ translates the Hebrew mashiach, and both words describe someone smeared with oil at a coronation rather than a divine title.
Scandinavian #2,839 in US
Maybelle Peaked in 1918 · 6,512 births since 1880
#2,841 in US
Gigi Peaked in 1962 · 5,075 births since 1940
#2,843 in US
Colleen Colleen means girl in Irish, and it is barely used in Ireland — it is an Irish-American name rather than an Irish one.
Irish #2,845 in US
Laurie Laurie is a name meaning laurel, and it is mixed by country — masculine in Britain as a short form of Laurence, feminine in America as a short form of Laura.
Latin #2,847 in US
Jayne Peaked in 1957 · 31,000 births since 1895
#2,856 in US
Nella Peaked in 1927 · 6,594 births since 1880
Norse #2,858 in US
Malinda Peaked in 1969 · 21,500 births since 1880
Armenian #2,860 in US
Luci Peaked in 2010 · 3,430 births since 1937
#2,875 in US
Emelina Peaked in 2025 · 839 births since 1919
#2,876 in US
Brigitte Brigitte is a girl's name from an Irish goddess whose name means the exalted one, and she is the clearest case in Europe of a pagan deity becoming a Christian saint largely intact.
French #2,889 in US
Marcelina Peaked in 2024 · 4,125 births since 1892
Polish #2,892 in US
Vanna Peaked in 1986 · 2,163 births since 1905
#2,895 in US
Christiana Peaked in 1996 · 12,648 births since 1882
#2,896 in US
Rafaela Peaked in 2011 · 4,542 births since 1887
#2,900 in US
Rosanna Peaked in 1982 · 18,196 births since 1880
#2,904 in US
Lourdes Peaked in 1963 · 15,679 births since 1916
#2,908 in US
Jaci Peaked in 2005 · 5,175 births since 1934
Seediq #2,911 in US
Doris Doris is a girl's name from Greek mythology, where she is a sea nymph and the mother of the fifty Nereids.
Greek #2,913 in US
Xenia Peaked in 2023 · 3,651 births since 1894
Italian #2,921 in US
Stephany Peaked in 1990 · 16,019 births since 1910
#2,922 in US
Juliett Peaked in 2025 · 977 births since 1924
#2,925 in US
Lora Lora means from Laurentum, and the laurel is one step removed — the Roman town was named for its bay trees, and the personal name says which town you came from rather than which plant crowned you.
Latin #2,927 in US
Anastacia Peaked in 2003 · 5,602 births since 1894
#2,929 in US
Zaida Peaked in 2011 · 4,180 births since 1881
Spanish #2,932 in US
Eulalia Peaked in 1921 · 4,975 births since 1880
#2,935 in US

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