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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Joy Joy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning exactly what it says, taken from the English word.
English #419 in US
Melissa Melissa is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bee," and it was the title of the priestesses who served Demeter.
Greek #420 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Greek #421 in US
Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".
Germanic #422 in US
Opal Opal means the gem, and it is the only major stone whose name may come from Sanskrit — upala, a precious stone, reaching Greek and Latin through the trade routes rather than from a European root.
English #423 in US
Marceline Marceline is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars".
Latin #425 in US
Veronica Veronica is a girl's name from a Latin phrase meaning true image, and the saint behind it was invented to explain a relic — the cloth came first, and the woman was named after it.
Latin #427 in US
Leona Leona means lioness, and it is reviving across six markets — the United States 429th, France 556th, Scotland 631st, Ireland 705th and England and Wales 716th, all within 290 places.
Latin #429 in US
Vienna Vienna is a girl's name taken from the Austrian capital, whose own name is Celtic and unresolved.
Celtic #434 in US
Macie Macie is a girl's name of Norman French origin, a respelling of Macy.
Norman French #439 in US
Lorelei Lorelei is a girl's name from a rock on the Rhine River near Koblenz, Germany.
German #441 in US
Mariah Mariah shows the sharpest single-artist effect on record.
English #448 in US
Alma Alma is a girl's name with several competing origins: "nourishing" in Latin, "soul" in Spanish, and "young woman" in Hebrew.
Latin #450 in US
Madeleine Madeleine is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and it is a place name rather than a description.
French #454 in US
Clementine Clementine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "merciful."
Latin #457 in US
Elisa Elisa means my God is an oath, shortened from Elizabeth, and France ranks it 202nd — its strongest market, ahead of England and Wales at 377th, Ireland at 382nd and the United States at 458th.
Italian #458 in US
Alicia Alicia is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a Latinate form of Alice.
Germanic #460 in US
Helen Helen is a girl's name from Greek whose meaning is not settled, though torch and shining are the usual readings.
Greek #461 in US
Michelle Michelle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Michel, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.
French #465 in US
Meredith Meredith is a Welsh man's name that turned female in America — 95 percent of recorded births are female, and the Welsh Maredudd it comes from was borne by princes of Deheubarth.
Welsh #469 in US
Maren Maren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea."
Latin, Scandinavian #471 in US
Alexandria Alexandria is the city before it is the name — Alexander founded it in 331 BC, and the feminine given name was formed from the place rather than directly from Alexandra, which took a different route.
Greek #474 in US
Winnie Winnie is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "blessed reconciliation."
Welsh #475 in US
Alison Alison means little Alice, and Alice means noble — but the Norman name behind it is a heavy compression of the Germanic Adalheidis, so the noble is all that survived of a longer compound.
French #477 in US
Renata Renata is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "reborn."
Latin #481 in US
Amanda Amanda is a girl's name from the Latin for she who must be loved, and one of the few names on this site that can be dated to a specific literary invention — Colley Cibber used it for a character in his 1696 play Love's Last Shift.
Latin #493 in US
Arlette Arlette is nearly extinct in France — five births last year — while rising sharply in America, where births went from 238 in 2020 to 600 in 2025.
French #494 in US
Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.
French #496 in US
Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
English #499 in US
Mae Mae is a girl's name in France, generally read as a form of Mae or as a feminine of the Breton Mahé.
French #500 in US
Bianca Bianca means white, and France ranks it 242nd — ahead of Ireland at 373rd, the United States at 501st, England and Wales at 548th and Scotland at 742nd.
Italian #501 in US
Mariam Mariam is a girl's name of Hebrew origin and a spelling of Maryam, the Arabic and Aramaic form of Miriam.
Hebrew #506 in US
Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."
Latin #508 in US
Scarlet Scarlet is a girl's name from the bright red color, a spelling of Scarlett.
English, French #509 in US
Estella Estella means star, and Dickens chose the name deliberately — Great Expectations gives it to a girl raised to be beautiful and unreachable, which is what a star is.
Spanish #510 in US
Hanna Hanna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "favor" or "grace," and it is the source of Anne, Anna, Nancy and Hannah alike.
Hebrew #513 in US
Faye Faye is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "fairy," from a word that traces back to the Fates of Roman religion.
English #514 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
French #515 in US
Clover Clover is a girl's name taken from the meadow plant, from the Old English clāfre.
English #517 in US
Eve Eve is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "living one," the name given to the first woman in Genesis.
Hebrew #519 in US
Amber Amber is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ambergris."
Arabic #521 in US
Kate Kate is a girl's name of Greek origin, a short form of Katherine whose meaning has never been established.
English #522 in US
Marlowe Marlowe is a unisex name from an English surname, usually traced to Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
English #523 in US
Virginia Virginia is a girl's name from a Roman family name, and the American state was named before the name became common in America — both honoring Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.
Latin #525 in US
Lottie Lottie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Germanic #527 in US
Cecelia Cecelia means blind, and the saint who carries it became the patron of music through what looks like a misreading — a line in her acta about music playing at her wedding was later taken to mean she made it.
Latin #530 in US
Nellie Nellie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining light."
Greek #533 in US
Marlee Peaked in 2008 · 19,558 births since 1915
#536 in US

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