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.

Rankings for

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

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Lenora Peaked in 1924 · 37,719 births since 1880
#540 in US
April April is a girl's name taken from the month, whose Latin name probably means to open — the month when buds open.
Latin #542 in US
Priscilla Priscilla means ancient or venerable, and it is a diminutive — so the name literally reads as little old one, which was a mark of respect rather than an insult.
Latin #544 in US
Danielle Danielle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Daniel, from a Hebrew name meaning God is my judge.
French #550 in US
Fernanda Peaked in 2009 · 21,455 births since 1914
#552 in US
Stephanie Stephanie is a girl's name from the Greek for crown or garland, the feminine of Stephen.
Greek #557 in US
Jacqueline Jacqueline is a girl's name, the French feminine of Jacques, and it inherits the meaning supplanter from Jacob.
French #558 in US
Margo Margo is a girl's name meaning "pearl."
French, Greek #559 in US
Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.
French, English #560 in US
Lilian Lilian is the most evenly split name in this whole sweep — 46 percent of recorded births are female, because France uses it for boys and the English-speaking markets use it for girls.
English #561 in US
Della Della has no single parent — it shortens Adela, Delia and Adelaide alike, and it is reviving, at 563rd in the United States and 1,010th in Scotland.
English #563 in US
Nadia Nadia means hope, from the Russian word, and it charts in all seven markets — Ireland 293rd, Scotland 312th, Northern Ireland 329th, England and Wales 501st, the United States 565th and France 754th.
Russian #565 in US
Amalia Amalia is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "work" or "industrious," from the same root as Amelia and quite separate from the Latin for love.
Germanic #568 in US
Allie Allie means noble, and it serves three different names at once — Alice, Allison and Alexandra all shorten to it, so which one a given Allie belongs to cannot be read off the name itself.
English #570 in US
Lina Lina is a girl's name with two separate sources: an Arabic word for a young palm tree, and a European short form of names ending in -lina such as Carolina and Angelina.
Arabic #572 in US
Estelle Estelle means star, and France and the United States rank it within 55 places of each other — 518th and 573rd — which is unusually close for a French name in an English-speaking market.
French #573 in US
Cleo Cleo is a name of Greek origin meaning "glory" or "fame."
Greek #577 in US
Reina Peaked in 2024 · 15,527 births since 1896
#582 in US
Noemi Peaked in 2023 · 26,222 births since 1915
#583 in US
Jennifer Jennifer is a girl's name, the Cornish form of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, the name of King Arthur's queen.
Cornish #586 in US
Mara Mara is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "bitter," and it is the name Naomi asks to be called after losing her family.
Hebrew #589 in US
Paris Paris has two unrelated sources — the Trojan prince and the French city — and France barely uses it, ranking the name 7,188th while the United States has it at 592nd and 80 percent female.
Greek #592 in US
Reyna Peaked in 2024 · 19,436 births since 1913
#594 in US
Mina Mina is a girl's name with several independent origins.
German, Persian, Sanskrit #596 in US
Emelia Peaked in 2019 · 19,731 births since 1880
#601 in US
Marina Marina means of the sea, and it charts in six markets inside 276 places — Scotland 572nd, England and Wales 581st, the United States 602nd, Ireland 647th and France 848th, which is an unusually even international spread.
Latin #602 in US
Alejandra Alejandra means defender of men, and the Spanish form lost a consonant Greek never had trouble with — Alexandros became Alejandro because Spanish shifted the sh sound to the throaty j it uses today.
Spanish #605 in US
Loretta Loretta comes from an Italian shrine, not from the laurel — Loreto is the town where the Holy House of Nazareth was said to have been carried by angels.
Italian #606 in US
Flora Flora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "flower," the Roman goddess whose festival was among the least decorous in the calendar.
Latin #607 in US
Rosalia Peaked in 2023 · 12,668 births since 1880
#608 in US
Sierra Sierra means a mountain range, and the Spanish word is literally a saw — ranges were named for the jagged sawtooth profile they cut against the sky.
Spanish #614 in US
Marie Marie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the French form of Mary, and the largest name in the birth records with more than 2.8 million births on record.
French #618 in US
Anne Anne is a girl's name from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning favor or grace.
Hebrew #619 in US
Selene Peaked in 2025 · 13,838 births since 1919
Greek #622 in US
Goldie Peaked in 1915 · 39,631 births since 1880
#623 in US
Winona Peaked in 2025 · 13,643 births since 1880
#627 in US
Cassandra Cassandra is a girl's name from Greek myth, borne by a prophet cursed to see the future and never be believed.
Greek #630 in US
Andi Peaked in 2025 · 9,512 births since 1944
#633 in US
Gabrielle Gabrielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the French feminine of Gabriel.
French #634 in US
Rhea Rhea is a girl's name of Greek origin borne by the Titan who was mother of Zeus.
Greek #639 in US
Violeta Peaked in 2025 · 9,377 births since 1918
#640 in US
Katie Katie is a girl's name of Greek origin, a diminutive of Katherine whose meaning has never been settled.
English #646 in US
Thalia Peaked in 1993 · 24,609 births since 1885
Greek #647 in US
Shelby Shelby is a girl's name from an English place name of Norse formation meaning a willow farm.
English #649 in US
Irene Irene is a girl's name from the Greek word for peace, and the name of the goddess who personified it.
Greek #651 in US
Rosa Rosa is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rose."
Latin #652 in US
Gloria Gloria is a girl's name that is simply the Latin word for glory, taken unchanged.
Latin #654 in US
Miranda Miranda was coined by Shakespeare for The Tempest around 1611, from the Latin for to be wondered at.
Latin #655 in US

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