Enduring 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.
Every name here is placed by how its recent years in the birth records compare with its
earlier ones — so the list moves as the records do.
-
Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."Girl Germanic #364 in US
-
Andre Andre is a boy's name, the French form of Andrew, from the Greek for manly.Boy French #368 in US
-
Manuel Manuel is a boy's name meaning God is with us, the Spanish short form of Emmanuel.Boy Spanish #371 in US
-
Astrid Astrid is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "divinely beautiful".Girl Old Norse #376 in US
-
Elio Elio is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "sun," from the Greek helios.Boy Italian #388 in US
-
Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.Unisex English #389 in US
-
Raymond Raymond is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning counsel and protection.Boy Germanic #395 in US
-
Bradley Bradley is a boy's name from an English place name meaning broad meadow.Boy English #403 in US
Or Browse by Decade
A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.