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.

Rankings for

8,721 names, most popular first in United States

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Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.
Boy Scottish #508 in US
Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."
Girl Latin #508 in US
Johnathan Johnathan is a misspelling that became a name — it inserts an h into Jonathan by confusion with John, and the two are different Hebrew names that only look related.
Boy English #509 in US
Scarlet Peaked in 2015 · 23,842 births since 1939
Girl #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.
Girl Spanish #510 in US
Leonidas Peaked in 2022 · 12,482 births since 1880
Boy #510 in US
Alonzo Alonzo is the Spanish descendant of a Visigothic name, and our data marks it rising — 511th in the United States, 1186th in Canada, 1324th in France and 1714th in England and Wales, having peaked as recently as 2022, which is unusual for a name our records carry from 1880.
Boy Spanish #511 in US
Corbin Corbin means little raven, and it began as a description of hair — Norman bynames used black birds for black-haired people, which is the same logic behind the Irish names built on the word for dark.
Boy French #512 in US
Alexis Alexis is a Greek name meaning helper or defender, and it is genuinely split by country: a boys' name in France, where it ranks 256th, and majority female in the United States.
Unisex Greek #513 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.
Girl Hebrew #513 in US
Frank Frank is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frank."
Boy Germanic #514 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.
Girl English #514 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
Girl French #515 in US
Moses Moses is explained in Exodus as drawn out of the water, but the name is more likely Egyptian — mose means born of, and it is the second half of Thutmose and Ramose, where the god's name sits in front.
Boy Hebrew #515 in US
Marcos Marcos means dedicated to Mars, and the god behind it was not only a war god — Mars presided over agriculture too, which is coherent once you notice that farming and fighting were the same men's seasonal work.
Boy Spanish #516 in US
Clover Peaked in 2025 · 6,636 births since 1897
Girl English #517 in US
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
Boy Latin #518 in US
Eve Eve is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "living one," the name given to the first woman in Genesis.
Girl Hebrew #519 in US
Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".
Unisex English #520 in US
Amber Amber is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ambergris."
Girl Arabic #521 in US
Truett Peaked in 2025 · 4,568 births since 1912
Boy #521 in US
Kate Kate is a girl's name of Greek origin, a short form of Katherine whose meaning has never actually been established.
Girl English #522 in US
Marlowe Peaked in 2025 · 7,954 births since 1912
Unisex #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.
Girl Latin #525 in US
Roy Roy is a boy's name with two independent sources — the Gaelic ruadh, meaning red-haired, and the French roi, meaning king.
Boy Scottish Gaelic #525 in US
Philip Philip is a boy's name from Greek elements meaning lover of horses.
Boy Greek #527 in US
Lottie Lottie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Girl Germanic #527 in US
Mohamed Mohamed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy."
Boy Arabic #528 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.
Girl Latin #530 in US
Tyson Tyson means son of the firebrand, and it began as an insult — the Old French tison named a hot-tempered man, so the surname records a reputation the family did not choose.
Boy English #531 in US
Troy Troy is a boy's name with two independent sources — an Irish surname meaning foot soldier, and the ancient city.
Boy Irish #533 in US
Nellie Nellie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining light."
Girl Greek #533 in US
Scott Scott is a boy's name meaning a Scot, from the surname given to people from Scotland.
Boy Scottish #534 in US
Kendrick Peaked in 2013 · 36,390 births since 1912
Boy #535 in US
Marlee Peaked in 2008 · 19,558 births since 1915
Girl #536 in US
Bruce Bruce is a boy's name from a Norman place name, and Scotland's most famous king carried it as an import — the Bruces came from Normandy, not from Scotland.
Boy Norman #537 in US
Lenora Peaked in 1924 · 37,719 births since 1880
Girl #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.
Girl Latin #542 in US
Cal Peaked in 2025 · 8,544 births since 1880
Boy #543 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.
Girl Latin #544 in US
Erik Erik is a boy's name meaning ever-ruler or sole ruler, from Old Norse.
Boy Scandinavian #545 in US
Fletcher Peaked in 2025 · 22,730 births since 1880
Boy #546 in US
Augustine Augustine means venerable, and it began as a title rather than a name — the Senate voted Octavian the style Augustus in 27 BC, and everything since descends from that vote.
Unisex Latin #547 in US
Holland Peaked in 2025 · 11,352 births since 1888
Unisex #549 in US
Danielle Danielle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Daniel, from a Hebrew name meaning God is my judge.
Girl French #550 in US
Eliseo Peaked in 2025 · 12,260 births since 1880
Boy Hebrew #550 in US
Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."
Unisex Germanic #551 in US
Jeffrey Jeffrey is a boy's name from Germanic roots whose first element is genuinely disputed, though the second means peace.
Boy Germanic #552 in US

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