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.
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Jessica Jessica is a girl's name invented by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice in 1596.Girl Hebrew #665 in US
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Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.Boy Scottish Gaelic #690 in US
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Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."Boy Latin #692 in US
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Emmie Emmie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "whole" or "universal."Girl Germanic #698 in US
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Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."Girl Aramaic #712 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.