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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Amelie Amelie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "work" or "industrious."Girl Germanic #829 in US
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Honey Honey is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the word itself, from hunig.Girl English #847 in US
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Paula Paula is a girl's name from the Latin for small or humble, the feminine of Paul.Girl Latin #853 in US
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Darcy Darcy is a name of Norman French origin meaning "from Arcy," a place in Normandy.Unisex French #858 in US
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Eddie Eddie is a boy's name, the pet form of Edward or Edwin, meaning wealth.Boy English #860 in US
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Stanley Stanley is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "stony clearing."Boy English #863 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.