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.

Rankings for

8,721 names, most popular first in the United States

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Mariella Peaked in 2025 · 7,066 births since 1914
Girl Greek #944 in US
Kenji Peaked in 2022 · 7,766 births since 1913
Boy Japanese #945 in US
Sunday Peaked in 2025 · 3,671 births since 1916
Girl #946 in US
Salvatore Salvatore means savior, and it is a title rather than a description — Italian Catholic families gave it as a devotional name naming Christ's role directly, in the way Spanish families use Jesús.
Boy Italian #947 in US
Madalyn Peaked in 2008 · 24,121 births since 1899
Girl Serbian #947 in US
Marcella Marcella means dedicated to Mars, and it is reviving — 948th in the United States, 1,386th in England and Wales, 1,507th in Canada and 6,569th in France, from a peak more than a century old.
Girl Latin #948 in US
Ricky Ricky is a boy's name, the pet form of Richard or Ricardo, meaning strong ruler.
Boy Germanic #949 in US
Jon Jon is a boy's name meaning God is gracious, and it is both an English shortening of Jonathan and the standard Scandinavian and Catalan form of John — two routes to the same three letters.
Boy Hebrew #951 in US
Mitchell Mitchell is a boy's name from a medieval English form of Michael, meaning who is like God — though a second and quite separate source exists from an old word simply meaning big.
Boy English #952 in US
Agustin Peaked in 2001 · 16,631 births since 1898
Boy #953 in US
Rosalee Peaked in 2020 · 13,409 births since 1880
Girl #954 in US
Jethro Peaked in 2025 · 5,331 births since 1893
Boy Hebrew #954 in US
Love Peaked in 2022 · 6,188 births since 1880
Unisex Old Norse #955 in US
Felipe Peaked in 1993 · 33,690 births since 1880
Boy Greek #956 in US
Melvin Melvin is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, and the gentle chieftain reading usually given for it is an invention — the source is a Norman family who took their name from Malleville in France.
Boy Scottish #958 in US
Aldo Peaked in 2007 · 21,752 births since 1906
Boy #960 in US
Wallace Wallace means foreigner, and the irony is complete — it is the Anglo-Saxon word for the Britons who were there first, so Scotland's national hero carries a name meaning outsider in his own country.
Boy Scottish #961 in US
Montgomery Peaked in 2025 · 8,672 births since 1880
Boy #963 in US
Darwin Peaked in 1958 · 27,715 births since 1881
Boy #964 in US
Mazie Peaked in 2023 · 10,378 births since 1880
Girl #965 in US
Nancy Nancy is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace."
Girl Hebrew #967 in US
Zora Peaked in 2019 · 12,654 births since 1880
Girl #968 in US
Barbara Barbara is a girl's name from the Greek for foreign or strange, the feminine of the word that gives us barbarian.
Girl Greek #969 in US
Van Peaked in 1953 · 32,653 births since 1880
Boy Dutch #971 in US
Elia Peaked in 2016 · 23,994 births since 1900
Girl #971 in US
Mathew Mathew drops a t from Matthew, and the doubled t was never in the Hebrew — it entered through the Greek and Latin spellings, so the shorter form is arguably closer to the original.
Boy English #974 in US
Arden Peaked in 2025 · 17,507 births since 1881
Unisex #975 in US
Quinton Peaked in 1996 · 34,504 births since 1903
Boy #976 in US
Toby Toby is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."
Unisex Hebrew #978 in US
Alec Alec means defender of men, and France ranks it 536th — above the United States at 979th, which is not where a Scottish short form of a Greek name would be expected to lead.
Boy Scottish #979 in US
Roselyn Peaked in 2018 · 14,985 births since 1894
Girl #979 in US
Cordelia Peaked in 2015 · 14,907 births since 1880
Girl Italian #980 in US
Loyal Peaked in 2022 · 6,469 births since 1882
Boy #980 in US
Byron Byron means at the cattle sheds — a working place name that became shorthand for romantic poetry, which is a longer journey than most names make.
Boy English #983 in US
Curtis Curtis is a boy's name from a Norman French nickname meaning courteous, and it is one of very few names that describes manners rather than birth, appearance or trade.
Boy French #984 in US
Akira Peaked in 2008 · 11,558 births since 1913
Unisex Japanese #984 in US
Joan Joan is a girl's name, the medieval English feminine of John meaning God is gracious, and it was once as common as Mary.
Girl English #986 in US
Anders Peaked in 2014 · 8,961 births since 1912
Boy #987 in US
Ephraim Peaked in 2017 · 10,091 births since 1880
Boy Hebrew #990 in US
Lisa Lisa is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elisabeth that became a name in its own right.
Girl German #991 in US
Blaine Peaked in 2001 · 36,259 births since 1880
Boy #991 in US
Harold Harold is a boy's name from Norse and Old English elements meaning army ruler, and it belongs to the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, killed at Hastings in 1066.
Boy Germanic #992 in US
Aurelius Peaked in 2025 · 1,958 births since 1913
Boy Latin #993 in US
Joe Joe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," a short form of Joseph that has become the English word for an ordinary person.
Boy Hebrew #995 in US
Simone Simone is a girl's name meaning he has heard, the French feminine of Simon.
Girl French #997 in US
Langston Peaked in 2016 · 7,692 births since 1912
Boy #999 in US
Benito Peaked in 2025 · 15,524 births since 1880
Boy #1,002 in US
Howard Howard is a boy's name whose origin is contested — high guardian, brave heart and even a keeper of pigs have all been proposed.
Boy English #1,003 in US

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