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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Josiah Josiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh supports" or "Yahweh heals," from Yoshiyahu.
Boy Hebrew #54 in US
Sophie Sophie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "wisdom," the French form of Sophia.
Girl Greek #55 in US
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
Boy English #55 in US
Hannah Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," from Channah.
Girl Hebrew #56 in US
Waylon Waylon is a boy's name of English origin, generally traced to Wayland, the legendary smith of Germanic myth, whose name means something close to "battle land."
Boy English #56 in US
Lillian Lillian is a girl's name usually explained as an elaboration of Lily, from the Latin lilium, and sometimes as a variant of Elizabeth by way of the medieval pet form Lilian.
Girl Latin #57 in US
Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.
Boy Hebrew #57 in US
Caleb Caleb is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose root is debated.
Boy Hebrew #58 in US
Leah Leah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is disputed, most often given as "weary" but also linked to a word for wild cow.
Girl Hebrew #58 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl Germanic #59 in US
Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
Unisex Irish #59 in US
Beau Beau is a boy's name from the French beau, meaning handsome or beautiful.
Boy French #60 in US
Leilani Leilani is a girl's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "heavenly flowers" or "royal child," from lei, a garland or wreath of flowers, and lani, meaning sky, heaven, or royalty.
Girl Hawaiian #60 in US
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
Girl Greek #61 in US
Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.
Boy Hebrew #61 in US
Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.
Boy Hebrew #63 in US
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
Girl Latin #63 in US
Ruby Ruby is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the red gemstone, from ruber, meaning red.
Girl Latin #64 in US
Brooks Brooks is a boy's name of English origin meaning "of the brook" or "dweller by the stream," from the Old English broc. It began as a surname identifying a family by the water they lived beside.
Boy English #64 in US
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
Girl Germanic #65 in US
Nolan Nolan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Nualláin.
Boy Irish #65 in US
Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.
Boy Hebrew #66 in US
Angel Angel is a name of Greek origin meaning "messenger," from angelos.
Unisex Greek #67 in US
Christopher Christopher is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ," from Christos and pherein, to carry.
Boy Greek #68 in US
Claire Claire is a girl's name of French origin meaning "clear" or "bright," from the Latin clarus.
Girl French #68 in US
Lincoln Lincoln is a boy's name from the English city, whose name combines the Brittonic lindo, meaning pool, with the Latin colonia, a Roman settlement for retired soldiers.
Boy English #69 in US
Eden Eden is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "delight" or "pleasure," from the garden of Genesis.
Unisex Hebrew #70 in US
Madelyn Madelyn is a girl's name and a modern American respelling of Madeline, which descends from Magdalene — meaning "of Magdala," a town on the Sea of Galilee.
Girl Hebrew #71 in US
Silas Silas is a boy's name generally understood as a Greek form of the Aramaic Seila, itself corresponding to the Hebrew Saul, meaning "asked for" or "prayed for."
Boy Aramaic #71 in US
Vivian Vivian is a name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "lively," from vivus.
Girl Latin #72 in US
Andrew Andrew is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," from andreios, from aner, a man.
Boy Greek #73 in US
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
Girl English #73 in US
Adrian Adrian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Hadria," a town in northern Italy that also gave its name to the Adriatic Sea.
Boy Latin #74 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Unisex Germanic #74 in US
Daisy Daisy is a girl's name of English origin naming the flower, and its meaning is unusually literal: daisy comes from the Old English dægesege, "day's eye," because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
Girl English #75 in US
Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.
Boy Greek #75 in US
Cameron Cameron is a name of Scottish origin meaning "crooked nose," from the Gaelic cam, crooked, and sròn, nose.
Boy Scottish #76 in US
Maeve Maeve is a girl's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Medb, usually translated as "she who intoxicates" or "intoxicating."
Girl Irish #76 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Boy Germanic #77 in US
Walker Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "a fuller of cloth."
Boy English #78 in US
Axel Axel is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin, a Danish form of the Hebrew Absalom, meaning "father of peace."
Boy Hebrew #79 in US
Melody Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song" or "singing," from melodia.
Girl Greek #79 in US
Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.
Boy Hebrew #80 in US
Lyla Lyla is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Modern coinage #80 in US
Madeline Madeline is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee whose name comes from the Hebrew migdal, a tower.
Girl Hebrew #81 in US
August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.
Boy Latin #81 in US
Theo Theo is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "god," from theos.
Boy Greek #82 in US
Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.
Girl Hebrew #82 in US

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