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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Jacques Jacques is a boy's name, the French form of Jacob, and our data marks it reviving.Boy French #1,933 in US
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Fred Fred is a boy's name, the short form of Frederick meaning peaceful ruler.Boy Germanic #1,939 in US
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Charlene Charlene is a girl's name meaning free man, a feminine of Charles.Girl English #1,951 in US
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Donna Donna is a girl's name from the Italian word for a lady, a title used as a name.Girl Italian #1,969 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.