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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Maria Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Latin and Greek form of Miryam.Girl Hebrew #87 in US
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Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."Girl Hebrew #90 in US
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Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.Boy Hebrew #101 in US
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Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.Boy Latin #106 in US
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Athena Athena is a girl's name from the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and craft.Girl Greek #109 in US
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Catalina Catalina is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Spanish form of Catherine.Girl Greek #111 in US
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Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.Girl Greek #112 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.