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.

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

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Girls Boys Unisex

Blayne Peaked in 2009 · 4,904 births since 1921
Unisex #2,968 in US
Seraphine Peaked in 1908 · 3,585 births since 1900
Girl #2,968 in US
Huey Peaked in 1935 · 7,815 births since 1880
Boy #2,969 in US
Twyla Peaked in 1964 · 7,450 births since 1905
Girl #2,971 in US
Uri Peaked in 2023 · 1,455 births since 1913
Boy #2,972 in US
Frédéric Frédéric is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning peaceful ruler, the French form of Frederick.
Boy French #2,973 in US
Jae Jae is a unisex name with two separate origins. In Korean it's a syllable with Chinese-character meanings such as "talent" or "wealth," often part of a two-syllable name, and in English it's a spelling of Jay, used alone or as a middle name.
Unisex Korean, English #2,974 in US
Brice Brice means speckled, and the fourth-century saint who carried it was a difficult man — Brictius succeeded Martin of Tours after years of insulting him publicly, and was driven out before being restored.
Boy French #2,982 in US
Reyes Peaked in 1999 · 6,728 births since 1898
Unisex Spanish #2,983 in US
Lavina Peaked in 1920 · 6,970 births since 1880
Girl #2,985 in US
Prescott Prescott is a boy's name of English origin meaning "priest's cottage," from the Old English preost and cot.
Boy English #2,985 in US
Coralie Coralie names a skeleton — coral is the calcium structure built by colonies of tiny animals, so the name describes an object made by living things rather than a plant or a stone.
Girl French #2,986 in US
Francisca Peaked in 1928 · 15,144 births since 1882
Girl #2,991 in US
Pauline Pauline is a girl's name from the Latin for small or humble, the feminine of Paul.
Girl French #2,994 in US
Breck Peaked in 2016 · 3,097 births since 1945
Unisex #2,994 in US
Eloy Peaked in 1993 · 8,752 births since 1908
Boy #2,995 in US
Odelia Peaked in 2024 · 3,884 births since 1880
Girl Hebrew #2,997 in US
Antoinette Antoinette means little Antoine, and the meaning usually given for the parent name — flower — is a false etymology.
Girl French #2,998 in US
Sonora Peaked in 2023 · 1,444 births since 1924
Girl Latvian #3,000 in US
Nyle Peaked in 2016 · 2,925 births since 1914
Boy #3,006 in US
Levin Peaked in 2011 · 1,928 births since 1889
Boy Turkish #3,010 in US
Loren Loren means from Laurentum, a town rather than a plant — the laurel reading came second, and the town itself was probably named for its laurels, so the connection is real but runs the long way round.
Unisex Latin #3,011 in US
Oswaldo Peaked in 2006 · 5,967 births since 1915
Boy Spanish #3,012 in US
Edgardo Peaked in 1992 · 6,045 births since 1934
Boy Italian #3,013 in US
Vianna Peaked in 2010 · 2,144 births since 1890
Girl #3,013 in US
Sander Peaked in 2020 · 1,815 births since 1912
Boy #3,015 in US
Hanson Peaked in 2018 · 2,132 births since 1883
Boy #3,016 in US
Lillia Peaked in 2013 · 3,992 births since 1881
Girl Latin #3,018 in US
Sandy Sandy shortens Alexander and Alexandra, meaning defender of the people — and in Scotland it is the standard familiar form of Alexander, which is why it reads as Scottish rather than merely short.
Unisex Scottish #3,020 in US
Dempsey Peaked in 2014 · 5,152 births since 1880
Unisex #3,021 in US
Mai Peaked in 1990 · 7,911 births since 1880
Girl #3,022 in US
Charleston Peaked in 2015 · 3,817 births since 1914
Unisex American English #3,022 in US
Eliazar Peaked in 2007 · 2,141 births since 1925
Boy #3,023 in US
Hilda Hilda means battle, and it is the surviving fragment of longer Germanic names — Hildegard, Brunhild and Matilda all contain it, and the element outlived most of the compounds it belonged to.
Girl Germanic #3,025 in US
Tilden Peaked in 2022 · 1,446 births since 1880
Boy #3,027 in US
Joann Joann is a girl's name meaning God is gracious, a simplified spelling of Joanna.
Girl English #3,030 in US
Lander Peaked in 2025 · 1,174 births since 1913
Boy #3,033 in US
Gaspar Peaked in 2024 · 3,362 births since 1911
Boy Spanish #3,041 in US
Williams Peaked in 1950 · 9,220 births since 1880
Boy #3,044 in US
Alyse Peaked in 1988 · 7,967 births since 1892
Girl #3,045 in US
Alethea Peaked in 1973 · 5,391 births since 1892
Girl #3,049 in US
Ilah Peaked in 2022 · 1,828 births since 1891
Girl #3,050 in US
Evette Peaked in 1967 · 6,229 births since 1919
Girl Dutch #3,053 in US
Minnie Minnie Mouse did not make Minnie popular.
Girl Scottish #3,054 in US
Emmanuella Peaked in 2018 · 4,454 births since 1915
Girl #3,057 in US
Geo Peaked in 2022 · 1,518 births since 1880
Boy #3,057 in US
Heriberto Peaked in 1993 · 10,282 births since 1916
Boy #3,058 in US
Adria Peaked in 1979 · 7,561 births since 1910
Girl Latin #3,059 in US

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