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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Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.Girl Hebrew #125 in US
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Evangeline Evangeline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of good news."Girl Greek #147 in US
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Genevieve Genevieve is a girl's name of Gaulish origin whose meaning is not settled.Girl Gaulish #148 in US
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Oakley Oakley is a name of Old English origin meaning "oak clearing" or "oak meadow."Unisex English #156 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.