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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Cash Cash is a boy's name of English origin meaning a maker of boxes or cases.Boy English #287 in US
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Kenneth Kenneth is a boy's name anglicizing two separate Gaelic names, one meaning born of fire and one meaning handsome.Boy Scottish Gaelic #294 in US
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Sonny Sonny is a boy's name of English origin meaning exactly what it looks like — son.Boy English #298 in US
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Gavin Gavin is a boy's name from the Arthurian Gawain, whose meaning has never been established.Boy Scottish #303 in US
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Francesca Francesca is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "free one" or "Frenchwoman."Girl Italian #307 in US
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Elodie Elodie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "foreign riches."Girl Germanic #310 in US
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Tessa Tessa is a girl's name that grew out of Theresa and is now used independently.Girl Greek #311 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.