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The steadiest names in America

100 names · 50 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025

Most name lists chase movement. This one celebrates the opposite: names holding almost exactly the same rank year after year.

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This guide has 100 names: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Top-300 names with a stable five-year trajectory, ordered by how little their rank has moved. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

Before the names

A steady name means no surprise trend wave and no sudden datedness — what it sounds like today is what it will sound like at graduation.

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Girl names

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Boy names

Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.

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