By continuity of record
How many separate unbroken stretches a name's record falls into — one for a name ranked every year since it first appeared, more for one whose record stopped and resumed.
A stretch ends when no registrar ranked the name that year. That almost always means it fell below a published list's cut-off, never that no child received the name, and never that it returned for any particular reason. Registrars also publish to different depths, so a name can leave one list while staying in another.
11,129 records across 7 bands, ordered by most separate stretches first.
- Unbroken since it first appeared
Names ranked in every single year between their first recorded year and their most recent one.
2,921 names
- 2 separate stretches
Names whose record falls into exactly 2 unbroken stretches, separated by years with no ranking at all.
2,060 names
- 3 separate stretches
Names whose record falls into exactly 3 unbroken stretches, separated by years with no ranking at all.
1,710 names
- 4 separate stretches
Names whose record falls into exactly 4 unbroken stretches, separated by years with no ranking at all.
1,377 names
- 5 separate stretches
Names whose record falls into exactly 5 unbroken stretches, separated by years with no ranking at all.
934 names
- 6 to 9 separate stretches
Names whose record falls into between 6 and 9 unbroken stretches.
1,825 names