By longest unbroken top-100 run

The longest stretch of consecutive years in which a name held a place inside the top 100 without dropping out once.

Stricter than total years inside the top 100, and deliberately so: a name with forty scattered top-100 years and a name with forty consecutive ones are different records, and only the second is a run. A single year outside the top 100 ends a run.

1,606 records across 6 bands, ordered by longest unbroken top-100 run first.

• 1 to 4 years running

  Names whose longest unbroken top-100 stretch is between 1 and 4 years.

  329 names

• 5 to 9 years running

  Names whose longest unbroken top-100 stretch is between 5 and 9 years.

  183 names

• 10 to 19 years running

  Names whose longest unbroken top-100 stretch is between 10 and 19 years.

  320 names

• 20 to 29 years running

  Names whose longest unbroken top-100 stretch is between 20 and 29 years.

  262 names

• 30 to 49 years running

  Names whose longest unbroken top-100 stretch is between 30 and 49 years.

  352 names

• 50 or more years running

  Names that held a top-100 place for at least 50 consecutive years.

  160 names