Long records and returns
What the published record itself shows across its whole length — how long a name has been recorded, and whether it left the lists and came back.
20 groupings, drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). A grouping with too few qualifying names is not published at all.
- Names returning after an absence
Names absent from a published list for at least 4 years, then recorded again within the last 10 years of that record.
60 names currently qualify
- Names that have left the published lists
Names with a substantial record that stopped appearing in their published list at least three years before that list's most recent year.
60 names currently qualify
- Longest recorded names
Names with the longest unbroken span of official records.
60 names currently qualify
- Names with the earliest records
Names first recorded in an official list in 1965 or earlier.
60 names currently qualify
- Names recorded across generations
Names ranked inside the top 200 at both ends of a record spanning at least 45 years, in the same published list.
60 names currently qualify
- Names that have been both common and rare
Names recorded inside the top 100 and also outside position 800 within the same published list.
60 names currently qualify
- Names newly appearing in official records
Names first recorded within the last 12 years of a list that had already been publishing for at least 15 years before they appeared.
55 names currently qualify
- Names recorded every year without a break
Names ranked in every single published year of a list across at least 25 years.
60 names currently qualify
- Names with the largest climb on record
Names that improved by the largest multiple between the position they entered a list at and their highest recorded position, across at least 20 years.
60 names currently qualify
- Names furthest from their peak
Names now standing at a much lower position than their highest recorded one, at least 15 years after it.
60 names currently qualify
- Names longest inside the top ten
Names ranked inside the top 10 of one published list in at least 15 separate years.
60 names currently qualify
- Names back after the longest absence
Names absent from a published list for at least 10 consecutive years before being recorded in it again.
60 names currently qualify
- Names longest inside the top fifty
Names ranked inside the top 50 of one published list in at least 30 separate years.
60 names currently qualify
- Longest unbroken runs inside the top hundred
Names that held a top-100 position in one published list for at least 25 consecutive years without dropping out.
60 names currently qualify
- Names that came back more than once
Names absent from one published list for 4 or more years on at least two separate occasions, each time returning.
60 names currently qualify
- Names that emerged late in a list's history
Names first recorded at least 40 years after their published list began, and ranked in at least 10 years since.
60 names currently qualify
- Names that stayed near their highest position for decades
Names within half again of their own highest recorded position in at least 25 separate years of one published list.
60 names currently qualify
- Names inside the top hundred across the most decades
Names ranked inside the top 100 of one published list in at least four separate decades.
60 names currently qualify
- Names recorded longest inside the top five hundred
Names ranked inside the top 500 of one published list in at least 50 separate years.
60 names currently qualify
- Names recorded across eighty years or more
Names whose published record in one list runs at least 80 years from first to last.
60 names currently qualify