Baby Boy Names
Find boy names that feel right for your family, from longstanding classics to newer favorites. Compare meanings and popularity, then explore each name’s origin, pronunciation, and history. Compare 2025 popularity alongside each name’s longer history.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditionally supplanter, through Jacob | 11,945#6 | Steady | 1947 | ||
Yahweh is gracious | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Bright fame | 3,772#92 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Who is like God? | 8,094#21 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Beloved | 6,794#35 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
He will add | 7,303#29 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
King, ruler + hard, brave | 1,505#234 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
Man, through Karl; alternative army derivation | 5,898#48 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Twin | 6,917#34 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Christ-bearer | 4,748#68 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
God is my judge | 8,085#22 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Gift of Yahweh | 7,003#32 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
English form of Antonius; original meaning unknown | 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Farmer; earth-worker | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Prince / chief of the world | 395#690 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 1934 | ||
Small | 1,316#262 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Form of Latin Marcus | 1,416#245 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Manly; masculine | 4,497#73 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Wealth-guardian | 1,591#224 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Crown, wreath | 1,261#271 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Handsome through Coinneach; also a form of Cináed | 1,148#294 | Down 51 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 4,773#66 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Beloved birth | 1,628#221 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
Possibly hill, high or might, power | 979#339 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Honoring God | 1,734#203 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Counsel + ruler | 438#638 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Healer | 2,224#165 | Down 46 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Traditionally heel-holder or supplanter; possibly may God protect | 6,152#43 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Peace, with a disputed first element; form of Geoffrey | 544#552 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Traditionally little king; from the surname Ó Riain | 3,532#99 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Victory of the people | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Member of the Franks; also a short form of Francis or Franklin | 584#514 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Spear | 201#1,073 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Ever ruler | 1,256#273 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Yahweh has given | 3,822#89 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Crown; wreath | 829#383 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Name of God; also interpreted as God has heard | 8,334#18 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
From Laurentum, through Laurence | 198#1,085 | Down 247 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Just; lawful; upright | 1,512#233 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Counsel + protection | 807#395 | Down 84 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Person from Scotland; Gaelic speaker | 561#534 | Up 30 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Hill covered with broom | 1,326#261 | Down 96 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Home ruler | 12,020#5 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Defender of men | 7,230#30 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Watchful; alert | 493#593 | Down 158 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Nobleman; patrician | 1,495#235 | Down 30 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Power of the army | 1,381#252 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 1918 |
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