Croatian & Serbian Boy Names
Croatian and Serbian naming traditions share many forms, alongside differences in language, script, and religious custom. The collection balances recognizable names with less-used choices. The figures describe these spellings in U.S. records; they are not rankings in the source language’s home countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1880. | 2,240#163 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1954. | 3,297#105 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1975. | 3,873#85 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1885. | 1,418#242 | Up 189 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1966. | 93#1,746 | Down 342 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1912. | 45#2,807 | Down 214 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1913. | 87#1,836 | Down 365 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1970. | 546#551 | Up 99 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1967. | 132#1,388 | Down 107 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1946. | 147#1,316 | Down 135 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1911. | 37#3,188 | Down 637 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1892. | 72#2,069 | Down 209 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1960. | 102#1,651 | Down 412 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1974. | 233#982 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1953. | 42#2,951 | Down 756 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1918. | 36#3,243 | Down 316 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1967. | 21#4,710 | Down 168 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1963. | 14#6,350 | Down 1,536 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1967. | 12#7,188 | Down 1,744 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian as Miloš; in U.S. records from 1920. | 15#6,047 | Down 438 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1970. | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1971. | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1962. | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1916. | 9#8,689 | new | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1971. | 5#12,732 | Down 3,703 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1983. | 10#8,032 | new | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 2002. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 1981 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1973. | —Unranked | — | 1974 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1987. | —Unranked | — | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1969. | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 2003. | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 2020. | —Unranked | — | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Serbo-Croatian; in U.S. records from 1974. | —Unranked | — | 1974 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.