English Boy Names
Explore names documented in English naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Old English; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 230#993 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 63#2,236 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 47#2,759 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1883. | 711#442 | Down 163 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1948. | 269#890 | Down 197 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 29#3,843 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 1,862#194 | Up 159 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1893. | 23#4,417 | Down 262 rank positions in five years | 1935 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 640#476 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 193#1,113 | Down 455 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 479#598 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 5#12,270 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1921. | 684#456 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | 175#1,181 | Down 392 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 390#695 | Down 62 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 529#561 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 108#1,575 | Up 325 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 12#6,866 | Up 1,999 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 30#3,692 | Down 461 rank positions in five years | 1950 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 76#1,993 | Up 739 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 397#686 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1927. | 12#6,925 | Down 2,744 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 9#8,543 | Down 2,422 rank positions in five years | 1926 |
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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.