Filipino Boy Names
This selection follows names documented in Tagalog or Cebuano, including inherited local forms and international names. 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 Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1880. | 3,678#95 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1880. | 230#994 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 1936 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1880. | 2,318#159 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1880. | 6,582#36 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1880. | 684#455 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1954. | 1,492#236 | Down 58 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1932. | 5,165#60 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1915. | 277#864 | Down 426 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1915. | 274#877 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1888. | 341#756 | Down 55 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1889. | 272#878 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1886. | 925#355 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1914. | 195#1,105 | Down 121 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1882. | 2,239#164 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1914. | 180#1,163 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1916. | 135#1,374 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1926. | 30#3,746 | Down 905 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1915. | 65#2,190 | Down 291 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1946. | 147#1,316 | Down 135 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1884. | 47#2,752 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1911. | 42#2,973 | Down 144 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1882. | 20#4,912 | Up 881 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1909. | 44#2,856 | Up 2,069 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1911. | 20#4,911 | Down 163 rank positions in five years | 1979 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1900. | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1916. | 11#7,644 | Up 365 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1918. | 39#3,106 | Up 1,103 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1905. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1914. | 5#12,572 | new | 1994 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1911. | 98#1,685 | Up 2,405 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1919. | —Unranked | — | 1969 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 1979. | 10#7,973 | Up 3,388 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Cebuano; in U.S. records from 1978. | 5#13,144 | new | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Tagalog; in U.S. records from 2017. | —Unranked | — | 2017 |
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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.