Four-Syllable Boy Names
Boy names with four syllables, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Boys, 2025
- 3.0%
- vs 2.8% in 2000
- Boys' names in use
- 620
- 2,885 recorded since 1880
- Boys' peak
- 2008
- at 3.4% of names
How this name length has fared since 1880
Share of published U.S. births, year by year.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defender of men | 7,230#30 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
From the Antonius family; deeper meaning unknown | 2,058#176 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Yahweh will exalt | 3,840#88 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Defender of men, through Alexander | 1,842#195 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Brave lion, through Leonard | 3,789#91 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
God is with us | 2,035#179 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
God will strengthen | 5,091#61 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
God is with us | 513#574 | Down 164 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Rival | 2,397#154 | Up 75 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Belonging to Demeter | 164#1,229 | Down 373 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
God remembers | 558#538 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Origin uncertain; probably related to “famous spear” | 180#1,163 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
North African; Moorish | 413#664 | Down 32 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Yahweh comforts | 743#429 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
God will strengthen | 943#348 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Older meaning unknown; later associated with fire | 298#830 | Up 185 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Greatest | 497#590 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Defender of men | 608#497 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
God is my salvation | 547#550 | Up 238 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Strong, healthy | 710#444 | Up 176 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Eighth | 154#1,278 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
The Lord has remembered | 285#856 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
The Lord strengthens | 621#485 | Up 93 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Son of Leon or of a lion | 591#510 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Form of Marianus; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 198#1,087 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Beloved of Yahweh | 274#876 | Down 153 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Form of Aurelius | 399#681 | Up 523 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is help | 266#893 | Up 82 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through Giovanni | 148#1,312 | Down 154 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Form of Marcellinus | 102#1,649 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Yahweh has helped | 645#472 | Up 206 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
God is with us | 168#1,207 | Down 76 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Man + ruler | 241#962 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh exalt | 286#854 | Up 85 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Surname transferred into given-name use | 405#672 | Up 101 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
| 151#1,291 | Up 172 rank positions in five years | 2004 | |||
To ward off, defend + man | 126#1,425 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Form of Elijah | 162#1,236 | Up 218 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh has hidden | 123#1,458 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Alternate transcription of Abd ar-Rahman | 109#1,564 | Up 331 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The Lord has remembered | 114#1,528 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
| 120#1,481 | Up 186 rank positions in five years | 2009 | |||
| 108#1,577 | Down 119 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
Servant of Yahweh | 104#1,630 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Alternate transcription of Zakariyya | 189#1,130 | Up 266 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Alexius | 276#867 | Up 636 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
| 111#1,550 | Up 246 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
Golden, gilded | 230#991 | Up 987 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Love + god | 103#1,634 | Up 124 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
| 171#1,191 | Up 8,428 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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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.
Syllables use recorded Wiktionary pronunciations when available and spelling estimates otherwise; pronunciations can vary. The list shows the most popular names for each sex. Historical shares are measured over published names only. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.