Hebrew Boy Names

Hebrew-rooted names include biblical names and forms used in modern Hebrew naming. 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 nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1880.

4,041#80
Down 17 rank positions in five years
1989

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1880.

3,418#104
Down 44 rank positions in five years
2012

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1880.

7,456#28
Up 4 rank positions in five years
2022

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1880.

8,126#20
Up 24 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1919.

24#4,360
Down 885 rank positions in five years
1960

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1913.

533#558
Up 7 rank positions in five years
1991

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1913.

708#446
Up 21 rank positions in five years
2008

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1942.

728#436
Up 82 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1942.

411#666
Up 7 rank positions in five years
2022

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1951.

413#665
Up 14 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1880.

174#1,184
Up 198 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1947.

266#893
Up 82 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1950.

351#741
Up 89 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1945.

211#1,049
Up 61 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1947.

241#963
Up 58 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1951.

277#866
Up 35 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1976.

124#1,450
Up 105 rank positions in five years
2006

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1970.

103#1,643
Down 399 rank positions in five years
2019

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1928.

268#891
Up 220 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1965.

124#1,445
Down 95 rank positions in five years
2023

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1961.

155#1,273
Up 324 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1965.

9#8,292
Down 183 rank positions in five years
1983

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1975.

256#921
Up 1,005 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1961.

121#1,466
Down 203 rank positions in five years
2020

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1959.

71#2,077
Down 165 rank positions in five years
2021

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1945.

62#2,260
Down 23 rank positions in five years
2023

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1918.

25#4,177
Down 658 rank positions in five years
2019

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1937.

11#7,619
Up 4,235 rank positions in five years
1963

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1913.

42#2,983
Up 737 rank positions in five years
2023

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1970.

53#2,528
Up 264 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1926.

18#5,215
Down 787 rank positions in five years
2022

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1953.

8#9,011
Down 1,437 rank positions in five years
2006

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1969.

78#1,968
Up 1,038 rank positions in five years
2025

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1970.

8#9,674
Down 973 rank positions in five years
2008

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1978.

18#5,224
Up 500 rank positions in five years
2024

Hebrew-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1987.

9#8,470
Up 2,579 rank positions in five years
2016

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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.

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