Hungarian Boy Names
Hungarian naming includes local forms of saints’ names as well as names rooted in Hungarian history and language. 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 Hungarian as Ádám; in U.S. records from 1880. | 3,501#101 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1882. | 137#1,364 | Up 161 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Lénárd; in U.S. records from 1880. | 5#13,128 | Down 5,278 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1912. | 58#2,375 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Kálmán; in U.S. records from 1912. | 26#4,087 | Up 1,481 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as László; in U.S. records from 1957. | 32#3,560 | Up 211 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Zoltán; in U.S. records from 1912. | 5#13,915 | Down 5,855 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Sándor; in U.S. records from 1924. | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1958. | 12#6,846 | Down 184 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Béla; in U.S. records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Nimród; in U.S. records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1929 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Jenő; in U.S. records from 1923. | —Unranked | — | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Géza; in U.S. records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1996. | 6#11,038 | Down 1,183 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Miklós; in U.S. records from 1959. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1956. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2000. | 9#8,345 | Down 766 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Hungarian-rooted name; in U.S. records from 2004. | 22#4,628 | Up 3,829 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Mátyás; in U.S. records from 2003. | 5#13,236 | Down 3,986 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1958. | 7#10,070 | Down 2,348 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Pál; in U.S. records from 1917. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Gábor; in U.S. records from 1914. | —Unranked | — | 1962 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as József; in U.S. records from 1963. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Márton; in U.S. records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Tamás; in U.S. records from 1964. | —Unranked | — | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as István; in U.S. records from 1962. | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1965. | —Unranked | — | 1966 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Árpád; in U.S. records from 1914. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1962. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2022. | 5#12,140 | new | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Ernő; in U.S. records from 1930. | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2003. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Kornél; in U.S. records from 2008. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Ákos; in U.S. records from 2012. | —Unranked | — | 2012 |
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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.