Indonesian Boy Names

Names used in Indonesian cross several linguistic and religious traditions; this selection follows documented use in Indonesian. 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

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1929.

1,473#239
Up 71 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1950.

407#669
Down 44 rank positions in five years
2001

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1949.

698#450
Up 123 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1920.

563#532
Up 242 rank positions in five years
2024

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1979.

83#1,886
Down 199 rank positions in five years
2008

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1969.

61#2,285
Up 404 rank positions in five years
2004

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1982.

54#2,483
Up 278 rank positions in five years
2008

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1917.

20#4,897
Down 1,231 rank positions in five years
1996

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1988.

151#1,296
Up 535 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1959.

24#4,352
Down 356 rank positions in five years
1976

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1972.

15#5,908
Down 618 rank positions in five years
1990

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1978.

38#3,179
Down 763 rank positions in five years
2022

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1974.

10#7,704
Down 2,841 rank positions in five years
2005

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1971.

24#4,252
Down 1,115 rank positions in five years
2008

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1968.

10#7,713
Up 410 rank positions in five years
2007

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1976.

—Unranked
—
1984

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1996.

13#6,450
Down 2,178 rank positions in five years
2005

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1966.

—Unranked
—
1975

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1981.

8#9,136
Down 892 rank positions in five years
2006

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1919.

11#7,199
Down 1,496 rank positions in five years
2017

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1982.

8#8,958
Down 1,896 rank positions in five years
2008

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1989.

—Unranked
—
2010

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1977.

11#7,490
Up 1,752 rank positions in five years
2012

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1975.

9#8,481
Up 1,438 rank positions in five years
2016

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1984.

10#8,044
new
2018

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1995.

13#6,593
Up 2,439 rank positions in five years
2024

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1996.

14#6,380
Up 7,296 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 1996.

—Unranked
—
2003

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2002.

11#7,355
new
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2008.

—Unranked
—
2021

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2001.

—Unranked
—
2001

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2016.

—Unranked
—
2017

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2002.

—Unranked
—
2012

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2000.

—Unranked
—
2000

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2020.

8#8,926
Up 3,147 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Indonesian; in U.S. records from 2022.

5#13,233
new
2022

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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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