Latvian Boy Names
Latvian names often have distinctive grammatical endings, alongside forms shared with other European languages. 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 Latvian; in U.S. records from 1880. | 769#420 | Up 62 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Dāvis; in U.S. records from 1880. | 409#668 | Down 114 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1881. | 145#1,328 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1900. | 20#4,870 | Up 2,199 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1881. | 13#6,462 | Up 2,310 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Ņikita; in U.S. records from 1959. | 25#4,216 | Down 2,035 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Āris; in U.S. records from 1916. | 144#1,333 | Up 667 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Ādams; in U.S. records from 1898. | 33#3,449 | Up 4,055 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1935 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Krišs; in U.S. records from 1949. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Māris; in U.S. records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1950. | 5#12,144 | new | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Elīza; in U.S. records from 1880. | 5#12,567 | new | 1915 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Jānis; in U.S. records from 1928. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Tālis; in U.S. records from 1992. | 5#13,664 | new | 2009 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1952. | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Kārlis; in U.S. records from 1950. | —Unranked | — | 1987 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Anrī; in U.S. records from 2014. | 8#8,959 | Down 170 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1950. | —Unranked | — | 1951 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Mārcis; in U.S. records from 1987. | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Ēriks; in U.S. records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1965 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1945. | —Unranked | — | 1945 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1954. | —Unranked | — | 1954 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1956. | —Unranked | — | 1969 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1952. | —Unranked | — | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Gunārs; in U.S. records from 1952. | —Unranked | — | 1952 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1953. | —Unranked | — | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Pēteris; in U.S. records from 1953. | —Unranked | — | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 1988. | —Unranked | — | 1988 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 2000. | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 2005. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Latvian; in U.S. records from 2007. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Latvian as Mārtiņš; in U.S. records from 2020. | —Unranked | — | 2020 |
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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.