Occitan Boy Names

Occitan name forms reflect the Romance-language traditions of southern France and neighboring regions. 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 Occitan; in U.S. records from 1880.

1,505#234
Down 26 rank positions in five years
1946

Recorded in Occitan as Jacòb; in U.S. records from 1880.

6,152#43
Down 28 rank positions in five years
1998

Recorded in Occitan as Samuèl; in U.S. records from 1880.

8,334#18
Up 7 rank positions in five years
2001

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1880.

2,732#131
Down 49 rank positions in five years
1990

Recorded in Occitan as Rafaèl; in U.S. records from 1880.

1,639#218
Up 29 rank positions in five years
2006

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1882.

655#468
Down 45 rank positions in five years
2007

Recorded in Occitan as Ezequièl; in U.S. records from 1912.

943#348
Up 14 rank positions in five years
2024

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1912.

83#1,899
Down 736 rank positions in five years
1997

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1880.

42#2,952
Up 340 rank positions in five years
1947

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1892.

639#477
Up 89 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1903.

232#987
Up 148 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1880.

6#11,108
Down 3,413 rank positions in five years
1928

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1880.

—Unranked
—
1924

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

—Unranked
—
1992

Recorded in Occitan as Loís; in U.S. records from 1892.

—Unranked
—
1932

Recorded in Occitan as Antòni; in U.S. records from 1915.

61#2,286
Up 335 rank positions in five years
2007

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1910.

15#6,135
Down 165 rank positions in five years
1954

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

135#1,371
Up 581 rank positions in five years
2023

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1953.

6#11,649
new
1961

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1907.

—Unranked
—
1990

Recorded in Occitan as Ezéquias; in U.S. records from 2000.

18#5,272
Up 2,417 rank positions in five years
2023

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 2004.

19#5,085
Up 3,172 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Occitan as Josèp; in U.S. records from 1935.

—Unranked
—
2011

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1994.

6#11,771
Down 3,822 rank positions in five years
2019

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

—Unranked
—
2020

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1983.

—Unranked
—
1992

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1916.

—Unranked
—
1916

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1986.

—Unranked
—
1996

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

—Unranked
—
1917

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1986.

—Unranked
—
2004

Recorded in Occitan as Estève; in U.S. records from 1989.

—Unranked
—
1995

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 1953.

—Unranked
—
1953

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 2014.

6#11,703
new
2014

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

—Unranked
—
1978

Recorded in Occitan; in U.S. records from 2015.

—Unranked
—
2015

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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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