One-Syllable Boy Names
Boy names with one syllable, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Boys, 2025
- 13.9%
- vs 12.8% in 2000
- Boys' names in use
- 1,699
- 4,726 recorded since 1880
- Boys' peak
- 1881
- at 38.8% of names
How this name length has fared since 1880
Share of published U.S. births, year by year.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditionally supplanter, through Jacob | 11,945#6 | Steady | 1947 | ||
Yahweh is gracious | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Man, through Karl; alternative army derivation | 5,898#48 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Farmer; earth-worker | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Small | 1,316#262 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Form of Latin Marcus | 1,416#245 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
God is gracious in Spanish and Manx; beautiful or graceful for Chinese 娟 | 2,318#159 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Probably from Lucania | 6,948#33 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Valley or dean, from two surname traditions | 2,876#125 | Up 51 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Black or pale, from Old English surname roots | 1,080#316 | Down 107 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Chase, hunt | 1,904#192 | Down 69 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Greatest; also a short form of Maxwell | 2,025#180 | Down 33 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Charcoal; also victory of the people through Nicholas | 2,003#182 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Farmer or earthworker, through George | 1,069#323 | Down 47 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Big, large | 1,555#228 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Possibly gracious or dear; historically associated with soldier | 6,072#44 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Manly, in the Andrew family | 1,744#200 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Healer, through Jason | 3,083#114 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Sea in Hawaiian; other meanings depend on the naming tradition | 3,768#93 | Steady | 2022 | ||
Beautiful or handsome | 5,165#60 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English form of Miles, meaning uncertain; separate Greek name probably means mill | 3,511#100 | Up 24 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Probably gravelly homestead | 2,967#120 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Near a brook | 4,877#64 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English surname of uncertain meaning; lily in the Latvian tradition | 1,051#324 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Probably praise; Jewish woman when short for Judith | 2,384#155 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Probably a Gaelic speaker | 3,860#86 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Lane, path | 1,383#250 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Healer | 2,199#167 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Red | 1,150#293 | Up 23 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Advice or counsel | 1,936#188 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
White or fair in Irish; Sámi or Finn in the Norse tradition | 1,702#206 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Surname name with several proposed origins | 1,392#248 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Cross | 1,025#331 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Young male horse | 1,188#285 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Box maker, from an occupational surname | 1,181#287 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Probably happy or glad | 1,862#194 | Up 159 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Jet aircraft or deep black | 2,167#169 | Up 109 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Highest rank in English; Aleksandar diminutive in Macedonian | 2,239#164 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Round hill | 1,836#196 | Up 42 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
At the ash tree | 1,357#255 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Enclosure or fence; also descendant of Aodh | 2,240#162 | Up 83 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Variant of Cash | 1,183#286 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Beauty or adornment | 1,381#253 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A group working together; weir in the surname branch | 1,352#256 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Variant of Zaire | 1,077#317 | Up 127 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Possibly bane, ruin or male | 1,157#290 | Up 306 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Warrior, courage; koa tree | 1,281#269 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Holy, saintly | 1,286#267 | Up 304 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English surname transferred into given-name use | 1,099#310 | Up 443 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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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.
Syllables use recorded Wiktionary pronunciations when available and spelling estimates otherwise; pronunciations can vary. The list shows the most popular names for each sex. Historical shares are measured over published names only. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.