Short Boy Names
Short boy names range from traditional one-syllable choices to names with several vowel sounds. Every spelling here has four letters or fewer; the written length is precise even when pronunciation varies by language.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 1,256#273 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 3,501#101 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 1,915#191 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 2,412#153 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 1,515#232 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 549#546 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
A compact 3-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 3,418#104 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 4,140#79 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 1,525#231 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 234#977 | Down 389 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 364#730 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 155#1,269 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 625#482 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 2,443#148 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A compact 3-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 622#483 | Up 23 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A compact 3-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 808#393 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 551#544 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A compact 3-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 64#2,207 | Up 229 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 818#388 | Up 690 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 338#762 | Up 145 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 37#3,204 | Down 170 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 7#9,790 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 270#882 | Up 1,418 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A compact 4-letter choice with a vowel opening. | 26#4,067 | Down 557 rank positions in five years | 2019 |
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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.