Swahili Boy Names
Names documented in Swahili include local vocabulary names and names shared with Arabic and other naming traditions. 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 Swahili; in U.S. records from 1914. | 1,116#306 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1954. | 939#351 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1971. | 172#1,189 | Down 247 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1970. | 651#470 | Up 274 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1913. | 110#1,559 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1892. | 72#2,069 | Down 209 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1980. | 114#1,528 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1931. | 18#5,263 | Down 2,044 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Swahili-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1973. | 8#9,579 | Up 2,233 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1971. | 10#7,942 | Up 3,351 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Swahili-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1973. | 17#5,604 | Down 1,470 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1976. | 10#8,168 | Down 2,226 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1971. | 24#4,262 | Up 1,471 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 1995 | ||
Swahili-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1994. | 14#6,394 | Down 975 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1973. | 11#7,403 | new | 1980 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1973. | —Unranked | — | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1977. | —Unranked | — | 1977 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 2024. | 5#12,263 | new | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 2024. | —Unranked | — | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; in U.S. records from 2023. | —Unranked | — | 2023 |
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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.