Three-Syllable Boy Names
Boy names with three syllables, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Boys, 2025
- 22.1%
- vs 21.2% in 2000
- Boys' names in use
- 2,898
- 9,749 recorded since 1880
- Boys' peak
- 2025
- at 22.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Christ-bearer | 4,748#68 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
English form of Antonius; original meaning unknown | 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 4,773#66 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Honoring God | 1,734#203 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Victory of the people | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Yahweh has given | 3,822#89 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Name of God; also interpreted as God has heard | 8,334#18 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Yahweh has remembered, through Zacharias | 1,646#216 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
God is my strong man | 6,569#37 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 11,111#7 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Gift of God | 13,355#4 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Crooked nose, through a Scottish surname | 4,348#76 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
God has given | 2,565#140 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
From Hadria | 4,464#74 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Possibly olive tree; origin disputed | 14,939#3 | Steady | 2024 | ||
From the Julius family; deeper meaning disputed | 7,603#25 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 5,267#57 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
From Sebaste; venerable in the Greek root | 8,605#16 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Of the Lord | 3,277#106 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Yahweh supports | 5,509#54 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Brave boar, through Everard | 4,287#77 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is Yahweh, through Elijah | 8,837#13 | Up 41 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gift of Yahweh, through Matthew | 11,045#8 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Possibly a Santiago short form or Greek teaching (Didacus) | 2,351#158 | Down 32 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
New house, through Xavier | 1,252#274 | Down 24 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Traditionally father of many or father of a multitude | 1,664#209 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Saint James | 7,554#26 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Victory of the people, through Nicholas | 2,053#177 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Son of Harry | 3,072#116 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 2,939#123 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
From Laurentum | 3,065#117 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Independent person | 5,894#49 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
My messenger or my angel | 2,692#134 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 2,287#160 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Son of James | 2,609#137 | Down 58 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 2,417#151 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Portuguese form in the James and Jacob family | 5,835#50 | Up 118 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Flock of God | 3,921#84 | Up 56 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Emery | 1,371#254 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gift of God | 2,455#146 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Meaning uncertain | 2,000#185 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Praised; commendable | 1,473#239 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Lord; master | 1,462#241 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
My messenger or my angel | 1,657#213 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Elijah | 2,448#147 | Up 208 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Jaasiel | 1,780#198 | Up 381 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Possibly God comforts | 1,975#186 | Up 309 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Irish surname transferred into given-name use | 1,566#227 | Up 579 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.