Uncommon Hungarian Boy Names
Hungarian naming includes local forms of saints’ names as well as names rooted in Hungarian history and language. Every name shown is outside the latest U.S. Top 1000 for the sex displayed, including names without a published count that year. 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 Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1880. | 101#1,656 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Kristóf; in U.S. records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 2001 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1950. | 5#12,144 | new | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Béni; in U.S. records from 1963. | 20#4,876 | Up 1,134 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1988. | 5#12,657 | Down 5,483 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as János; in U.S. records from 1964. | —Unranked | — | 1969 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2007. | 19#5,101 | Up 4,845 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2003. | 8#9,586 | Down 958 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1974. | 11#7,239 | Up 1,577 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1962 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Mózes; in U.S. records from 1999. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Izsák; in U.S. records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Elemér; in U.S. records from 1920. | —Unranked | — | 1927 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 2019. | —Unranked | — | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1997. | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Krisztián; in U.S. records from 2007. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Ödön; in U.S. records from 1916. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Ádika; in U.S. records from 1978. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1971. | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1967. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Bálint; in U.S. records from 2003. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1991. | —Unranked | — | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian; in U.S. records from 1947. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Recorded in Hungarian as Lukács; in U.S. records from 2005. | —Unranked | — | 2005 |
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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.