Uncommon Spanish Boy Names
Spanish-language naming spans many countries, with both shared classics and local preferences. 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 Spanish; in U.S. records from 1881. | 223#1,012 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1914. | 180#1,163 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1882. | 74#2,025 | Down 189 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1950. | 126#1,426 | Down 167 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1908. | 154#1,278 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1888. | 140#1,347 | Up 143 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1902. | 127#1,423 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1889. | 73#2,043 | Up 105 rank positions in five years | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1885. | 88#1,815 | Up 136 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Spanish as Cristóbal; in U.S. records from 1908. | 105#1,610 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1888. | 102#1,649 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1909. | 29#3,761 | Up 1,108 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Spanish-rooted name; in U.S. records from 1889. | 27#3,952 | Up 475 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1909. | 30#3,676 | Down 908 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Recorded in Spanish as Hernán; in U.S. records from 1921. | 72#2,064 | Down 210 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1915. | 68#2,129 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1884. | 36#3,267 | Down 231 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1888. | 33#3,490 | Down 616 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1880. | 13#6,499 | Down 1,018 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1901. | 13#6,522 | Down 162 rank positions in five years | 1930 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1904. | 10#7,737 | Down 645 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1964. | 46#2,764 | Down 179 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Spanish; in U.S. records from 1990. | 79#1,942 | Up 127 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Spanish as Abrahán; in U.S. records from 1968. | 14#6,146 | Up 1,357 rank positions in five years | 2003 |
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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.