Modern Boy Names

Names that did not exist, or barely existed, before the twentieth century. Many are respellings, surnames or coinages, and their histories are shorter and better documented than anything older.

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14,795 names, most popular first in the United States

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Bryson Bryson is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "son of Brice."
Scottish #152 in US
Jude Jude is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised" or "thanks."
Hebrew #155 in US
Jaxson Jaxson is a boy's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Jackson.
English #156 in US
Colter Colter is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "horse keeper."
English #157 in US
Hayes Hayes is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "hedged enclosure."
English #162 in US
Ace Ace is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "one" or "unity."
Latin #164 in US
Jason Jason is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "healer."
Greek #165 in US
Connor Connor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds."
Irish #166 in US
Jayce Jayce is a boy's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Jason or a stretched form of Jay.
Modern coinage #167 in US
Beckham Beckham is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "homestead by the stream."
English #168 in US
Jett Jett is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "jet black."
Greek #169 in US
Barrett Barrett is a boy's name of disputed origin.
Disputed #171 in US
Braxton Braxton is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "Bracc's settlement."
English #172 in US
Nico Nico is a name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."
Greek #174 in US
Judah Judah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised."
Hebrew #178 in US
Tucker Tucker is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "cloth fuller."
English #181 in US
Ryker Ryker is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "rich" or "powerful."
Germanic #182 in US
Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."
English #183 in US
Aziel Aziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from elements meaning strength and God.
Hebrew #186 in US
Callan Callan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle" or "rock."
Irish #190 in US
Chase Chase is a boy's name of Old French origin meaning "huntsman."
French #192 in US
Legend Legend is a boy's name taken directly from the English word, which comes from the Latin legenda, meaning "things to be read."
English #193 in US
Tate Tate is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "cheerful."
Norse #194 in US
Ashton Ashton is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree settlement."
English #197 in US
Jaziel Jaziel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God allots" or "God apportions."
Hebrew #198 in US
Caden Caden is a boy's name of modern American coinage with no documented origin.
Modern coinage #201 in US
Kingston Kingston is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "the king's settlement."
English #204 in US
Camden Camden is a boy's name of English origin meaning "enclosed valley."
English #205 in US
Finn Finn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair" or "white."
Irish #206 in US
Messiah Messiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "anointed one."
Hebrew #207 in US
Maddox Maddox means son of Madoc, and Madoc is the prince who supposedly reached America in 1170 — a legend the Tudors found useful, since it would have given England a claim predating Spain's.
Welsh #211 in US
Malakai Malakai is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger".
Hebrew #213 in US
Zayden Zayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed by attaching the -ayden ending to a Z.
Modern coinage #214 in US
Zachary Zachary is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered."
Hebrew #216 in US
Baker Baker is a boy's name of English origin, an occupational surname for someone who baked bread.
English #217 in US
Tyler Tyler is a boy's name from a medieval trade — a man who laid roof tiles — and the leader of the Peasants' Revolt carried it as a job description.
English #220 in US
Cohen Cohen is a boy's name from the Hebrew word for priest, and a surname marking descent from the priestly line of ancient Israel.
Hebrew #225 in US
Kairo Kairo is a boy's name taken from Cairo, the Egyptian capital, respelled with a K.
Arabic #226 in US
Brayden Brayden is a modern American invention with a real Irish surname behind it, and it peaked in 2010 — one of the latest peaks on this site.
Irish #229 in US
Brody Brody is a boy's name of Scottish origin taken from a place near Forres in Moray.
Scottish #236 in US
Kaiden Kaiden has no etymology, because it was invented — it is one of the -aiden rhyming names built in America in the 1990s, and the Arabic and Japanese origins asserted for it online are attached to a coinage rather than found in a source.
American #237 in US
Muhammad Muhammad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy" or "the praised one."
Arabic #239 in US
Adonis Adonis is a boy's name of Greek origin borrowed from a Semitic word for lord.
Greek #241 in US
Kyrie Kyrie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "lord".
Greek #244 in US
Shepherd Shepherd is a boy's name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who tended sheep.
English #246 in US
Ronan Ronan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little seal," from the Irish rón.
Irish #247 in US
Cade Cade is a boy's name of English origin taken from a medieval surname.
English #248 in US
Lane Lane means a narrow way between hedges, and it is one of only two names in this sweep birth records mark as rising — it peaked in 2019 and stands at 250th in the United States on 1,495 births.
English #250 in US

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