Rising Boy Names

Measured from the birth records, not asserted. A name is rising here because its recent years are ahead of its earlier ones in the register — not because anyone declared it a name to watch.

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7,484 names, most popular first in the United States

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Liam Liam is a boy's name of Irish origin, a short form of Uilliam, the Irish version of William.
Irish #1 in US
Oliver Oliver is a boy's name that entered England with the Normans and has a disputed origin.
Norman French #3 in US
Theodore Theodore is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God," formed from theos, meaning god, and doron, meaning gift.
Greek #4 in US
Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
Germanic #5 in US
Mateo Mateo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," the Spanish form of Matthew.
Hebrew #8 in US
Levi Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined" or "attached."
Hebrew #12 in US
Elias Elias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh."
Hebrew #13 in US
Luca Luca is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Italian form of Luke.
Latin #14 in US
Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.
Greek #16 in US
Hudson Hudson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Hudde," a medieval pet form of Hugh.
English #17 in US
Leo Leo is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "lion."
Latin #19 in US
Ezra Ezra is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "help."
Hebrew #20 in US
Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."
Spanish #26 in US
Asher Asher is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "happy" or "blessed."
Hebrew #28 in US
Bennett Bennett is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed," the medieval English form of Benedict, from benedictus.
Latin #40 in US
Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.
Latin #42 in US
Miles Miles is a boy's name of disputed origin, usually connected to the Latin miles, meaning soldier.
Latin #44 in US
Maverick Maverick is a boy's name taken from an English surname, and it is one of the few names to become an ordinary English word within living memory of its source.
English #49 in US
Thiago Thiago is a boy's name of Portuguese and Spanish origin, a form of James arrived at by splitting Santiago.
Portuguese #50 in US
Grayson Grayson is a boy's name of English origin usually explained as "son of the grieve," a grieve being a steward or bailiff who managed an estate.
English #51 in US
Wesley Wesley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western meadow," from the Old English west and leah.
English #52 in US
Josiah Josiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh supports" or "Yahweh heals," from Yoshiyahu.
Hebrew #54 in US
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
English #55 in US
Waylon Waylon is a boy's name of English origin, generally traced to Wayland, the legendary smith of Germanic myth, whose name means something close to "battle land."
English #56 in US
Beau Beau is a boy's name from the French beau, meaning handsome or beautiful.
French #60 in US
Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.
Hebrew #61 in US
Brooks Brooks is a boy's name of English origin meaning "of the brook" or "dweller by the stream," from the Old English broc. It began as a surname identifying a family by the water they lived beside.
English #64 in US
Nolan Nolan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Nualláin.
Irish #65 in US
Lincoln Lincoln is a boy's name from the English city, whose name combines the Brittonic lindo, meaning pool, with the Latin colonia, a Roman settlement for retired soldiers.
English #69 in US
Silas Silas is a boy's name generally understood as a Greek form of the Aramaic Seila, itself corresponding to the Hebrew Saul, meaning "asked for" or "prayed for."
Aramaic #71 in US
Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.
Greek #75 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Germanic #77 in US
Walker Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "a fuller of cloth."
English #78 in US
August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.
Latin #81 in US
Theo Theo is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "god," from theos.
Greek #82 in US
Adriel Adriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "flock of God," from eder, a flock or herd, and El, God.
Hebrew #84 in US
Luka Luka is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Slavic and Balkan form of Luke.
Latin #85 in US
Gael Gael is a boy's name meaning a Gaelic person — a speaker of Irish, Scottish Gaelic or Manx.
Irish #86 in US
Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.
Germanic #91 in US
Kai Kai is a name that exists independently in many unrelated languages.
multiple unrelated #93 in US
Emiliano Emiliano is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Italian form of Aemilianus, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Latin #94 in US
Eithan Eithan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm" or "enduring," a variant spelling of Ethan closer to the Hebrew Eitan.
Hebrew #97 in US
Archer Archer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bowman."
English #98 in US
Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.
Latin #100 in US
Amir Amir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "prince" or "commander," from amara, to command.
Arabic #105 in US
Easton Easton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "east settlement," from the Old English east and tun.
English #110 in US
Jaxon Jaxon is a boy's name and a modern respelling of Jackson, meaning "son of Jack."
English #115 in US
Harrison Harrison is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Harry."
English #116 in US

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