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Popular boy names.

The most popular boy names in United States births in 2024.

Birth year

Boys · 2024

US rank	Name	Recorded births
201	Bentley meadow with coarse grass	1,782
202	Zayden	1,747
203	Messiah	1,744
204	Abraham father of multitudes	1,737
205	Alex defending men	1,728
206	Adonis lord	1,721
207	Timothy honoring God	1,721
208	Kaiden	1,716
209	Knox round hill	1,706
210	Tate cheerful	1,700
211	Caden	1,686
212	Nico people of victory	1,686
213	Ayden little and fiery	1,684
214	Victor conqueror	1,684
215	Xander defending men	1,671
216	Oscar	1,669
217	Maddox son of Madoc	1,668
218	Colter	1,649
219	Joel Jehovah is his God	1,638
220	Abel breath	1,635
221	Patrick noble, patrician	1,630
222	Rafael	1,621
223	Griffin	1,617
224	Brody	1,615
225	Jaziel	1,602
226	Eithan	1,599
227	Rory red king	1,596
228	Edward wealthy guardian	1,589
229	Riley rye clearing (English); Irish surname origin…	1,573
230	Brandon broom-covered hill	1,562
231	Milan	1,554
232	Malakai	1,545
233	Richard dominant ruler	1,544
234	Ismael God will hear	1,535
235	Kyrie	1,533
236	Louis renowned warrior	1,510
237	Elian	1,499
238	Kairo the conqueror	1,483
239	Cohen	1,479
240	Nash by the ash tree	1,468
241	Grant large	1,458
242	Callan	1,455
243	Dallas	1,453
244	Mark warlike	1,447
245	Harvey battle worthy	1,446
246	Muhammad praiseworthy	1,445
247	Javier new house	1,443
248	Karter transporter of goods by cart	1,431
249	Zayn beauty, grace	1,426
250	Crew	1,415

United States · 2024 births. Each spelling is counted separately. Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Linked names have a complete profile; additional profiles are being prepared.