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American Names for Boys

There are 27 American names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are American names 1 to 20. Ethan was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and Hebrew, and it was followed in popularity by the English and German Jonathan, the English Brandon, Cole, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English Josiah, Dakota, Corbin, Corey, the English and German Bailey, the English Clinton, and the English and Scandinavian name, Elmer. The unusual American names are Abner (English), Anselm (English and German), Benedict (English), Chip (English), Clyde (English and Scottish), Irving (English and Scottish), Lovell (English), and Noam (English and Hebrew).

American names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1985, 4.015% of baby boys were given American names. There were 18 American names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. American names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 18 American names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.486%. Within all American names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9533%.

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Abner Popularity Trend of Abner
from 1900 to 2007. ... father of light, father ... were serialised in American newspapers from 1911 ...

Anselm ... protected by God ... is also known from the American photographer Ansel ...

Bailey Popularity Trend of Bailey
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 666 666 ... bailiff; berry wood ... Bailey Salinger in the American television drama series ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2007. ... blessed ... to surrender his American fort to the British ...

Brandon Popularity Trend of Brandon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 31 31 ... broom hill, hill covered ... fame of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando ...

Carson Popularity Trend of Carson
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 90 90 ... rock, coastal rocks; ... USA, the fame of the American frontiersman Kit Carson ...

Chip Popularity Trend of Chip
from 1900 to 2007. ... chip of the old block; ... Chip is of North American Indian origin and it is used ...

Clinton Popularity Trend of Clinton
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 755 755 ... settlement by the River ... name is famous from the American president Bill Clinton ...

Clyde Popularity Trend of Clyde
from 1900 to 2007. ... washer ... Dreiser novel An American Tragedy (1925). ...

Cole Popularity Trend of Cole
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 84 84 ... black; dove; victory ... in honor of the American songwriter Cole Porter ...

Corbin Popularity Trend of Corbin
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 244 244 ... raven ... been made known by the American TV actor Corbin Bernsen ...

Corey Popularity Trend of Corey
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 251 251 ... ravine; raven ... Corey Baker on the American TV series Julia ...

Dakota Popularity Trend of Dakota
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 203 203 ... friend ... the name of the Native American people also known as ...

Elmer Popularity Trend of Elmer
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 866 866 ... noble, honorable; great, ... due to the fame of the American Revolutionary War ...

Ethan Popularity Trend of Ethan
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 3 3 ... enduring, long-lived ... Allen (1738-1789) the American revolutionary and ...

Irving Popularity Trend of Irving
from 1900 to 2007. ... green river ... by the Russian-born American lyricist Irving Berlin ...

Jonathan Popularity Trend of Jonathan
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 23 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... personify the typical American; it was first adopted ...

Josiah Popularity Trend of Josiah
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 106 106 ... Yahweh supports, Yahweh ... Quincy (1744-1975), an American lawyer and patriot who ...

Lovell Popularity Trend of Lovell
from 1900 to 2007. ... little wolf, wolf cub ... one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth ...

Noam ... sweetness, pleasantness, ... is known from the American linguist and philosopher ...



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for American Names
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