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 ... father of light, father ... were serialised in American newspapers from 1911 ...

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

Bailey 666 ... bailiff; berry wood ... Bailey Salinger in the American television drama series ...

Benedict ... blessed ... to surrender his American fort to the British ...

Brandon 31 ... broom hill, hill covered ... fame of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando ...

Carson 90 ... rock, coastal rocks; ... USA, the fame of the American frontiersman Kit Carson ...

Chip ... chip of the old block; ... Chip is of North American Indian origin and it is used ...

Clinton 755 ... settlement by the River ... name is famous from the American president Bill Clinton ...

Clyde ... washer ... Dreiser novel An American Tragedy (1925). ...

Cole 84 ... black; dove; victory ... in honor of the American songwriter Cole Porter ...

Corbin 244 ... raven ... been made known by the American TV actor Corbin Bernsen ...

Corey 251 ... ravine; raven ... Corey Baker on the American TV series Julia ...

Dakota 203 ... friend ... the name of the Native American people also known as ...

Elmer 866 ... noble, honorable; great, ... due to the fame of the American Revolutionary War ...

Ethan 3 ... enduring, long-lived ... Allen (1738-1789) the American revolutionary and ...

Irving ... green river ... by the Russian-born American lyricist Irving Berlin ...

Jonathan 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... personify the typical American; it was first adopted ...

Josiah 106 ... Yahweh supports, Yahweh ... Quincy (1744-1975), an American lawyer and patriot who ...

Lovell ... little wolf, wolf cub ... one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth ...

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