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Bible Names for Boys

There are 167 Bible names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Bible names 1 to 20. Andrew was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #12 and a usage of 0.7694%. The name is primarily used in English, Greek, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English, Hebrew, and Russian Abram, the English, German, and Hebrew Ariel, and the English, Hebrew, and Spanish name, Abdiel. The unusual Bible names are Abia (Hebrew), Abner (English), Absalom (Hebrew), Achaz (German), Adlai (English and Hebrew), Amal (Hebrew and German), Amram (Hebrew), Anani, Aram (English and German), Aristides (Greek), Armon (English, Hebrew, and Spanish), and Artemas (English).

Bible names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1983, 32.550% of baby boys were given Bible names. There were 75 Bible names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Bible names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 86 Bible names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 20.660%. Within all Bible names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0355%.

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Aaron Popularity Trend of Aaron
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 50 50 enlightened, exalted, ...In the Bible, Aaron was the older brother of Moses ...

Abdiel Popularity Trend of Abdiel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 984 984 servant of God ...In the Bible, Abdiel was a man of the Tribe of God. ...

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 360 360 breath, vapor; son ... the Bible, Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve, ...

Abia Yahweh is my father ... Old Testament of the Bible, the name Abijah was ...

Abner Popularity Trend of Abner
from 1900 to 2008. father of light, father ... the Bible, Abner was King Saul's first cousin and ...

Abraham Popularity Trend of Abraham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 187 187 father of a multitude ... the Bible, the patriarch Abram's name was changed ...

Abram Popularity Trend of Abram
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 548 548 high father; father ... the Bible, Abram's name was changed to Abraham by ...

Absalom God the Father is peace ... the Bible, Absalom was the third son of King David ...

Achaz God is holding ... Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 72 72 man; to make ... the Bible, Adam was the first man created by God, ...

Adlai Yahweh is just; my ornament ... the Bible, Adlai was the father of Shaphat the ...

Amal work; hope, expectation, ... Old Testament of the Bible ...

Amram exalted nation ...In the Bible, Amram was the father of Moses ...

Anani my cloud ... Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Andrew Popularity Trend of Andrew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 12 12 male, manly, brave, ... the Bible, Andrew was the first chosen of the ...

Aram height, highland; excellence; ... the Bible, Aram was the fifth son of Shem and thus ...

Ariel Popularity Trend of Ariel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 570 570 lion of God ... the Bible, Ariel was another name for the city of ...

Aristides excellent kind ... on Luke 23:43 in the Bible ...

Armon castle, palace; army ... the Bible, Armoni was the first-named of the two ...

Artemas follower of Artemis; ... the Bible, a man named Artemas was briefly ...


Popularity Trend
for Bible Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Bible Names
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