There are 537 Century names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Century names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #6 and a usage of 0.8566%. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English and German Alexis, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the Arabic and English Ali, the Arabic and German Ahmad, the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso, and the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, Alfred. The unusual Century names are Adlai (English and Hebrew), Adolf (German), Alban (English and German), Aldous (English), Alf (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Amadeus (German), Amando (Italian), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), and Amerigo (Italian). Century names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1967, 48.800% of baby boys were given Century names. There were 265 Century names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Century names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 223 Century names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 32.287%. Within all Century 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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DESCRIPTION MATCH: Aaron  50 | enlightened, exalted, ... the 17th century, it was taken up by the Puritans, ... |
Abraham  187 | father of a multitude ... was adopted by the 17th-century Puritans, and it has ... |
| Adlai | Yahweh is just; my ornament ... speakers in the 19th century ... |
Adolf  | noble wolf ... was popular in 19th-century France ... |
Ahmad  559 | most praiseworthy ... by three 17th- and 18th-century Turkish sultans named ... |
Alan  135 | little rock; harmony, ... name was borne by a 5th-century saint in Brittany, and ... |
| Alban | man from Alba; the Albanian ... a famous 3rd- or 4th-century Romano-British saint ... |
Albert  372 | nobly famous; white ... to England in th 11th century where it displaced the ... |
| Aldous | noble, honorable; old ... Britain since the 13th century, especially in East ... |
Alexander  6 | defender of men ... the name from the 12th century ... |
Alexis  169 | defender; defender of men ... among them, the 5th-century Saint Alexius of Rome ... |
Alf  | inspired advice; old ... since the late 19th century ... |
Alfonso  585 | noble and ready ... was borne in the 9th century by Saint Alphonsus the ... |
Alfred  787 | inspired advice; old ... names in the 19th century ... |
Ali  398 | high, lofty, sublime; ... caliph in the 7th century ... |
| Alistair | Scots by the 17th century, and spread beyond ... |
| Amadeus | love of God ...The name was coined in the 17th or 18th century ... |
| Amando | lovable ... by Saint Amandus, a 5th-century bishop of Bordeaux. ... |
Ambrose  | immortal, divine ... Milan (334-340), a 4th-century bishop and one of the ... |
Amerigo  | work; rich, powerful, ... used since the 11th century ... |
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