Century Names for Boys

There are 434 Century names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Century names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #11 and a usage of 0.8196%. 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 Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the Arabic Ali, the Italian and Spanish Alfonso, the Arabic and German Ahmad, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English, German, and Hebrew name, Amos. The unusual Century names are Adolf (German), Alban (English and German), Aldous (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Amadeus (German), Amando (Italian), Ambrose (English), Amerigo (Italian), and Amyas (English).

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, 46.668% of baby boys were given Century names. There were 241 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 2007, 204 Century names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 30.572%. Within all Century names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

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Aaron 52 ... enlightened, exalted, ... the 17th century, it was taken up by the Puritans, ...

Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ... was adopted by the 17th century Puritans, and it has ...

Adolf ... noble wolf ... was popular in 19th century France ... used by 17th and 18th century German royalty, and was ...

Ahmad 555 ... most praiseworthy ... by three 17th and 18th century Turkish sultans named ...

Alan 129 ... little rock; harmony, ... was borne by a fifth century saint in Brittany, and ...

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... was a famous 3rd or 4th century Romano-British saint ...

Albert 371 ... nobly famous ... to England in th 11th century where it displaced the ...

Aldous ... noble, honorable; old ... Britain since the 13th century, especially in East ...

Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... the name from the 12th century ...

Alexis 158 ... defender ... among them, the 5th century Saint Alexius of Rome ...

Alfonso 519 ... noble and ready ... was borne in the 9th century by Saint Alphonsus the ...

Alfred 742 ... inspired advice; old ... names in the 19th century ... coined in the 19th century, from a misreading of ...

Ali 386 ... high, lofty, sublime ... caliph in the 7th century ...

Alistair ... defender of men ... 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 ... used since the 11th century ... to Italy around the 6th century by the Ostrogoths of ...

Amos 979 ... borne by God; bearer ... prophet in the 8th century; his prophecies, such ...

Amyas ... friendship; beloved ... speakers in the 16th century ...