Child Names for Boys

There are 14 Child names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Child names 1 to 14. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English and German Julius, the English and French Quentin, the English and German Moses, the English Junior, the English, French, and German Gilbert, the Portuguese and Spanish Santos, and the English and German name, Samson. The unusual Child names are Abelard (English), Amadeus (German), Christmas (English), Octavius (English and German), Sextus (English), and Veit (Dutch and German).

Child names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1981, 0.908% of baby boys were given Child names. There were 8 Child names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Child names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 8 Child names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.769%. Within all Child names, the English, French, and German Benjamin was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #26 and a usage of 0.5984%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Julius 302 ... Jupiter's child, downy ...Julius' meaning is Jupiter's child, downy ...

Junior 613 ... younger, young child ... meaning younger, young child ...

Moses 464 ... born of, child ... the meaning born of, child ...

Samson 897 ... sun child, little sun ...Samson's meaning is 'sun child, little sun' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abelard ... guardian of the abbey ... Heloïse for having a child with her before their ...

Amadeus ... love of God ... Austrian composer and child prodigy Wolfgang ...

Benjamin 26 ... son of the south, son ... was Jacob's youngest child, born to him and his ...

Christmas ... Christmas ... been bestowed on a child born near Christmas ...

Gilbert 679 ... bright pledge ...

Octavius ... eighth ... era to an eighth child in a large family; ...

Quentin 377 ... fifth-born son; born ... for the fifth-born child, or a child born in the ...

Santos 787 ... saints ... of saints for the child, or else given to a ...

Sextus ... sixth-born ... given to the sixth-borh child ...

Veit ... life; wide; wood, forest ... (290-303), a Christian child saint from Sicily ...