There are 58 Literature names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Literature 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 Anthony, the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English Beau, the Arabic and English Ali, and the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, Alfred. The unusual Literature names are Aeneas (English), Ahab (English), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Amyas (English), Amyntor (Greek), Augustine (English), Balthasar (English and German), Benedict (English), Bertram (English and German), and Bob (English).
Literature names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1984, 12.841% of baby boys were given Literature names. There were 33 Literature names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Literature names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 32 Literature names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 8.158%. Within all Literature names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9301%.
