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Modern Names for Boys

There are 64 Modern names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Modern names 1 to 20. Charles was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #63 and a usage of 0.3339%. The name is primarily used in English and French, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch and English Derek, the English and Irish Donovan, the English and Scottish Donald, the English Braylen, Darryl, Demarion, and lastly the English name, Damari. The unusual Modern names are Aeron (English and Welsh), Arnold (English and German), Aylmer (English), Benedict (English), Constantine (English), Cyprian (English and German), Daquan (English), Dardan (Albanian), Delbert (Dutch and English), Demario (English), Demarius (English), and Donn (English, Irish, and Scottish).

Modern names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1932, 9.220% of baby boys were given Modern names. There were 25 Modern names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Modern names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 30 Modern names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.764%. Within all Modern 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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Aeron battle; berry, fruit; ... equivalent to the modern 'aer' (battle) ...

Arnold Popularity Trend of Arnold
from 1900 to 2008. eagle ruler ... modern form of the name evolved via forms such as ...

Aylmer nobly famous ... of which the most modern is Aylmer ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2008. blessed ... revival in its use as a modern given name ...

Braylen Popularity Trend of Braylen
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 572 572 first name is a modern invention under the ...

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 63 63 man, free man ... British royalty is in modern times seen in the ...

Constantine Popularity Trend of Constantine
from 1900 to 2008. steadfast, constant ... it Constantinople; the modern name of the city is ...

Cyprian man from Cyprus ... been affected by its modern use as a slang for ...

Damari Popularity Trend of Damari
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 997 997 name is a modern invention, possibly for its ...

Daquan Popularity Trend of Daquan
from 1900 to 2008. modern name is formed from the popular name ...

Dardan pear; to devour ... that corresponds to modern day Kosovo and part of ...

Darryl Popularity Trend of Darryl
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 754 754 from Airelle ... or 'courtyard', and in modern French, 'airelle' means ...

Delbert Popularity Trend of Delbert
from 1900 to 2008. nobly famous ... name is possiby a modern English coinage from the ...

Demario Popularity Trend of Demario
from 1900 to 2008. name is a modern coinage from the popular prefix ...

Demarion Popularity Trend of Demarion
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 905 905 name is a modern invention from the popular prefix ...

Demarius name is a modern invention from the popular prefix ...

Derek Popularity Trend of Derek
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 159 159 ruler of the people ... and subsequently the modern day cranes. ...

Donald Popularity Trend of Donald
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 331 331 world ruler, world-mighty ... name has in modern times been made famous by the ...

Donn Popularity Trend of Donn
from 1900 to 2008. brown; king ... modern use, it can be considered the short form of ...

Donovan Popularity Trend of Donovan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 214 214 descendant of Donndubhán, ... modern times, it has largely lost its Irish ...


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