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Modern Names for Boys

There are 52 Modern names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Modern names 1 to 20. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the German Hugo, the English, French, and German Gideon, the English Braylen, Jamarcus, Demarion, and lastly the English name, Darryl. The unusual Modern names are Aeron (English and Welsh), Arnold (English and German), Benedict (English), Constantine (English), Cyprian (English and German), Damari (English), Daquan (English), Dardan (Albanian), Demarius (English), Gaetano (Italian), Gordian (German), and Ilan (Hebrew).

Modern names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1964, 6.131% of baby boys were given Modern names. There were 18 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 2007, 21 Modern names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.149%. Within all Modern 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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Aeron ... battle; berry, fruit; ... equivalent of the modern 'aer' ...

Arnold Popularity Trend of Arnold
from 1900 to 2007. ... eagle ruler ... modern form of the name evolved via forms such as ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2007. ... blessed ... revival in its use as a modern given name ...

Braylen Popularity Trend of Braylen
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 695 695 ... first name is a modern invention under the ...

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 62 62 ... man, free man ... British royalty is in modern times seen in the ...

Constantine Popularity Trend of Constantine
from 1900 to 2007. ... 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 2007. ... name is a modern invention, possibly for its ...

Daquan Popularity Trend of Daquan
from 1900 to 2007. ... modern name was 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 2007.
2007 Rank: 861 861 ... from Airelle ... or 'courtyard', and in modern French, 'airelle' means ...

Demarion Popularity Trend of Demarion
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 837 837 ... name is a modern invention from the popular prefix ...

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

Gaetano Popularity Trend of Gaetano
from 1900 to 2007. ... person from Caieta ...Caieta is the old name of the modern day Gaeta ...

Gideon Popularity Trend of Gideon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 528 528 ... hewer, one who cuts ... also commonly used in modern Hebrew. ...

Gordian ... from Gordion ... located at the site of modern Yassihüyük. ...

Hugo Popularity Trend of Hugo
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 398 398 ... heart, mind, spirit ... that reach into modern times ...

Ilan ... tree ...Ilan is a modern Jewish name. ...

Jacob Popularity Trend of Jacob
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 1 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ... modern times, the name is still more popular with ...

Jamarcus Popularity Trend of Jamarcus
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 743 743 ... name could be a modern coinage from the combination ...



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from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
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