Personal Names for Boys

There are 16 Personal names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Personal names 1 to 16. Ryan was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Irish, and Welsh Owen, the Spanish Diego, the English Riley, Corey, the English and Welsh Kendall, and the English name, Kendrick. The unusual Personal names are Baldwin (English and German), Brandt (English and Scandinavian), Callisto (Italian), Engelbert (German), Harvey (English), Kenton (English), Marin (French and German), Montgomery (English), and Shiloh (English and Hebrew).

Personal names are popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1986, 1.980% of baby boys were given Personal names. There were 10 Personal names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Personal names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 7 Personal names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.744%. Within all Personal names, the English and Irish Ryan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.7106%.

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Baldwin ... bold friend, brave friend ... revival of the Norman personal name ...

Brandt ... sword, torch ... from the Old Norse personal name Brandr. ...

Callisto ... most beautiful ... from the Late Latin personal name Callistus, which ...

Corey 251 ... ravine; raven ... from the Old Norse personal name Kori, or else it ...

Diego 58 ... teaching; Yahweh may ... from an Iberian personal name. ...

Engelbert ... angle; bright, famous; ...Angil is an old Germanic personal name ...

Harvey ... battle worthy ... surname, which is of a personal name formed from 'haer' ...

Kendall 535 ... valley of the River ... from the Old Welsh personal name Cynnddelw, which ...

Kendrick 552 ... high summit, greatest ... from the Old Welsh personal name Cynwrig meaning ...

Kenton ... royal manor ... was also used as a personal name Cena, or else from ...

Marin ... of the sea ... which is from the personal name Marius, or else it ...

Montgomery ... Gomeric's hill; hill ... and Gomeric, a Germanic personal name ...

Owen 56 ... lamb; born of the yew ... from an Old Celtic personal name meaning 'born of ...

Riley 109 ... rye field ... else from the Old Irish personal name Raghallach. ...

Ryan 16 ... descendant of Rian ... Ó Riain; the old Gaelic personal name Riain is of ...

Shiloh ... he who will be sent ... as a place name and personal name in the Bible ...