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Place Names for Boys

There are 156 Place names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Place names 1 to 20. Brody was the most popular among these names in 2009 with a rank of #77 and a usage of 0.2551%. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Scottish Graham, the English, German, and Scottish Keith, the English Dallas, and the English and Irish name, Case. The unusual Place names are Arizona, Beldon (English), Benton (English), Crosby (English), Guthrie (English), Halley (English), Hearn (English), Olinto (Italian), Oni, Oxford (English), Petronio (Spanish and Italian), Somerset, Stafford (English), Strom (English), and Tecumseh (English).

Place names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. The names rose in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1994, 5.871% of baby boys were given Place names. There were 82 Place names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Place names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2009, 57 Place names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.577%. Within all Place names, the English and Scottish Logan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #17 and a usage of 0.6838%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Arizona place of little spring ... meaning of Arizona is place of little spring. ...

Beldon from the small and beautiful place ... the small and beautiful place ...

Benton Popularity Trend of Benton
from 1900 to 2009. from the place where ... meaning is from the place where the bear grass ...

Brody Popularity Trend of Brody
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 77 77 ditch, muddy place ... meaning ditch, muddy place ... is itself from various place names possibly ...

Case Popularity Trend of Case
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 853 853 from the home or dwelling ... the home or dwelling place'. ...

Crosby from the place with ... meaning is 'from the place with a public cross'. ...

Dallas Popularity Trend of Dallas
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 338 338 meadow dwelling, resting ... dwelling, resting place ...

Graham Popularity Trend of Graham
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 262 262 gravelly place, gray ... of the meaning gravelly place, gray house ...

Guthrie wind-blown place ...The meaning of the name is 'wind-blown place'. ...

Halley Popularity Trend of Halley
from 1900 to 2009. from the hall in the ... the grove, from an open place in the woods. ...

Hearn horse lord; from the ... here is from the stony place or the corner. ...

Keith Popularity Trend of Keith
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 331 331 forest, windy place ... meaning forest, windy place ...

Olinto wild fig, place of figs ... ancient Greek city; the place name is itself of the ...

Oni one born in a sacred ...The name's meaning is one born in a sacred place ...

Oxford from the place where ... meaning is from the place where the oxen cross ...

Petronio from a rocky place; ... meaning is from a rocky place; bumpkin - in this ...

Somerset place of the summer ...Somerset's meaning is 'place of the summer settlers'. ...

Stafford Popularity Trend of Stafford
from 1900 to 2009. ford by a landing place ... ford by a landing place. ...

Strom resting place ...The name is of the meaning resting place. ...

Tecumseh goes through one place ... means goes through one place to another. ...


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