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Place Names for Boys

There are 142 Place names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Place names 1 to 20. Brody was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #70 and a usage of 0.2906%. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the English, German, and Scottish Keith, the English and Scottish Graham, the English Dallas, and lastly the English name, Case. The unusual Place names are Benton (English), Crosby (English), Guthrie (English), Halley (English), Hearn (English), Olinto (Italian), Oni, Oxford (English), Petronio (Spanish and Italian), Stafford (English), Strom (English), Tecumseh (English), Tracy (English), Vernon (English and Irish), and Windsor (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 2008, 61 Place names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.540%. Within all Place names, the English and Scottish Logan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #19 and a usage of 0.6372%.

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Benton Popularity Trend of Benton
from 1900 to 2008. from the place where ... meaning is from the place where the bear grass ...

Brody Popularity Trend of Brody
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 70 70 ditch, muddy place ... meaning ditch, muddy place ... is itself from various place names possibly ...

Case Popularity Trend of Case
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 956 956 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 2008.
2008 Rank: 334 334 meadow dwelling, resting ... dwelling, resting place ...

Graham Popularity Trend of Graham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 323 323 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 2008. 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 2008.
2008 Rank: 314 314 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 ...

Stafford Popularity Trend of Stafford
from 1900 to 2008. 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. ...

Tracy Popularity Trend of Tracy
from 1900 to 2008. place of Thracius; warlike ...The name's meaning is place of Thracius ...

Vernon Popularity Trend of Vernon
from 1900 to 2008. place of alders, alder ...The name's meaning is place of alders, alder grove ...

Windsor landing place with a winch ...The name means landing place with a winch. ...


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