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Places Names for Boys

There are 11 Places names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Places names 1 to 11. Trevor was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English and Welsh, and it was followed in popularity by the English Dalton, Clayton, the English, German, and Scottish Keith, the English Dayton, the English and Scottish Craig, the English Stanley, and lastly the English name, Sheldon. The unusual Places names are Alton (English), Bradford (English), and Kell (English and German).

Places names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1960s; prior to that, they were of only occasional use. At the height of their usage in 1960, 1.390% of baby boys were given Places names. There were 9 Places names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Places names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 8 Places names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.404%. Within all Places names, the English and Welsh Trevor was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #147 and a usage of 0.1298%.

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Alton Popularity Trend of Alton
from 1900 to 2008. town at the river source ... any of several English places so called ...

Bradford Popularity Trend of Bradford
from 1900 to 2008. broad ford ... local name from various places in England so called, ...

Clayton Popularity Trend of Clayton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 233 233 clay settlement ... or else in various places in England so called ...

Craig Popularity Trend of Craig
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 588 588 rock ... cliff or any of several places in Scotland named with ...

Dalton Popularity Trend of Dalton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 218 218 town in the valley, ... been adopted in various places in the USA. ...

Dayton Popularity Trend of Dayton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 484 484 ditch town; dairy town ... their name to various places in the USA ...

Keith Popularity Trend of Keith
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 314 314 forest, windy place ... be from any of several places so named in East ...

Kell swampy land; ravine; ... name is from various places named Kell in ...

Sheldon Popularity Trend of Sheldon
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 952 952 plateau, steep valley ... living in various places so named, with the ...

Stanley Popularity Trend of Stanley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 653 653 stony clearing ... local name from various places so called in English ...

Trevor Popularity Trend of Trevor
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 147 147 large village ... could be found in many places in Wales ...


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