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Successor Names for Boys

There are 6 Successor names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Successor names 1 to 6. Joshua was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Josiah and the English and Hebrew Elisha. The unusual Successor names are Alpheus (English), Sung (Korean), and Rufus (English).

Successor names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1985, 2.233% of baby boys were given Successor names. There were 4 Successor names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Successor names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 3 Successor names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.115%. Within all Successor names, the English Joshua was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8799%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Alpheus Popularity Trend of Alpheus
from 1900 to 2008. successor ...The name is of the meaning successor. ...

Sung successor ...The name is of the meaning successor. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Elisha Popularity Trend of Elisha
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 636 636 God is salvation ... the disciple and successor of Elijah in the Bible ...

Joshua Popularity Trend of Joshua
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 4 4 Yahweh is salvation ... of the Bible by the successor to Moses, who continued ...

Josiah Popularity Trend of Josiah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 96 96 Yahweh supports, Yahweh ... of Judah who was the successor of King Amon ...

Rufus Popularity Trend of Rufus
from 1900 to 2008. ruddy, red-haired ... the son and successor of William the ...


Popularity Trend
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for Successor Names
in 2006