Twelve Names for Boys

There are 18 Twelve names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Twelve names 1 to 18. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English, French, and German Joseph, Benjamin, the English Zachary, the Hungarian, English, German, and Hebrew Levi, the English and Hebrew Malachi, Asher, the English, French, and German Simon, the English Judah, the English and Irish Kieran, the English Thaddeus, and the English and Hebrew name, Reuben. The unusual Twelve names are Dan (German and English), Gad (English and German), Gallus (German), Pius (German), and Zebulun (English).

Twelve names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1997, 6.140% of baby boys were given Twelve names. There were 13 Twelve names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Twelve names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 13 Twelve names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.237%. Within all Twelve names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

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Andrew 10 ... male, manly, brave, ... was first chosen of the twelve apostles, and the ...

Asher 233 ... happy, blessed; ash ... ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel ...

Benjamin 26 ... son of the south, son ... on to found one of the twelve tribes of Israel under ...

Dan ... judge; God is my judge, ... who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel ...

Gad ... Also used by the twelve tribes of Israel. ...

Gallus ... Gaul ... disciple and one of the twelve companions of Saint ...

Jacob 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ...

Joseph 13 ... Yahweh will add (another ... after whom one of the twelve tribes of Israel was ...

Judah 425 ... praised, he who is praised ... who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel named ...

Kieran 571 ... little dark one, little ... considered among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland ...

Levi 132 ... attached, associated, ... and they are one of the twelve tribes of Israel ...

Malachi 155 ... my messenger ... by the last of the twelve minor prophets, who ...

Pius ... pious, godly, honorable ... was borne by at least twelve popes, and is often ...

Reuben 939 ... behold, a son ... founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel named ...

Simon 258 ... he who hears, God has ... founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel named ...

Thaddeus 893 ... wise, valiant ... the Bible by one of the twelve apostles, whose given ...

Zachary 42 ... Yahweh has remembered ... including one of the twelve minor prophets of ...

Zebulun ... exaltation ... who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel named ...