There are 10 Western names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Western names 1 to 10. Dylan was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, German, and Welsh, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Irish Shane, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, and the English name, Eugene. The unusual Western names are Aristotle (English and Greek), Basil (English and German), Galen (English), Ilir (Albanian), Montana (English), and Socrate (French and Italian). Western names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1927, 1.658% of baby boys were given Western names. There were 4 Western names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Western names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of occasional use. In 2008, 4 Western names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.697%. Within all Western names, the English, German, and Welsh Dylan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #31 and a usage of 0.5379%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Albert  372 | nobly famous; white ... among royalty in Western Europe, including two ... |
| Aristotle | excellent purpose ... to many fields of Western thought, such as ... |
Basil  | royal, kingly; valiant, ... later introduced into Western Europe by the returning ... |
Dylan  31 | sea ... in the popular TV western series Gunsmoke ... |
Eugene  691 | well born, noble ... had not been popular in Western Europe in the Middle ... |
Galen  | calm ... theories dominated Western medicine for over a ... |
| Ilir | to be free ... which inhabited the western Balkans; their ... |
Montana  | mountainous; mountain ... as the name of the western state in the USA. ... |
Shane  174 | Yahweh is gracious, ... release of the popular western film Shane (1953) based ... |
| Socrate | power ... one of the founders of Western philosophy. ... |
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