Top Boy Names 2012

Top Boy Names 2012

Finn has taken over as Nameberry’s top boy name for 2012, claiming the Number 1 spot held last year by Asher.  Former most popular boys’ name Henry drops to Number 3.

The names on our boys’  Top 10 remain the same as last year, except that Owen and Felix have switched places at Numbers 10 and 11.

Biblical Simon is the name that’s risen furthest on the Nameberry list, up 43 places.  The boys’ names moving the most places up the ladder are:

Simon – up 43 places

Zachary – up 36 places

Samuel – up 27 places

Kieran – up 25 places

Dashiell – up 22 places

Flynn – up 21 places

Soren – up 20 places

Isaac – up 18 places

Elijah – up 16 places

The boys’ name sliding the furthest is Dexter, followed by George, Phineas, and Arlo.

New entrants to the Boys’ Top 100, in order of their rank on the list, are:

Luca

Micah

Zane

Christian

Cato

Stellan

Cyrus

Nolan

Daniel

Griffin

Matthew

Joseph

Seth

Bodhi

Harry

Here then, the full list of Nameberry top boy names 2012.  Don’t forget to scroll all the way and guess boys’ name #101 to win a free book!

1. Finn

2. Asher

3. Henry

4. Milo

5. Jasper

6. James

7. Oliver

8. Atticus

9. Jude

10. Owen

11.  Felix

12. Levi

13. Liam

14. Emmett

15. Leo

16. Silas

17. Miles

18. Ezra

19. Sebastian

20. Noah

21. Declan

22. Jack

23. Luca

24. Hudson

25. Everett

26. Max

27. Ethan

28. Caleb

29. William

30. Eli

31. Micah

32. Theodore

33. Charlie

34. Flynn

35. Oscar

36. Benjamin

37. Rhys

38. Isaac

39. Luke

40. Beckett

41. Julian

42. Elijah

43. Gabriel

44. Wyatt

45. Nathaniel

46. Alexander

47. Simon

48. Theo

49. Hugo

50. Dashiell

51. Mason

52. Callum

53. Samuel

54. Jacob

55. Lucas

56. Xavier

57. Arlo

58. Roman

59. Thomas

60. Arthur

61. Archer

62. Jonah

63. Zachary

64. John

65. Elias

66. Zane

67. Cole

68. Jackson

69. Phineas

70. Grayson

71. Christian

72. Kieran

73. Soren

74. Cato

75. Andrew

76. Dexter

77. Evan

78. Charles

79. Nicholas

80. Rufus

81. Stellan

82. Orion

83. Gideon

84. Aiden

85. Edward

86. Nathan

87. Holden

88. Cyrus

89. Nolan

90. Daniel

91. Griffin

92. Michael

93. Matthew

94. Joseph

95. George

96. Tobias

97. Seth

98. Bodhi

99. Reed

100.Harry

Continuing our tradition, guess Number 101 and win a personalized signed copy of our newest bookBeyond Ava & Aiden! The first correct guess wins; please don’t duplicate previous guesses.

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About the Author

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.