Top Boy Names for 2026
Choosing a boy's name for 2026? Rankings reflect the latest published US Social Security Administration data; the trends show which names are rising heading into 2026.
Below are the 100 most popular boy names, each tagged with its 10-year trend so the classics and the climbers are easy to spot.
Top 100 Boy Names for 2026
100 names- #1Liam
- #2Noah
- #3Oliver
- #4Theodore▲
- #5James
- #6Henry
- #7Mateo▲
- #8Elijah
- #9Lucas
- #10William
- #11Benjamin
- #12Levi
- #13Ezra▲
- #14Sebastian
- #15Jack
- #16Daniel
- #17Samuel
- #18Michael
- #19Ethan
- #20Asher▲
- #21John
- #22Hudson
- #23Luca▲
- #24Leo▲
- #25Elias
- #26Owen
- #27Alexander
- #28Dylan
- #29Santiago▲
- #30Julian
- #31David
- #32Joseph
- #33Matthew
- #34Luke
- #35Jackson
- #36Maverick▲
- #37Miles
- #38Wyatt
- #39Thomas
- #40Isaac
- #41Jacob
- #42Mason
- #43Gabriel
- #44Anthony
- #45Carter
- #46Logan
- #47Aiden
- #48Grayson
- #49Caleb
- #50Cooper
- #51Charles
- #52Roman
- #53Josiah
- #54Ezekiel▲
- #55Thiago▲
- #56Isaiah
- #57Joshua
- #58Wesley
- #59Jayden
- #60Bennett▲
- #61Christopher
- #62Nathan
- #63Angel
- #64Nolan
- #65Waylon▲
- #66Cameron
- #67Brooks▲
- #68Andrew
- #69Beau▲
- #70Weston▲
- #71Rowan▲
- #72Adrian
- #73Lincoln
- #74Enzo▲
- #75Ian
- #76Kai▲
- #77Christian
- #78Axel▲
- #79Aaron
- #80Theo▲
- #81Silas
- #82Walker▲
- #83Jonathan
- #84Leonardo
- #85Everett▲
- #86Micah
- #87Ryan
- #88August▲
- #89Gael
- #90Robert
- #91Jose
- #92Eli
- #93Jeremiah
- #94Luka▲
- #95Amir▲
- #96Jaxon
- #97Parker
- #98Colton
- #99Myles▲
- #100Adam
The fastest climbers of the past decade include Stetson, Atlas and Zayn, while steady classics include Liam and Noah.
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