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American Boy Names

by Pamela Redmond

American boy names range from place names to hero names to Native American names to boy names with a Western ring.

The top American boy name is Jayden, an invented variation of the Biblical Jadon.

Along with Jayden, American boy names that rank in the US Top 400 include Hudson, Nolan, Easton, Colton, Maverick, Bryson, Jase, Jace, Kayden, and Sawyer.

A little further down the list are Hendrix, Maverick, Dakota, Drake, Holden, Dallas, Austin, Cash, Justice, Lincoln, and Shane. Of course, not all these names are American in origin, but they are used as first names almost exclusively in the US.

Unique American boy names on our recommended list include Booker, Poe, Huck, Jericho, Tennessee, Langston, West, and Hiawatha.

Quintessentially American baby names for boys include the following.

Tip Tip is a name that is of American and Greek ...
Origin:American nickname
4131
Yosemite

Meaning: those who kill

Origin:Native American tribal name
4216
Tokabi

Meaning: has killed

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
4285
Bud The meaning of Bud is 'friend', a colloquial...
Origin:English nickname
4391
Yancey

Meaning: yankee

Origin:Native American
4464
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6459
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6626
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6675
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6676
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6681
Nashoba

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
6768
Origin:Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
6813
Chochmo

Meaning: mud mound

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
6877
Kody According to its Irish origin, the meaning o...
Origin:Spelling variation of Cody
6951
Shtabi

Meaning: kills with

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
7023
Teton Teton, originating from the Dakota word 'tit...
Origin:Native American, Sioux tribe; also western American place-name
7041
Chochokpi

Meaning: throne for the clouds

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
7127
Coro

Meaning: wind

Origin:Native American
7135
Hilooha

Meaning: thunder

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
7194
Wesa

Meaning: cat

Origin:Cherokee
7309