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Trending Boy Names

The trendiest baby boy names may be a very different group than you'd guess, especially for the first-time parent new to recent baby-naming fads and popular name trends.

We've analyzed several years of official name popularity lists to pinpoint the boys' names that are making fast strides up the charts. Some of these names have vaulted into the popularity charts, others are getting ready to break through.

Among the most popular trendy boy names in the US Top 100 are Kai, Leo, Leonardo, Lincoln, Logan, Mateo, Maverick, and Theodore. Boy names with high style but that aren’t used as widely include Copeland, Jericho, Montgomery, and Ridge.

If it surprises you to learn that more boys are named Bodhi and Huxley than Bobby and Harry, you may need a lesson in today’s trendy baby names. Here, some surprisingly trendy baby names for boys.

Rowan

Meaning: rowan tree; little redhead

Origin:Scottish and Irish
35
Kai

Meaning: sea

Origin:Hawaiian
22
Arlo

Meaning: between two hills

Origin:Irish or English
9
Royal

Meaning: royal

Origin:English word name
1
Nova

Meaning: new

Origin:Latin
1159
Briar

Meaning: a thorny patch

Origin:Nature name, English word name
1784
Rio

Meaning: river

Origin:Spanish
1096
Maverick

Meaning: independent, nonconformist

Origin:American
163
Origin:Surname or word name
217
Lincoln

Meaning: town by the pool

Origin:English
234
Tripp The English name Tripp is an occupational na...
Origin:Word name
366
Hendrix

Meaning: estate ruler

Origin:Dutch and German, from first name Hendrik
379
Colt

Meaning: young horse

Origin:Word name
505
Atticus

Meaning: from Attica

Origin:Latin
5
Cassius

Meaning: hollow

Origin:Latin
11
Bellamy

Meaning: fine friend

Origin:English and Irish from French
627
Kenji

Meaning: second son

Origin:Japanese
920
Otis

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:Variation of Otto, German
26
Nico

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
85
Bodhi

Meaning: awakening, enlightenment

Origin:Sanskrit
91