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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.

Augustine

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:English variation of Augustus
565
Justice

Meaning: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair

Origin:English word name
1488
Zaire

Meaning: the river that swallows all rivers

Origin:Place name
1245
Joaquin

Meaning: God will judge

Origin:Spanish variation of Joachim
401
Musa Musa is a name of Arabic origin. The meaning...
Origin:Arabic, Turkish, and Persian form of Moses
2221
Imran

Meaning: prosperity

Origin:Arabic
2235
Tadeo The meaning of Tadeo is 'gift of God'. It is...
Origin:Spanish variation of Thaddeus
2865
Gatlin

Meaning: wandering man

Origin:English
3870
Keanu

Meaning: the coolness, or the cool breeze

Origin:Hawaiian
354
Bjorn

Meaning: bear

Origin:Swedish
560
Lian

Meaning: waterfall; lotus

Origin:German, short form of Julian, Chinese
608
Benedict

Meaning: blessed

Origin:Latin
410
Marcelo The name Marcelo is of Latin origin, and it ...
Origin:Spanish variation of Marcellus
1537
Colter

Meaning: colt herder

Origin:English
1817
Gian

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Italian, diminutive of Giovanni
1864
Wallace

Meaning: foreigner, stranger

Origin:Scottish
751
Atreus

Meaning: fearless

Origin:Greek
1112
Atharv

Meaning: knowledge

Origin:Sanskrit
591
Truett

Meaning: dry wood + river bend

Origin:English surname
637
Origin:Pet form of Oswald, Osborn and Osmond.
1186