Boys’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far

There’s a new Number One boys’ name three-quarters of the way through the year.  Finn beat out Henry to become the most popular of the boys’ names 2010, as the most-searched male name on nameberry for the nine months that just ended.

This is big news, not least because well-liked classic Henry got trumped by a quirky ethnic upstart.  Of course, we’re talking most searched name here, not most used, and this is nameberry, where the patrons’ taste in names tends to be more sophisticated and distinctive than at your average baby-naming site.

Still, reaching Number One – not just for the third quarter, mind you, but for all of 2010 so far – is quite a distinction.  So congratulations, Finn, and we’re sure we’ll be seeing you near the top of the official popularity lists one year soon.

The other major boy name trend evidenced here is the predominance of two-syllable names, with a full two-thirds of nameberry’s most popular boys’ names 2010 having two syllables and 17 more having (like Finn) just one.

In other news, these names are newcomers to nameberry’s Top 100 (boys' names 2010):

They replace these, which have fallen off the Top 100:

Names moving up the ladder for the second time in a row include the following, which we now have officially on trend watch:

Names making the biggest leaps upward are:

And boys’ names making their second slide down the popularity list include the following, not surprising, for the most part, as they’re mostly classics or stylish names that may have passed their sell-by date:

Those falling the furthest are:

Nameberry’s full Top 100 Boys’ Names 2010 so far, with their status change for this count compared with their standing at the half year mark, are:

1. Finn up

2. Henry down

3. Jasper up

4. Asher up

5. Atticus up

6. Oliver down

7. Milo up

8. Jude up

9. James down

10. Kai up

11. Felix up

12. Jack down

13. Sebastian up

14. Sawyer up

15. Joseph up

16. Max down

17. Theo up

18. Dashiell up

19. Hudson up

20. Owen down

21. August up

22. Liam down

23. Rowan up

24. Levi up

25. Leo down

26. Miles up

27. Auden up

28. William down

29. Beckett up

30. Eli up

31. Silas up

32. Declan up

33. Oscar up

34. Noah down

35. Rhys =

36. John down

37. Phineas down

38. Michael down

39. Elliot =

40. Dexter up

41. Roman up

42. Riley down

43. Charlie up

44. Ezra up

45. Alexander down

46. Gus up

47. Luca up

48. Benjamin down

49. Luke up

50. Julian up

51. Ryan down

52. Edward up

53. Aidan up

54. Dylan up

55. Tobias up

56. Lucas down

57. Emmett up

58. Andrew down

59. Caleb up

60. Jacob down

61. Mason down

62. Isaac down

63. Ethan down

64. Logan down

65. David down

66. Jackson down

67. Tristan new

68. Elijah new

69. Sam up

70. Jonah up

71. Charles down

72. Thomas down

73. Micah up

74. Sullivan new

75. Ash up

76. Daniel down

77. Evan down

78. Nico up

79. Theodore down

80. George down

81. Kyle down

82. Samuel down

83. Wyatt down

84. Callum up

85. Simon down

86. Gabriel down

87. Cole down

88. Rufus up

89. Peter down

90. Everett down

91. Gideon new

92. Robert down

93. Elias new

94. Nathan down

95. Magnus new

96. Matthew down

97. Cormac  new

98. Orion down

99. Nathaniel new

100. Liev back after an absence

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