Fastest-Rising Boy Names 2021
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What are the fastest-rising boy names on the most recent US name popularity list, for 2021?
Here's a complete list of the boy names vaulting the furthest and fastest up the list. Note that the Social Security Administration issues the official baby name count for the US more than a year later, so 2021 is the most recent year counted.
Some of these names are already on the official Top 1000 and some are much more rare. What they have in common is that they're hot right now.
Does that mean they're destined to be the most popular boy names of the future? Maybe, and maybe not.
Some of the fastest-rising names got that way because of a pop culture event or a celebrity and may fade just as quickly. But some -- and these are the names you'll probably want to pay the most attention to -- are male names that have been simmering along just below the surface and are ready to pop.
The boys' names here are ordered according to their current popularity on Nameberry, which should give you a good idea of which names we're going to hear a lot more of years to come. Nameberry favorites such as Arlo, Atticus, and August have now become big favorites with the rest of the country, which means they are almost certainly heading to the top of the popularity list.
To see these fast-rising boy names ordered by category, which may make the list easier to understand, check out our blog on the Top Baby Names of 2021.