235 Boy Names That Peaked in 2022 - Page 12

Another name fallen to the plague of the K. Nonetheless, it has risen a bit in the charts since entering the US Top 1000 in 2011.

With Crew having entered the Top 1000 in 2010, it was only a matter of time before variants started popping up.

Dariel is an update to Darren, influenced by names like Gabriel.

Trendy Cason is becoming popular enough to have a variety of offshoot spellings in the Top 1000.

This newly invented name takes a cool short form—Kash/Cash—and adds the trendy -ton suffix, a la Ashton, Colton, and Weston. It made its first appearance on the US Top 1000 list in 2015.

This spelling of the popular surname ranks just inside the Top 1000.

Fast-rising boy name thanks to Indian actress Dia Mirza. Avyaan is related to Ganesha, the Hindu god of beginnings and good luck.

This variation of Ivan entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2022. Double As are trending across the states, such as Saanvi and Aarush, and Ivaan is running right along with them — all the way into the Top 1000 this past year in 2022.

Variation of Amir that debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016.

While we're definite fans of Zaire -- the former name of the country now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- the "Y" really isn't necessary. This spelling variation debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016.

Kartier is on the rise for boys, along with a host of other luxury fashion related baby names.

Created in the style of Jabari, a fashionable Swahili name. Jakari is mainly used among African American families in the US.

This Josiah variant has been in the Top 1000 every year since 2006.