1473 Boy Names That Start With B (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Thu Aug 22 2024
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Boy names that start with B are led today by Benjamin, the top-ranked B name for boys in the US, making the Top 10.
Along with Benjamin, boy names starting with B in the US Top 200 include Brayden, Bryson, Bennett, Bentley, Beau, and Brooks.
In the UK, Billy and Bobby are back, ranking in the Top 200 names for boys along with B names Blake, Brody, Bodhi, Brodie, and Benjamin.
Unique B names for boys that we recommend range from classic Barnaby to occupational name Booker to nature name Birch.
Here, our full selection of boy names that start with B, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry .
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- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Beckham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"homestead by the stream"
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"
- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Bellamy
Origin:
English and Irish from FrenchMeaning:
"fine friend"
- Banks
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the hillside or riverbank"
- Bowen
Origin:
Welsh, ChineseMeaning:
"son of Owen; wave of writing, wave of literature"
- Boone
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"blessing, lucky"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Bode
Origin:
German, YorubaMeaning:
"order, command; return"
- Brody
Origin:
Irish, English, and ScottishMeaning:
"broad eye or broad island"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond, yellow"
- Bastian
Origin:
Diminutive of Sebastian, Latin from GreekMeaning:
"man of Sebastia"