1498 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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- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Boone
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"blessing, lucky"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Billy
Origin:
English, diminutive of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Bowen
Origin:
Welsh, ChineseMeaning:
"son of Owen; wave of writing, wave of literature"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish, English, FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Bruno
Origin:
GermanicMeaning:
"brown"
- Bryce
Origin:
Variation of Brice, Scottish surnameMeaning:
"speckled, freckled"
- Bram
Origin:
Dutch variation of Abraham, HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Bear
Origin:
Animal nameMeaning:
"bear"
- Beck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small stream"
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"