Rare Boy Names Parents Are Choosing Now

100 + 50 boy names with fewer than 10,000 people alive, Social Security records

Eithan, Aziel and Jaziel lead the rare boy names: fewer than 10,000 people alive in the US have each one, yet parents gave Eithan to 3,636 boys in 2025. Many are new: 31 of the 100 below were given to fewer than 100 boys in 2015.

The first list has the rare names given to the most boys in 2025; the second has 50 very rare ones, given to only 5 to 19. Meanings are from Behind the Name where it gives one (28 of the first 100 have one); many new names aren't in it yet.

What Are the Most Popular Rare Boy Names?

Ranked by the boys given each name in 2025, among names with 100 to 9,999 people alive. The 2015 column shows how many boys got it ten years earlier.

#	Name	Born in 2025	Born in 2015	People alive
1	Eithan	3,636	100	8,716
2	Aziel	1,975	65	8,748
3	Jaziel	1,780	226	9,309
4	Baker	1,640	87	8,592
5	Callahandescendant of Ceallachán	1,566	83	6,985
6	Shepherd	1,408	174	7,515
7	Saint	1,286	40	7,079
8	Koawarrior, koa tree	1,281	162	8,493
9	Bodie	1,249	215	8,596
10	Ares	1,157	341	8,520
11	Kohen	1,143	297	8,504
12	Banks	1,099	106	6,533
13	Colson	1,099	173	9,646
14	Eliam	1,085	94	4,415
15	Zyaire	1,077	192	9,464
16	Dariel	1,043	261	9,201
17	Cairothe victorious	965	223	9,930
18	Wells	944	89	6,515
19	Briggs	921	324	9,375
20	Kaizen	895	56	3,055
21	Onyx	881	121	8,570
22	Kyaire	878	25	2,586
23	Kayce	843	22	6,445
24	Elioform of Aelius	818	63	4,584
25	Kashton	797	222	7,659
26	Kylo	797	35	5,400
27	Koda	778	195	7,517
28	Kaysen	772	351	7,027
29	Boone	762	222	6,613
30	Lucca	757	321	8,594
31	Tadeoform of Thaddeus	753	189	5,802
32	Lian	752	165	5,659
33	Wilder	743	215	8,595
34	Jasai	719	37	1,653
35	Sylas	717	439	8,894
36	Apollostrength	708	323	8,918
37	Rome	694	122	5,671
38	Ayaan	664	416	9,086
39	Musaform of Moses	651	228	6,040
40	Kyson	648	536	9,882
41	Fordford	642	327	8,451
42	Cassian	633	19	2,891
43	Makai	626	371	9,528
44	HezekiahYahweh strengthens	621	377	9,551
45	Caspian	614	105	4,148
46	Cillianchurch	595	121	4,065
47	Leonidaslion	591	556	9,651
48	Callen	579	554	9,996
49	Truett	578	112	3,969
50	Tripp	572	365	8,884
51	Chozen	571	5	1,766
52	Azrielhelp of God	566	105	4,646
53	Ridge	566	226	7,798
54	Rioriver	563	103	7,695
55	Eiden	558	55	2,118
56	Kaison	557	333	7,146
57	Akari	554	19	2,397
58	Calbald	554	144	6,483
59	Ozzyform of Ozzie	548	72	4,494
60	Emirform of Amir	546	147	5,565
61	Ledger	541	159	4,951
62	Chosen	540	9	2,780
63	Zakai	528	104	4,043
64	Colsen	523	35	1,701
65	Jakai	519	130	4,232
66	Rhodes	511	63	2,827
67	Maximo	506	263	8,595
68	Atreus	504	5	3,514
69	Cassiusempty, vain	504	406	9,188
70	Kyren	504	155	4,049
71	Camiloform of Camillus	503	217	8,396
72	Eliel	503	121	4,885
73	Rayanwatered, luxuriant	499	476	9,858
74	Tru	496	72	6,283
75	Jamir	495	361	9,233
76	Kolter	476	43	1,924
77	Krew	476	115	4,150
78	Amiri	472	22	4,893
79	Lachlan	468	311	6,337
80	Abdiel	466	254	7,634
81	Eziah	465	19	1,140
82	Kyro	463	24	2,973
83	Jakari	462	137	5,555
84	Yahyaform of John	455	211	4,536
85	Westleyfrom a surname	453	200	8,916
86	Koenform of Koenraad	448	201	5,147
87	Kylianchurch	448	12	3,728
88	Kenzo	445	88	4,636
89	Zaydto increase	442	185	4,852
90	Kasai	437	15	1,078
91	Amiasform of Amyas	435	101	3,097
92	Lochlan	433	267	4,934
93	Azael	432	122	3,912
94	Anakin	427	237	5,843
95	Keanuthe cool breeze	427	198	8,803
96	Azraelhelp of God	421	65	3,526
97	Ariesram	417	155	7,082
98	Creed	413	131	5,181
99	Wylder	407	47	2,744
100	Benicio	405	133	4,628

What Are Some Very Rare Boy Names?

These names were each given to 5 to 19 boys in 2025, and fewer than 1,000 people alive have them. They are picked from across the alphabet among those Behind the Name gives a meaning for.

Name	Born in 2025	People alive
Adonijahmy lord is Yahweh	13	503
Akiform of Joakim	17	614
Alexandruform of Alexander	9	605
Ananimy cloud	6	344
Antonieform of Anthony	7	751
Artyomform of Artemios	16	266
Avnerform of Abner	16	369
Benceform of Vincent	9	210
Carlitosform of Carlos	11	567
Christiaanform of Christian	7	834
Danyalform of Daniel	12	767
Desiderioform of Desiderius	15	510
Eeroform of Eric	10	355
Erdemvirtue	9	142
Fahdpanther	18	385
Fouadheart	8	412
Georgesform of George	12	674
Grigorform of Gregory	7	199
Hannibalgrace of Ba'al	6	594
Husainhandsome	8	403
Indrapossessing drops of rain	13	914
Jafarstream	12	655
Jojohe will add	5	458
Kamenstone	5	420
Keinanform of Cainan	5	195
Kostaform of Konstantin	10	400
Lawfrom Laurentum	11	195
Lorenzform of Laurence	8	914
Maksymilianform of Maximilian	8	471
Mattygift of Yahweh	10	742
Mirkopeace, world	9	158
Mustaphathe chosen one	16	642
Naveedgood news	8	667
Nicolaasform of Nicholas	6	390
Oberonform of Auberon	17	281
Ovadiaform of Obadiah	12	154
Phelanform of Faolán	5	624
Qadircapable, powerful	19	479
Ramsaywild-garlic island	7	426
Rolanform of Roland	17	773
Sarveshruler of all	8	290
Sergeyform of Sergius	10	480
Sherifeminent, virtuous	9	411
Stephanosform of Stephen	5	115
Thierryform of Theodoric	19	844
Valdemarform of Waldemar	5	691
Vukwolf	12	249
Yaronto sing, to shout	10	282
Zaccheusform of Zacchaeus	6	476
Zimrimy praise	11	248

What Makes a Name Rare?

This site calls a name Very Rare when 10,000 or fewer people alive in the US have it, about 1 in 34,000 people. A name can be rare and still be chosen often now: 96% of the people with the names in the first list are under 30. The guide What Makes a Name Rare or Common? explains the counts, and Rarest Baby Names Ever Recorded looks at the rarest names in the records.

See also the rare girl names, the vintage boy names, and the most common boy names.