Most Popular Baby Boy Names in the U.S.

Sheeple think it makes them sound classy, distinguished and sophisticated right now to give their kid some old-sounding name. In 20 years when all these kids grow up sick of there always being 2 Noahs and 3 or 4 Jacobs in every class they were in, they'll move on to something else.

Happens in every generation, but it's more diverse now. Used to be there were 4 Michaels and 5 Pauls in every class. Nothing wrong with Biblical names, the ones I get tired of are the crazy spellings that everyone is supposed to figure out how to pronounce like a normal name.

Nothing to do with sheeple or trying to sound classy. Names have always come in and out of fashion, although the cycles seem to be pretty short these days. Not everyone minds having a name lots of other people have, either. Like Joey says, it's the stupid spellings that are really tiresome. Those and the made up names.

@DanJS: so what you're saying is that people aren't sheep, they're just blindly following whatever's in fashion that year?

and if the allure of sounding classy or creative or original isn't what accounts for these fashion trends, what does? Simply trying to stay in fashion? Wouldn't that make them more sheep than even what I was saying?

Certain names show up in movies, TV shows, news headlines, or just in baby registries... other new parents see one or two new babies born with that name.. think "oh, that's a nice name. And SO original. And... wow... sounds so much more sophisticated than [boring "common" name from my generation]! Everyone at the PTA meetings will respect me for being a creative free-thinker." and.. predictably.. 10 million other parents think precisely the same thing at the same time... and thus naming fashion trends are born.

danjs...what you just said is pretty much what he was saying by sheeple...they go with what is in fashion...pretty much the definition of sheeple

I'm a firm believer that there should be an agency in the government that dictates what names are allowed to be used. Too many idiots out there making up names or using random words. I personally know people who have named their sons "Wickley" and "Ransom." Those are not names.

I work on our county history and there was a minister in our area in the 1860s whose first name was Ransom.

Kalba, seriously, if you were to have a child how would you choose his/her name? If you don't want something biblical or "old", you don't want something trendy, you want it to be original so you can't name them for an ancestor, you don't want something made up or with an odd spelling - what is left? It's a serious responsibility as a parent to name a child, and it's not so easy to choose one you think will fit them well for life. i have a very "unusual" middle name which I would not choose for myself but I will not say I hate it because I was given my mother's middle name. She loved her name and I think she was disappointed that I didn't pass the name on to my first daughter but I didn't want my child to endure the teasing I received when people learned my middle name. Again, it's not easy to choose a name for another person who is still unknown. For all I knew my baby daughter might have loved having her grandmother's name but I injected my own feelings and we chose something else.

Wow... I didn't think anyone actually used the term "sheeple" unironically. What a load of pretentious nonsense.

I can think of a lot of original names that are meaningful and interesting and not just something that is currently trendy. Jesus people get all bent out of shape over nothing. The statement I made was true. People are unoriginal. They follow trends. If they didn't, then there would be nothing to base this quiz on and no way to guess the answers. And, yes, many people give their children names that they think sound classy or sophisticated. To all the people responding here who, I assume, had children and named them something on this list, I apologize for recognizing your unoriginality. It's not the worst thing in the world. I'm not apologizing for being honest, nor for the average person's inability to distinguish between honesty and arrogance or pretentiousness.

2 days before this quiz was featured there was another quiz about popular beers. Many people there left comments calling those who would drink those popular and widely-sold beers "mindless" "tasteless" and so on. Nobody lost their minds over those comments. I think I'm the only one who called these people snobs, and I got attacked for it...

Can you accept "Aidan" for "Aiden". I definitely know one or two.

I also know someone called Aidyn for that variant.

Where did you get your info from? I think I found a website that has all the answers you have, and in the same order!

I wonder if this list counts all of the jacked up spelling variations that evil parents like to impart on their children.

If spelling variations are listed separately, do you combine them for the quiz? And if not, why do you accept variations for answers?

Totally, names should never have an apostrophe or two y's

My Arabic friend has an apostrophe in his name.

Less odd names than by girls, but also less fantasy (no that doesn't have to be the same ;))

Angel is a boys' name? o.O

It is a popular Spanish name for boys.

Hi, I'm Angel, and yes, I'm a boy (or more accurately, a grown man).

can;t lie, i have a michael, daniel and joshua...

There is probably a connection between me being terrible at remembering people's names and my doing so poorly on this quiz. ha.

Ugh, I hate all these new names. Mason? Is that a name?

It might have evolved from the surname.

There are quite a lot of English names from surnames, and not even just modern inventions.

No doubt part of the New World Order's conspiracy to control the world and gloat about it while doing so.

Funny story: My Economics teacher once had a student whose name was spelled "La-a", and he was like "uh, is there someone named Laa in this class or is it a mistake?" so everyone in the class was like "there's no one named Laa in here", but finally this one girl said that she wasn't called on, and my teacher said "okay, what's your name?" and she said "LaDasha". You were supposed to pronounce the dash. I don't know if he was telling the truth, but I still found it funny.

i heard of parents who just put - on the birth certificate and the child was legally called Dash

What? No Jacks? This is blasphemy! This is madness! This.... is.... JETPUNK!!!

xD

Will Donald make the 2016 list? Will it be HUUUUGE?! For God's sake, NO!!

Barack never caught on, so probably not

Yeah just ask all the women he assaulted, all the vendors he never paid for their services, the wives he cheated on, the Mexicans he insulted by calling them rapists...the list goes on. Pretty much the only people who will defend him are either white supremacists or have so many financial interests to protect (i.e. they're greedy) that they're willing to sell their own souls as well as sell out their country and fellow citizens.

I think people should be careful before dissing names.

Fun facts: There are now more children called Jaxon spelled with an x than like the surname Jackson The parents who called their daughter Unique would be sad to learn that there are three others

I believe there is some research supporting the theory that naming your child something unique affects their career prospects. I personally can't imagine a political or business leader named Jayden or Swayde

GAHHH! I can't believe I, Loganite, missed Logan. :(