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Famous baby names and what they mean, for famous, popular, fame, renowned, with 374 results. These boy names reached the apex of their popularity during 1880-1889 (ADOPTION OF 36.35%) and have become significantly less widespread since (ADOPTION 13.24%, 63.6% LESS), with names like Louis becoming somewhat dated. The most fashionable baby names in this list are Theodore (#44), Lincoln (#40), Sebastian (#18), Elias (#67) and Lucas (#8), while Borrett (TOP 83%) and Berrett (14%) are familiar surnames. Here is the list of Popular names for girls.

Famous names

Abel - Aloiki | Alonzo - Arsenio | Artemas - Bertram | Beverly - Byron | Cadfael - Cicero | Cimarron - Cree | .. - .. | Welby - Zarek

Abel - Aloiki

Abel

Abel
.. century, and is popular in Spain. Abed is also a marginally prominent boys' name. [Avel, Abie, Abe, .. 5 more]

Abelard
.. Made famous by the 12th century .. Popular as last names. Compare Abelard (UPPER 68%) with common surnames Attard (UPPER 18%), Allord (57%), which also end with -rd. [Abelardo, .. 5 more]

Abraham

Abraham
.. The name was popular while Abraham .. Common, with usage of 0.239% for Abraham and variants as children's names in 2018, higher than 0.234% a year ago. [Ibrahim, Bram, Avi, Abrami, Abrahan, Abie, Aberham, .. 15 more]

Absalom
.. King David, was renowned for his .. Alsalom and Arsalom are creative variations. [Avsholom, Absolon, Absolem, Abshalom, .. 3 more]

Achilles

Achilles
.. in Homer's "Iliad", famous for his .. Achilles, Akil, etc. are rarely found as first names. [Quilo, Aquiles, Akillius, Achilleo, Achillea, Achill, .. 10 more]

Addison

Addison
.. Joseph Addison was popular and influential .. Usage of Addison, Addy, etc. as baby names in 2018 was down 18.3% compared to the previous year. [Adisson, Adison, Addeson, .. 3 more]

Adelmar
From Old German element. "Noble, famous." Unusual, with the androgynous-sounding -mar suffix, like Alomar.

Adlai

Adlai
.. Made famous in the 20th century .. Less common today. Addie was the version last listed (1920-1929) in the Top 2000. [Atli, Atlee, Addy, .. 3 more]

Adrian

Adrian
.. First popular in the 1950s in .. Adrian is familiar (TOP 19%) as a given name. [Haydrien, Hadrien, Edrian, Adron, Adrion, Adrin, Adrien, Adriano, Adreean, Adiran, .. 17 more]

Ahmed

Ahmed
.. prophet Muhammad, and popular with American .. Usage of Ahmed and variants as baby names in 2018 was 0.4% more than in 2017. [Amed, Ahmod, Ahmad, .. 7 more]

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Famous names: Abel, Abraham, Achilles, Addison, Adlai

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Famous names: Adrian, Ahmed, Aidan, Alan, Albert

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Famous names: Alex, Alexis, Alistair

Aidan

Aidan
.. Aiden is a popular modern form .. Aidano, Edan and Eidan are more uncommon as variant forms of Aidan. [Eiden, Eidan, Edan, Aydin, Aiden, Aedan, .. 6 more]

Alan

Alan
.. Popular in the Middle Ages, with .. Adoption of Alan, Alun, etc. as birth names in 2018 was 5.2% less than the previous year. [Alyn, Alon, Allyn, Allon, Allen, Allayne, Allain, Alen, Alann, Alain, .. 15 more]

Albert

Albert
.. Also, made famous by Albert Einstein .. Albert (TOP 1%), Alberto (5%), Albrecht (1%), Allie (10%) and Elbert (6%) exist commonly as last names. [Ulbricht, Elbrecht, Delbert, Berty, Aubert, Alvertos, Albrekt, Albie, Adelbrecht, Adalberto, .. 17 more]

Aldous
.. Made famous by writer Aldous Huxley. Eldon and variants were favored 98 years ago and have become less conventional. [Eldous, Eldis, Aldus, Aldo, Aldis, Al, .. 6 more]

Alex

Alex
.. has become more and more popular .. A highly familiar boys' name (#153 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Alex also exists frequently as a last name. [Elex, Allex, Alik, Alick, Aleco, Alec, .. 6 more]

Alexis

Alexis
.. century was a popular saint of .. Used frequently as birth names, Alejo, Alexis, etc. are similar to the common Alek. [Alexy, Alexios, Aleksius, Aleksi, Aleksei, .. 9 more]

Alistair

Alistair
.. has long been popular in Scotland .. Aly and variants peaked in popularity in 2016 and are almost as popular now. [Aly, Alister, .. 6 more]

Allaster
.. , which made it popular in the .. Not Top 2000 name. See also Alaister.

Almanzo
Famous from the "Little House" books .. Almanzo is a unique men's name. See also Alanzo.

Aloiki
Based on Hawaiian, Old German. "Famous warrior." A novel baby name. See also Aloisio. Variant of Aloysius.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of Famous names [and variants] for boys.

1. Abel - Aloiki
Abel [8], Abelard [6], Abraham [22], Absalom [7], Achilles [15], Addison [6], Adelmar, Adlai [6], Adrian [27], Ahmed [10], Aidan [11], Alan [25], Albert [27], Aldous [11], Alex [11], Alexis [14], Alistair [8], Allaster, Almanzo, Aloiki


Alonzo [12], Aloysius [14], Alun, Alva [2], Alvis [4], Amos [2], Aneirin [2], Anfernee [1], Angel [18], Anthony [32], Antonio [8], Anwar, Apollo [3], Aramis, Archer, Archibald [13], Aristides [3], Aristotle [6], Arlo [3], Arsenio [15]


Artemas [9], Asa [1], Ascot [3], Aston, Athos, Atticus, Augustine [11], Avon, Aylmer [6], Baldemar [4], Barclay [13], Barney [2], Barrett [8], Barry [9], Bayard [4], Ben [6], Berkeley [13], Bernard [23], Berthold [10], Bertram [13]


Beverly [4], Bevis [4], Bingo, Blaise [6], Bligh [1], Blythe [2], Bogart [6], Bond, Booth [4], Bouvier, Bradley [9], Brandon [8], Brant [4], Broderick [11], Bruce [2], Buell [4], Burbank, Burr, Buster, Byron [10]


Cadfael [1], Caesar [9], Caleb [6], Calum [3], Calumet [1], Campbell [1], Campion [1], Candido [2], Canfield, Casey [6], Casimir [9], Catlin [3], Chandler, Charles [27], Charlie [1], Christian [25], Christmas [1], Christopher [32], Churchill [1], Cicero


Cimarron [3], Clark [3], Claude [14], Cliff [3], Clive [3], Clovis [4], Cochise, Colbert [4], Colin [6], Columbus [2], Conan [4], Constantine [10], Corey [15], Cormac [2], Cornelius [18], Cornwallis, Cosmo [3], Coty, Craig [3], Cree


Curragh, Cuthbert [1], Cyrano [1], Dagwood, Daquan [6], Darius [7], Darrien [6], Delbert [4], Delphin [8], Demos [2], Derby [2], Derek [21], Dieter, Donte [9], Dooley, Drury [3], Dustin [5], Dwight, Edmund [19], Egbert [2]


Eli [5], Elias [22], Elmar, Elmer [6], Elois [2], Elvis [6], Emmet [5], Endymion [1], Enoch [3], Epemetheus, Erie, Errol [6], Estes, Ethan [4], Ethelbert [2], Eusebius [12], Evian [1], Ewing [2], Fermin [1], Filmore [3]


Fingal [4], Finlay [15], Firdos, Flynn [3], Forest [5], Fortney [5], Fraser [4], Freeborn, Fulbright [4], Gable, Gamble [5], Gardner [8], Garnet [1], Garrick [5], Gary [6], Gay, George [55], Germain [14], Geronimo [6], Gilbert [13]


Gilmer, Godfrey [14], Gomer, Goran, Grover, Hale [1], Haley [7], Halley, Hannibal [2], Hans [6], Hassan [3], Hawk [1], Helge [3], Henley [2], Herbert [10], Herman [15], Hippolytus [6], Hobbes [2], Hopkin [5], Horatius


Hubert [11], Hugh [14], Humbert [2], Hywel [3], Isidore [14], Jaden [9], Jamal [22], James [28], Jaromir, Jaroslav [2], Jed [2], Joel [2], John [85], Jordan [28], Jurgen [1], Kasimir [4], Kaycee, Kenelm [2], Kermit, Kevin [9]


Killian [3], Lamar [4], Lancelot [1], Lanny [1], Lawrence [46], Leonard [22], Lewis [4], Lincoln [2], Loring [1], Lothar [4], Louis [16], Lucas [3], Ludwig [3], Macadam [1], Mahmud [4], Manasseh [5], Mark [18], Marland [4], Marmaduke [2], Marmion [3]


Maximilian [27], Meir [4], Melville, Merritt [3], Moses [15], Nashua, Neil [18], Nevin [6], Newman [4], Nickleby, Nixon, Obama, Odo, Odysseus [1], Orlando [9], Oxford [1], Parker [4], Patrick [25], Paul [26], Peter [21]


Placido [6], Plato [1], Ponce, Porfirio [2], Potter, Presley [7], Quintrell [2], Radek, Radimir, Ramiro [1], Ramon [3], Raphael [14], Ravi [1], Redford [3], Reginald [37], Remus, Rhodes [3], Rip, River [1], Roald


Robert [30], Robin [5], Rocco [7], Rock [1], Roderick [34], Rodman [1], Rodolfo [3], Roger [15], Roland [16], Rolf [5], Romeo, Roosevelt, Royce [1], Rudiger, Rudolph [18], Rugby, Rurik, Said [1], Sancho [5], Satchel [1]


Saturnin [1], Savion [2], Schubert [1], Seal, Sebastian [8], Shandy [1], Shane [3], Shelley [1], Shem, Shenandoah, Sherlock [2], Shiva, Sidney [3], Sigmund [13], Slavomir, Smokey [1], Socrates [1], Spiridon [7], Stavros, Stephanus [5]


Stetson [2], Stian [3], Tacitus, Taj [1], Tannon [5], Taos, Tarquin [3], Tay, Tennessee, Terence [15], Thatcher [3], Theodore [19], Theophilus [3], Thomas [24], Thoreau, Tiger [3], Timothy [19], Tremain [5], Tristan [10], Troy [2]


Truman [3], Tudor, Twain [2], Tyree, Ulmer [2], Umberto, Usher [1], Vail [5], Valdemar [1], Valentine [9], Viator, Victor [13], Vladimir [4], Waldemar [1], Waldo [2], Wallace [8], Warren [4], Washington, Wayne [2], Wedgwood [1]


Welby [4], Wellington, Wells, Wenceslaus [8], Winston [6], Wolfgang [3], Woodstock, Woolworth, Wright, Xiomar, Yesenin [1], Yucatan, Yukon, Zarek

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