Which boy names decreased in usage the most from 2021 to 2022?
Here’s a table of the fastest-falling boy names of 2022. On the left are the top 25 decreases in terms of absolute change (numbers of babies). On the right are the top 25 decreases in terms of relative change (percentages of babies).
| Rank | Boy name | Absolute fall | Boy name | Relative fall |
| 1 | Logan | -1,241 | Kiko | -77% |
| 2 | Jackson | -1,181 | Philemon | -76% |
| 3 | Mason | -1,086 | Aakash | -75% |
| 4 | Lincoln | -1,083 | Deklen | -74% |
| 5 | Benjamin | -1,017 | Chaos | -73% |
| 6 | Jaxon | -900 | Aarvik | -71% |
| 7 | Wyatt | -878 | Khairi | -71% |
| 8 | Carter | -863 | Maki | -71% |
| 9 | William | -862 | Kadon | -70% |
| 10 | Jacob | -855 | Vyan | -69% |
| 11 | Elijah | -795 | Dameir | -68% |
| 12 | Alexander | -725 | Azariyah | -67% |
| 13 | Jack | -659 | Daivon | -67% |
| 14 | Lucas | -654 | Darel | -67% |
| 15 | Colton | -646 | Darryn | -67% |
| 16 | Hunter | -628 | Deshun | -67% |
| 17 | Landon | -587 | Eivin | -67% |
| 18 | Ethan | -571 | Jacory | -67% |
| 19 | Connor | -558 | Jestin | -67% |
| 20 | Jaxson | -520 | Javaris | -65% |
| 21 | Aiden | -490 | Aaric | -65% |
| 22 | Kingston | -490 | Bashar | -65% |
| 23 | Easton | -478 | Moxen | -65% |
| 24 | Andrew | -474 | Sherwin | -65% |
| 25 | Greyson | -467 | Ashad* | -64% |
*Also at -64% were Aceston, Akeel, Babyboy, Bran, Drey, Griff, Kysin, Naaman, and Nevaan.
And here are the boy names that saw the steepest dives out of the data (i.e., to below 5 instances of usage) in 2022:
- Alvey was given to 23 babies in 2021
- Gediz was given to 23 babies in 2021
- Demetric was given to 20 babies in 2021
- Hannibal was given to 18 babies in 2021
- Soryn was given to 17 babies in 2021
Do you have thoughts/insights about any of the above names?
Source: SSA
Image: Adapted from Fall (6282684630) by Kenny Louie under CC BY 2.0.
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– Eivin is a person on the reality show Alaska: The Last Frontier, which aired season 10 between October 2020-January 2021 and didn’t start season 11 until October 2022.
– Gediz is a character on the Turkish telenovela “La hija del embajador,” which was broadcast in Spanish.
– Alvey is a character on the TV show “Kingdom,” which aired from 2014-2017, but was carried on Netflix from July 2020-April 2021.
– Hannibal probably comes from the TV show “Hannibal,” which aired from 2013-2015, but was carried on Netflix until 2021.
– Demetric Felton was a college football star who had a great season in 2020. Though he joined the NFL in 2021, he hasn’t had a noteworthy pro career yet.
Thank you very much, Alexandra!
(Interestingly, Gediz is a one-hit wonder so far — debuted in 2021, disappeared in 2022.)