In 2024, which boy names re-emerged most impressively in the U.S. baby name data (after an absence of at least one year)?
Here are the top 10+ boy-name returns:
- Amai, 38 baby boys
- Maelo, 23 (3-way tie)
- Obaida, 23 (3-way tie)
- Sylo, 23 (3-way tie)
- Hayaan, 21
- Juaquin, 20
- Britt, 19 (3-way tie)
- Dylam, 19 (3-way tie)
- Tayen, 19 (3-way tie)
- Taige, 18 (tie)
- Windham, 18 (tie)
Interestingly, one of the top returns of 2023 was Wyndham.
If you can think of an explanation for any of the returns listed above, please leave a comment!
Source: SSA
Image: Adapted from First leaves Novosibirsk Siberia 24.04.2012 by Mikhail Koninin under CC BY 2.0.
– Obaida may be for Abu Obaida, the spokesman of the al Qassam Brigades. I noticed a few other names in the data with clear ties to Palestinian identity, like Hanzala for boys and Falasteen for girls.
– Taige also showed up in the data for girls. Not clear why, though!
– Dylam looks like a mashup of Dylan and Liam.
OK, I might have figured Taige out. Taige Harding plays an ice hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks, although he wasn’t signed til 2025. It looks like he was still playing at the NCAA level in 2023-24, so not convinced yet.