Top names for baby boys, letter by letter, in 2024

The most common first letter for baby boy names last year was J (used 10.7% of the time), followed by A (10.5%) and L (7.5%).

The least common first letter was Q (used 0.1% of the time), followed by U (0.2%) and X (0.4%).

So, what were the most popular boy names of 2024 within each letter group?

Top boy names starting with A:

1. Asher
2. Alexander
3. Anthony
4. Aiden
5. Angel

Top boy names starting with B:

1. Benjamin
2. Bennett
3. Brooks
4. Beau
5. Bryson

Top boy names starting with C:

1. Carter
2. Caleb
3. Cooper
4. Charles
5. Christopher

Top boy names starting with D:

1. Daniel
2. Dylan
3. David
4. Dominic
5. Damian

Top boy names starting with E:

1. Elijah
2. Ezra
3. Ethan
4. Elias
5. Ezekiel

Top boy names starting with F:

1. Felix
2. Finn
3. Finley
4. Francisco
5. Fernando

Top boy names starting with G:

1. Gabriel
2. Grayson
3. Gael
4. Giovanni
5. George

Top boy names starting with H:

1. Henry
2. Hudson
3. Harrison
4. Hunter
5. Hayden

Top boy names starting with I:

1. Isaac
2. Isaiah
3. Ian
4. Ivan
5. Ismael

Top boy names starting with J:

1. James
2. Jack
3. John
4. Julian
5. Joseph

Top boy names starting with K:

1. Kai
2. Kayden
3. Kingston
4. Kevin
5. Kaiden

Top boy names starting with L:

1. Liam
2. Lucas
3. Levi
4. Luca
5. Leo

Top boy names starting with M:

1. Mateo
2. Michael
3. Matthew
4. Maverick
5. Miles

(Mason, which ranked third in 2023, dropped to sixth last year.)

Top boy names starting with N:

1. Noah
2. Nathan
3. Nolan
4. Nicholas
5. Nathaniel

Top boy names starting with O:

1. Oliver
2. Owen
3. Oscar
4. Omar
5. Otto

Top boy names starting with P:

1. Parker
2. Peter
3. Patrick
4. Paul
5. Phoenix

Top boy names starting with Q:

1. Quinn
2. Quincy
3. Quentin
4. Quinton
5. Quintin

Top boy names starting with R:

1. Roman
2. Rowan
3. Ryan
4. Robert
5. River

Top boy names starting with S:

1. Sebastian
2. Samuel
3. Santiago
4. Silas
5. Sawyer

Top boy names starting with T:

1. Theodore
2. Thomas
3. Thiago
4. Theo
5. Tyler

Top boy names starting with U:

1. Uriel
2. Uriah
3. Ulises
4. Umar
5. Ulysses

Top boy names starting with V:

1. Vincent
2. Victor
3. Valentino
4. Vicente
5. Vincenzo

Top boy names starting with W:

1. William
2. Wyatt
3. Wesley
4. Waylon
5. Weston

Top boy names starting with X:

1. Xavier
2. Xander
3. Xzavier
4. Xavi
5. Xyleek

(Xyleek debuted impressively in the data last year.)

Top boy names starting with Y:

1. Yusuf
2. Yosef
3. Yahya
4. Yehuda
5. Yahir

Top boy names starting with Z:

1. Zion
2. Zachary
3. Zayden
4. Zayn
5. Zyaire

Source: SSA