Which boy names increased in usage the most from 2024 to 2025?
Here’s a table of the fastest-rising boy names of 2025. On the left are the top 25 increases in terms of absolute change (numbers of babies). On the right are the top 25 increases in terms of relative change (percentages of babies).
| Rank | Boy name | Absolute rise | Boy name | Relative rise |
| 1 | Eithan | 2,037 | Arsiah | 1,157% |
| 2 | Cooper | 1,757 | Zaiel | 729% |
| 3 | Theodore | 1,286 | Delijah | 723% |
| 4 | Bennett | 1,159 | Drayce | 667% |
| 5 | Elias | 1,153 | Xakai | 620% |
| 6 | Atlas | 980 | Kairoh | 560% |
| 7 | Elian | 949 | Landri | 540% |
| 8 | Weston | 810 | Nekhi | 491% |
| 9 | Luca | 768 | Takoa | 460% |
| 10 | Callum | 729 | Syreese | 438% |
| 11 | Colter | 705 | Akari | 433% |
| 12 | Adriel | 668 | Akaal | 383% |
| 13 | Roman | 660 | Vidit | 380% |
| 14 | Callahan | 658 | Kasai | 360% |
| 15 | Aziel | 590 | Kraven | 350% |
| 16 | Hudson | 568 | Jasai | 331% |
| 17 | Emiliano | 565 | Dreyden | 322% |
| 18 | Jasai | 552 | Nataanii | 317% |
| 19 | Baker | 549 | Azaylen | 311% |
| 20 | Rowan | 545 | Mahari | 300% |
| 21 | Thiago | 531 | Koast | 280% (3-way tie) |
| 22 | Archer | 525 | Bhodie | 280% (3-way tie) |
| 23 | Waylon | 516 | Mavi | 280% (3-way tie) |
| 24 | Arthur | 513 | Darel | 271% |
| 25 | Silas | 512 | Yahari | 267% |
Colter (which was also one of the fastest-rising boy names of 2024) might have been influenced by Colter Shaw, the main character of the TV show Tracker, which began airing in early 2024.
If you have theories about any of the other rises, please leave a comment!
Source: SSA
Image: Adapted from Turkey-2036 by Dennis Jarvis under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Kraven is uniquely bad.
– Zaiel is the son of YouTubers The Benz Family (300K subs), born in late 2024.
– Delijah McAlpin is a TikToker (100K followers) with some videos with millions of views.
– Akaal is from a 2025 Punjabi movie called “Akaal: The Unconquered.”
– Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess grandmaster. He’s got over 300K followers on Instagram.
– Kasai is the son of actress Skai Jackson, and seems to have inspired a rise in a ton of soundalike names.
– Nataanii Means is an indigenous rapper.
@alex Thank you! As always, I really appreciate your detective work for influences behind the names.
Thank you so much, alex!
Mavi – rapper/songwriter/activist MAVI
Kraven – 2024 Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter
And then there are all the variants and name-family-names: Koast (Coast), Bhodie (Bodhi), Eithan (Ethan), Delijah (D’+Elijah plus the TikTokers), Kairoh (Cairo), Landri (Landry), Syreese (Silas/Cyrus+Tyrese), Jasai/Xakai (Josiah+Kasai), Dreyden (Drayden), Azaylen/Zaiel (Zaylen/Aziel), Darel (Darrell), Yahari (Jahari), Mahari (Amari/Kamari/Jabari), Arsiah (Ariah/Uriah/Josiah).
Look out for Zahmir, Zaiel’s (“Zaza’s”) little brother, in next year’s statistics :)
Thank you, Emma! (I will make a note about Zahmir!)