Every Boy Name

Style, defined by a data rule

Revival boy names

22 names that faded after an early peak and are now given several times as often as at their low point. Given most today: Archie, Felix, and Louis.

How we define it

Peaked before 1950, fell below a quarter of that peak between 1960 and 2000, and is now given at least three times as often as at its low point.

Peak year and today's rate per 100,000 boys come from the long-running records (France, or Ontario and British Columbia combined).

All 22 names

  1. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  2. Common across England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, the Netherlands, and 12 more places.

  3. Common in England and Wales, the Netherlands, Austria, and 12 more places.

  4. Rare in Italy, Poland, Israel, and 15 more places.

  5. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 10 more places.

  6. Rare across the UK, Italy, three Canadian provinces, and 13 more places.

  7. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  8. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 20 more places.

  9. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 20 more places.

  10. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  11. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  12. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  14. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  15. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  16. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  17. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  18. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  19. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  22. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

Other styles

Ranks from official birth statistics; meanings and origins from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). How these figures are computed.

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