Top Boy Names in 2010 and their popularity over the years

The top boy names remain relatively the same. The names Ethan, Aiden, Brayden and Logan continue to gain in popularity. These four names have not been on the boys lists for all that long considering how long a boy name usually stays popular.

Over the years, there is very little shifting, and rarely any sudden surprises of movements in the majority of boy names. For example Joshua, John, Michael and Joseph have been on the list of the top boy names for the majority of the past century. So far, this century has been fairly consistent.

Names that were once popular, like Ike and Ivan, in the early twentieth century fell off of the list in the mid 1900's and have all but disappeared, while Liam is making a comeback.

What does this mean?

Society still wants its males to be bright and steady workers. Leadership qualities are still admired as are competitiveness, working hard and being intelligent.

Top boy names indicate there is a bit more humor in these names, so perhaps there will be more joy in the workplace. More willingness to listen to others is starting to gain importance. So, perhaps future men will ask for directions when driving?Family values are stronger in the boys names this year than the girls's names, yet neither list has family values and a traditional family make-up as a predominant characteristic. Looking at both lists causes one to wonder what the family dynamics will shift to look like in the future.

Looking at these names also state that many of our boys have a hard time admitting mistakes as they need to be right at all costs. What will they end up sacrificing just so they can say they were right? More of these boys will work for themselves than for others as independence and doing things their own way is incredibly strong.

It appears that our men are highly competitive, while our woman are becoming more cooperative.

List of Top Boy Names in 2010

1. Aiden

2. Jacob

3. Jackson

4. Ethan

5. Jayden

6. Noah

7. Logan

8. Caden

9. Lucas

10. Liam

11. Mason

12. Caleb

13. Jack

14. Brayden

15. Connor

16. Ryan

17. Matthew

18. Michael

19. Alexander

20. Landon

21. Nicholas

22. Nathan

23. Dylan

24. Evan

25. Benjamin

26. Andrew

27. Joshua

28. Luke

29. Gabriel

30. William

31. James

32. Elijah

33. Owen

34. Tyler

35. Gavin

36. Carter

37. Cameron

38. Daniel

39. Zachary

40. Christian

41. Joseph

42. Wyatt

43. Anthony

44. Samuel

45. Chase

46. Max

47. Isaac

48. Christopher

49. John

50. Eli

51. Austin

52. Colton

53. Hunter

54. Tristan

55. Jonathan

56. David

57. Alex

58. Colin

59. Dominic

60. Cooper

61. Henry

62. Carson

63. Isaiah

64. Charlie

65. Julian

66. Grayson

67. Cole

68. Oliver

69. Jordan

70. Thomas

71. Sean

72. Brody

73. Adam

74. Levi

75. Aaron

76. Parker

77. Sebastian

78.. Xavier

79. Ian

80. Miles

81. Blake

82. Jake

83. Riley

84. Jason

85. Nathaniel

86. Adrian

87. Brandon

88. Justin

89. Nolan

90. Jeremiah

91. Hayden

92. Devin

93. Brady

94. Robert

95. Josiah

96. Hudson

97. Ryder

98. Bryce

99. Micah

100. Sam

Top boy names in 2009

The top boy names for 2009 are based on the Social Security Administration statistics. Notice that few boy names change places, or move much in any given year.

Read further down the page to see what the latest trends in the top boy names mean.

Most popular names as of May 2009:

1. Jacob

2. Ethan

3. Michael

4. Alexander

5. William

6. Joshua

7. Daniel

8. Jayden

9. Noah

10. Anthony

11. Christopher

12. Aiden

13. Matthew

14. David

15. Andrew

16. Joseph

17. Logan

18. James

19. Ryan

20. Benjamin

21. Elijah

22. Gabriel

23. Christian

24. Nathan

25. Jackson

26. John

27. Samuel

28. Tyler

29. Dylan

30. Jonathan

31. Caleb

32. Nicholas

33. Gavin

34. Mason

35. Evan

36. Landon

37. Angel

38. Brandon

39. Lucas

40. Isaac

41. Isaiah

42. Jack

43. Jose

44. Kevin

45. Jordan

46. Justin

47. Brayden

48. Luke

49. Liam

50. Carter

51. Owen

52. Connor

53. Zachary

54. Aaron

55. Robert

56. Hunter

57. Thomas

58. Adrian

59. Cameron

60. Wyatt

61. Chase

62. Julian

63. Austin

64. Charles

65. Jeremiah

66. Jason

67. Juan

68. Xavier

69. Luis

70. Sebastian

71. Henry

72. Aidan

73. Ian

74. Adam

75. Diego

76. Nathaniel

77. Brody

78. Jesus

79. Carlos

80. Tristan

81. Dominic

82. Cole

83. Alex

84. Cooper

85. Ayden

86. Carson

87. Josiah

88. Levi

89. Blake

90. Eli

91. Hayden

92. Bryan

93. Colton

94. Brian

95. Eric

96. Parker

97. Sean

98. Oliver

99. Miguel

100. Kyle

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