Rank boys names

[Pudding01]

Could you please rank these in order of preference. Don't mind knowing why as well :)

Alexander
Harry
Max
Jack
George
James

All just very ordinary and too popular. Nothing wrong with them. Just boring.

Lovely classic list

I like James the most

Alexander
James
Jack
Max
George
Harry

Thank you for the positivity so far, such a mixed bag! But definitely helps get a feel of responses to the names :) Even if I can have a top 3 out of it.

Just to those saying the names are boring - What would you class as non boring names? I like strong, classics that aren't in the top 20 if I can help it & not too "try hard".

I think they are all really nice names.

Alexander - every Alex I've met has been lovely
James- timeless classic
George - it's nice to say 😆

Not to fussed about the last three
Harry
Max
Jack

Ha! I thought ‘rank’ in your title was an adjective rather than an imperative verb.

If you’re avoiding top 20 are you aware that George, Harry and Jack are all top 10? George is #2!

@Pudding01 - I don't find any of your choices boring but if you wondered, I count "true" classics as names that are always in the top 100 historically: Alexander, Charles, George, James, Thomas and William.

Fairly classic names to me are those that are very well known and that are often/currently in the top 100, like: Samuel, Michael, Henry, Matthew, David, Daniel, Jacob, Joseph, Frederick, Luke, etc.

Less common classics are imo traditional names not often used now or that have fallen out of favour: John, Hugh, Peter, Phillip, Robert, Christopher, Stephen, Richard, Nicholas, Mark etc

Oh, I forgot to add Edward in the "true classics", never out of the Top 100.

Thanks 🙂

My DD is in the top 100 but way down. Her name is Erin & I love it's simplicity. It's not an "out there" name and is still widely recognised as (imo) an old school timeless classic. (and yes I do have Irish ties before that's brought up 😂)

I really struggle with boys names and I am aware that the names I like are more popular. I am trying to avoid names like Matthew, Oliver, Thomas etc which I also like, but know too many. But at the same time I'm not going to pick a name that's "out there" or doesn't fit because of a list on the Internet x

George
Jack
Max
Harry
Alexander
James

They’re all lovely names! What a nice list OP. Good luck

Just read the full thread. I absolutely love the name Erin and stand by George being my favourite from your list followed by Jack.

I think they both sound lovely with Erin. Could you use one as a middle?
Jack Alexander?
George Alexander - abit too regal?

James - my favourite name, such a timeless classic
Harry - I like it, it's a happy sounding name to me
Alexander - I'm not mad on the full name, it's too long, but love Alex
Max - fine, nice and short
Jack - as above
George - it's a bit serious and stodgy for me, one of the few classics I don't like

Alexander
George
Harry
Jack
James
Max

@Pudding01 - Erin is very pretty. I'd count it as "fairly classic" as it's well known and often in the top 100 - the same as Max (so that would be my choice of your boys options to sound great with Erin).

Erin is too classy for Jack or Harry imo! Any of the others go really well I think.

I also like William and Thomas, which are similar.

1. Alexander
2. Harry - prefer it as a nickname for Henry
3. Max - prefer the full name to be Maximilian
4. Jack
5. George
6. James

It's a good list of names.

Alexander - love this name, and love Alex for a boy or a girl

Harry
Max
Jack - these three are lovely

George - don't really like this name
James - wouldn't choose this one either

They're not rank

That's my work team right there. Well, it would be if you'd included Elaine

Matthew is falling off a cliff @Pudding01 if you look at the charts it's about to leave the top 100. You may know a few adults with this name but it's getting harder and harder to find babies with this name.

A great list you have @Pudding01

The love for Alex is so nice to read, mine is 14 and we rarely meet others.

So that's my top!

They are all great names. One person's boring is another's strong traditional. I'm in the latter group. These are very hard to rank as I like them all so much.

1. George
2. Jack
3. James
4. Harry
5. Alexander
6. Max

There are loads and loads of teenage and twenty something Matthews and Jacks. Don't give your child a very very popular name that has peaked and is on its way back down.

James
Alexander
George
Jack
Harry
Max

All good names. I'm less keen on Max as a name but don't know why. The Maxes I know are all lovely.

Thank you so much for all the replies.

So being the geek I am, I did a tally of the most popular name AND a top 3.

Most Popular:

Alexander - 17
James - 15
George - 8
Max - 4
Harry - 1
Jack- 1

Times in top 3:

James - 23
Alexander - 19
George - 13
Jack - 12
Max - 11
Harry - 7