Boys' names used 50 times or fewer in 2023

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Following on from the girls' list, here is a sample of some boys' names that were used 50 times or fewer in England & Wales in 2023 (the latest data set).

Full ONS data service here.

Abe
Abner
Ainsley
Alden
Alec
Alvin
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson
Andre
Ansel
Anton
Arnold
Arrow
Artie
Ash
Ashley
Auden
Augustus
Axl
Bartholomew
Basil
Beck
Benji
Bernard
Blaine
Brady
Bram
Brandon
Brendan
Brooks
Bruce
Byron
Callan
Calvin
Carl
Caesar
Cecil
Cedric
Chance
Clark
Claude
Clifford
Clive
Colin
Conall
Conan
Conrad
Cormac
Craig
Curtis
Cyril
Damon
Dario
Darren
Daryl
Deacon
Dean
Derek
Desmond
Digby
Donnie
Dorian
Duncan
Dustin
Eben
Edgar
Emile
Ephraim
Errol
Euan
Eugene
Evander
Everett
Fenn
Ferdinand
Finnian
Florian
Fox
Gabe
Gael
Gareth
Gavin
Gene
Gideon
Glenn
Gordon
Gray
Gregory
Griffin
Gus
Guy
Heath
Horace
Howard
Huey
Jared
Jeremy
Jerome
Jethro
Joaquin
Jonty
Jules
Julius
Justin
Kamal
Keith
Kelvin
Kenneth
Kieran
Lance
Landon
Lawson
Lee
Leopold
Leroy
Lionel
Lloyd
Luther
Lyle
Malcolm
Marius
Marlon
Marvin
Melvin
Mitchell
Montague
Moses
Murray
Ned
Neil
Nelson
Oak
Obi
Oren
Paxton
Percival
Peregrine
Perry
Phineas
Pierce
Pierre
Preston
Quentin
Quincy
Reed
Rhett
Roland
Ronald
Roscoe
Ross
Russell
Saul
Scott
Shane
Silas
Simeon
Sol
Soren
Sterling
Stuart
Sully
Sutton
Sylvester
Tanner
Terence
Thorin
Tyrell
Vince
Wade
Warren
Wilf
Willoughby
Wilson
Zeke

Thank you - some great underused names here!

Love Calvin and Gregory!

Wilf! I love that name. I’m past baby making age but there are some good potentials here for our next dog. 😅

Surprised to see Stuart on the list - I thought that was a timeless classic.

My kid's name is on here. And Edgar made it pretty far down the shortlist.

Deliberately. As a teacher of many years every name has an association!

(Though weirdly my guilty pleasure name, that I might have chosen if single, is on the girl list but not this one and I'm relatively sure it'll have under 50 - Zephyr)

Some great names! Surprised Gene is so underused - I think it fits well with current naming styles?

Abner reminds me of the neighbour from Bewitched.

Saul, Beck and Callan are all really usable.

I’m surprised that Stuart, Quentin, Gregory and Jeremy are on here as I know quite a few teens/boys with these names.

There were 50 babies called Jeremy in 2023, so it only just made the list!

The other names were given to:
Gregory - 27
Quentin - 15
Stuart - 11

Does anyone know if middle names count for these lists? Reason I ask is my daughters have my maiden name as a middle name - it's in this list - but only started appearing as a name on lists after I had given it as their middle name.

Good question! I just had a look at the data set and it says it's compiled from first names recorded at registration. So middle names wouldn't count.

Sure are.😀

Well my little boy born in 2023 is Howard Stuart so I feel this is an accomplishment (and exactly what we wanted from a name)

and to add we call him Howie.

I was just going to say Howard is a brilliant name! And who wouldn't love a baby boy called Howie?

Always loved Dustin

Wow. I thought Cormac would not be there.

The list seems shorter for the boys. Is the overall list of names used for boys usually less varied (fewer names) as for girls?

No, just first names (and exact spellings, so names like Isabelle, Isobel, Isabel and Izabel are all listed individually).

Otherwise Rose, May, Mae, Grace and Louise would be the girls top 5, and James would forever be the number 1 for boys lol.

Yes, the top boys names always receive far more registrations than the top girls names. There is much more variety when it comes to girls names. People seem to be more adventurous in general when it comes to naming a girl, whereas more tend to stick to the classics when it comes to boys names.

The girls list always has more movement too. Far less of the current top 100 for girls were there 10 years ago, compared to the boys list. The boys list in general has a lot more classics which just don't move from the top 100.

Strange the baby boy name I used in 2023 isn’t on the list at all 😂

If a name is registered fewer than 3 times in a year it gets omitted from the data to preserve confidentiality. So if the name you used isn't on the long list that I linked to in the first post, only a maximum of two babies were given it that year.

Love Cedric, Cyril and Sol from this list.

Maybe I just like names beginning with an ‘S’ sound!

I was wondering if it was to do with it being too low! That makes sense.
I wonder if he has any namesakes that year at all then!

Nigel isn’t on the list, yet 5 boys were named Nigel in 2024

Ah it’s from 2023 when no bits were named Nigel!

There's thousands of different names with between 3-50 registrations, so I only posted a small sample. The link on my first post will give you the full list, but it looks like the name Nigel was given to 5 babies in 2023

So Gary isn't making a comeback then!