Boys' names used 10 times or fewer in 2025 (England & Wales)

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The ONS stats for baby names in 2025 came out yesterday, so I've been having a dig through the data set.

Parents-to-be are often looking for lesser used names, so here's a small selection of boy names that were used 10 times or fewer for babies born in 2025.

Some are names which were never commonly used. Some are names which have fallen out of favour with today's parents. And some are definitely more usable than others!

I've not tallied up combined spellings, so some of the names listed might tip over 10 if all the different variants are taken into consideration.

Abe
Adi
Adiel
Ajax
Akira
Aldric
Alexei
Alf
Altair
Alvar
Amadeo / Amadeus / Amadeusz
Anders
Anderson
Anson
Antoine
Arne / Arno
Arrow
Aubin / Aubyn
Augusto
Barak
Barley
Barry
Bartholomew / Bart
Bastian
Bellamy
Bertram / Bert
Bill
Blaine
Bosco
Bram
Bran
Braxley
Brennan
Brent
Brock
Bronson
Bronte
Cal
Calder
Cassiel
Cecil
Cedar
Ciro
Clifford
Clyde
Constantine / Konstantin / Constantin
Corin
Cornelius
Cyril
Dale
Dane
Daris
Dashiell / Dash
Dolton
Drake
Dwayne
Dwight
Eamon / Eamonn
Edric
Eldon / Elden
Elgan
Elior
Ellery
Ellison
Elmir
Elroy
Errol
Esmond
Eugene
Everest
Eziel
Farley
Ferdinand
Fergal / Ferghal
Ferris
Finch
Finnbar / Finbar / Finbarr
Finnegan
Finnick
Fitzroy
Floyd
Foster
Frans / Franz
Gabe
Gareth
Garrett
Gary / Garry
Gavi
Genesis
Gerald
Giles
Glen / Glenn
Gordon
Graham / Graeme
Gustav
Hadrian
Hal
Halston
Hank
Hans
Hanson
Harbour
Hendry
Hollis
Howie
Ignatius
Innes
Jacoby
Jade
Jamari
Jem
Jermaine
Jio
Johann / Johannes
Jonty
Jora
Josias
Judd
Keane / Kean
Keith
Kellan
Ken
Kendry
Kenji
Kirk
Kurt
Kyros
Laine
Lamar / Lemar
Larkin
Larry
Laszlo / Lazlo
Laurent
Leith
Leland / Leyland
Leslie
Levin / Levon
Lex
Linden
Linden / Lynden
Linus
Lochan
Loris
Lucio
Ludovic
Lyric
Madden
Madoc
Marcello / Marcelo
Marlin
Marty
Matteus
Matty
Maurice
Mavi
Mckinley
Melroy
Memphis
Mickey
Milton
Misha
Morley
Moss
Murdoch
Myers
Myron
Nash
Neville
Nicolai
Nils
Noble
Norman
Nyx
Oakes
Oben
Olsen
Opie
Orik
Orlo
Osher
Osmond
Pacey
Pascal
Pascoe
Peregrine
Perran / Piran
Pharrell
Phineas
Pierre
Pip
Quinlan
Ramiel
Ramsey
Ranger
Ranulph
Rasmus
Redford / Redd
Reef
Reiner
Rennick
Rexford
Rhett
Robson
Roderick
Rodney
Roe
Roger
Royston
Rye
Scottie
Sheldon
Shepherd
Stellan
Stuart / Stewart
Sylvan
Sylvester
Tanner
Tennyson
Tiernan
Tobin
Truman
Tully
Tyrell
Tyrese
Tyrone
Ulysses
Uriah
Vaughn
Virgil
Vivian
Wallace
Walt
Waylon
Wayne
Wilbert
Wilde
Willis
Wolfgang
Wulfric
Wylie
Wynn
Xan
Xavi
Xavian / Xavion
Xerxes
Yan / Yann
Yannick
Zacchaeus
Zekiel
Zeo
Zevi
Zoran

The girl's version is here

Gordon & Keith, amazing they are so low!

They don’t show any that are under two instances, so these will all be 3-9 babies given that name.

Is it? I don’t find that at all surprising.

Well I can see why lots of them are infrequently used. I don't think we'll ever see a lot of baby Wilberts. 😂

Gary, Graham, Gordon and Keith and some others are just awaiting their turn again.

Agree. That's why I was surprised so low.

Popular names of people aged 60-80 always seem to be out of fashion. I think of eg Alfie and Ivy as old but they have come around.

Gordon, Keith etc will come back in 20 years so are a good bet for a rarer name now that will make the future adult appear younger.

finnick - for when you just know your baby is going to be difficult.

I notice the list of girls names used rarely is shorter.

With this boys list I dislike a higher proportion and only regard about a quarter of the names handsome enough to use.

Jacoby :- what a great name.

i’m surprised by Phineas, unless there’s other versions..

Never met a baby Harbour before.

TBH I didn't intend for the boys' list to be this long. I just had more time to pare down the girls' list. It could have been a lot longer!

ETA - I think people generally tend to be more conservative with boys' names, so unusual names probably stand out more and/or seem less appealing.

Like or love:
Amadeus
Arne and Arno
Cedar
Cornelius
Cyril
Drake
Farley
Ferris
Finch
Finbarr
Franz
Gareth
Gerald
Giles
Glenn
Gustav
Jacoby
Laurent
Linus
Loris
Ludovic
Moss
Nyx
Pascal
Peregrine
Roderick
Sylvan
Tennyson
Virgil
Wallace
Waylon
Wilde

I'm quite surprised Bartholomew is on there - I would have thought it was more popular. Or do people avoid it because of Bart Simpson?

I was surprised at some of the names on those lists. they don’t seem incredibly rare?

I’m not entirely convinced Keith or Gary will come back into fashion.

Nothing to add OP but kudos for the correct use of 'fewer'

Me neither. I'd rather have Wilbert than Gary tbh.