Boy Names That Start With A

These are the 122 boy names that start with A, have reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880, and still go to boys rather than girls today. Ranked by the number of boys given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 122 names

1. Asher #28 7,456
2. Alexander #30 7,230
3. Anthony #46 5,967
4. Aiden #62 5,046
5. Angel #67 4,757
6. Andrew #73 4,497
7. Adrian #74 4,464
8. Atlas #75 4,413
9. Axel #79 4,140
10. Aaron #80 4,041
11. August #81 3,958
12. Adriel #84 3,921
13. Arthur #87 3,847
14. Archer #98 3,627
15. Adam #101 3,501
16. Amir #105 3,297
17. Austin #113 3,103
18. Arlo #148 2,443
19. Ace #164 2,239
20. Antonio #176 2,058
21. Amari #185 2,000
22. Aziel #186 1,975
23. Alan #191 1,915
24. Alejandro #195 1,842
25. Ashton #197 1,801
26. Andres #200 1,744
27. Abraham #209 1,664
28. Abel #231 1,525
29. Alex #232 1,515
30. Adonis #241 1,462
31. Ayden #257 1,343
32. Atticus #281 1,208
33. Ares #290 1,157
34. Avery #291 1,156
35. Archie #301 1,129
36. Angelo #304 1,124
37. Ali #306 1,116
38. Aidan #326 1,043
39. Anderson #363 898
40. Andre #368 868
41. Ari #393 808
42. Augustus #407 783
43. Apollo #445 708
44. Ayaan #465 664
45. Alijah #469 651
46. Azariah #472 645
47. Adan #482 625
48. Asa #483 622
49. Arjun #490 615
50. Armani #495 609
51. Alessandro #497 608
52. Alonzo #511 590
53. Alexis #513 584
54. Augustine #545 549
55. Armando #556 538
56. Ariel #558 533
57. Andy #565 524
58. Allen #578 507
59. Atreus #582 504
60. Alden #598 479
61. Albert #614 461
62. Arturo #627 446
63. Ahmad #669 407
64. Ahmed #703 382
65. Aron #710 377
66. Amos #730 364
67. Ambrose #735 358
68. Abram #742 350
69. Alvaro #777 328
70. Alberto #819 301
71. Alfredo #819 301
72. Alvin #838 294
73. Alfred #840 293
74. Abner #874 274
75. Aldo #960 241
76. Alec #977 234
77. Arden #1005 225
78. Aden #1008 224
79. Alfonso #1012 223
80. Allan #1012 223
81. Archibald #1145 184
82. Amarion #1290 151
83. Anton #1388 132
84. Arnold #1477 120
85. Arlen #1585 107
86. Alton #1602 106
87. Antoine #1708 95
88. Adolfo #1886 83
89. Akeem #2077 71
90. Alpha #2077 71
91. Abe #2207 64
92. Amare #2332 59
93. Angus #2363 58
94. Alphonse #2516 53
95. Austen #2516 53
96. Antwan #2604 50
97. Arch #2765 46
98. Art #3379 34
99. Audie #3583 31
100. Armand #3848 28
101. Alphonso #4707 21
102. Aloysius #4857 20
103. Arlie #5608 16
104. Arsenio #5608 16
105. Albin #6143 14
106. Al #6803 12
107. Antone #7679 10
108. Artie #7679 10
109. Aaden #8910 8
110. Adlai #10695 6
111. Alva #10695 6
112. Alvie #12008 5
113. Arther #12008 5
114. Adelbert
115. Admiral
116. Adolph
117. Adolphus
118. Alf
119. Alford
120. Almon
121. Alonza
122. Alvah

Also starting with A, and now given almost only to girls: Alice, Addison, Allison, Anna, Aubrey, Ashley, Annie, Alma, Allie

Boy names that start with A in the 2025 data

A is the second most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 176,921 of them, 10.4% of every boy in the file. It held second place a decade ago too, and its share has grown from 10.2% to 10.4%.

This list holds the 122 of those names that reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to boys rather than girls. The most common today is Asher, #28 with 7,456 boys in 2025. 14 of the 122 are in this year's top 100, and 113 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Nine other names starting with A are left out — Alice, Addison and Allison among them. Each reached the top 500 among boys at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a boy. Together they account for 132,687 of those 176,921 boys — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Aziel, up from #2,132 in 2015 to #186 in 2025. Ayden has gone the other way, from #87 to #257. The shortest name here is Al at 2 letters, the longest Alessandro at 10.

Questions about boy names that start with A

What is the most popular boy name that starts with A?

Asher. 7,456 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #28 nationally.

How many boy names start with A?

122 have reached the top 500 as a boy's name and still go to boys today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 176,921 boys born in 2025 — 10.4% of the total — were given a name starting with A.

Are boy names that start with A getting more popular?

A is gaining ground. It was second among first letters for boys a decade ago with 10.2% of births, and it is second in 2025 with 10.4%.