Boy Names That Start With B

These are the 93 boy names that start with B, 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 93 names

1. Benjamin #11 9,762
2. Bennett #40 6,268
3. Beau #60 5,165
4. Brooks #64 4,877
5. Beckett #141 2,518
6. Bryson #152 2,416
7. Beckham #168 2,185
8. Barrett #171 2,138
9. Braxton #172 2,131
10. Bentley #215 1,649
11. Baker #217 1,640
12. Brayden #229 1,545
13. Brody #236 1,492
14. Brandon #261 1,326
15. Bodhi #265 1,301
16. Bowen #266 1,292
17. Bodie #275 1,249
18. Benson #279 1,214
19. Banks #310 1,099
20. Blake #316 1,080
21. Brady #321 1,071
22. Bryan #336 1,005
23. Brian #339 979
24. Briggs #356 921
25. Bryce #357 919
26. Baylor #386 822
27. Bradley #403 794
28. Boone #423 762
29. Bo #449 698
30. Brantley #499 606
31. Bruce #536 558
32. Braylen #725 366
33. Bruno #740 351
34. Brayan #768 334
35. Brock #810 306
36. Benedict #814 305
37. Benny #840 293
38. Ben #843 292
39. Braylon #848 289
40. Brycen #867 276
41. Byron #980 233
42. Blaine #991 230
43. Brennan #1002 226
44. Brodie #1038 213
45. Billy #1068 203
46. Bobby #1097 195
47. Brendan #1097 195
48. Braden #1152 183
49. Booker #1159 180
50. Bishop #1188 172
51. Bryant #1323 146
52. Bernard #1362 137
53. Brett #1382 133
54. Brent #1509 116
55. Barry #1520 114
56. Benton #1621 104
57. Braydon #1778 90
58. Boyd #1959 78
59. Buck #1992 76
60. Basil #2020 74
61. Brenton #2091 70
62. Bennie #2516 53
63. Brendon #2676 48
64. Braiden #2833 44
65. Brenden #2884 43
66. Brice #2941 42
67. Bartholomew #3089 39
68. Braeden #3314 35
69. Branden #3314 35
70. Bradford #3513 32
71. Brad #4249 24
72. Buddy #4396 23
73. Burton #4396 23
74. Bret #4857 20
75. Bill #5208 18
76. Bryon #5399 17
77. Bud #6803 12
78. Buster #6803 12
79. Benjiman #7194 11
80. Brown #7679 10
81. Bernie #8243 9
82. Bertram #8243 9
83. Barton #8910 8
84. Bob #9714 7
85. Bert #10695 6
86. Buford #10695 6
87. Barney #12008 5
88. Berry #12008 5
89. Bart
90. Benjaman
91. Benjamine
92. Burl
93. Burt

Also starting with B, and now given almost only to girls: Blair, Bailey, Bonnie, Billie, Barbara, Beverly, Betty, Bobbie, Bernice, Bertha, Bertie

Boy names that start with B in the 2025 data

B is the eighth most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 84,526 of them, 4.9% of every boy in the file. It held eighth place a decade ago too, and its share has fallen from 5.4% to 4.9%.

This list holds the 93 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 Benjamin, #11 with 9,762 boys in 2025. 4 of the 93 are in this year's top 100, and 88 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Eleven other names starting with B are left out — Blair, Bailey and Bonnie 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 68,058 of those 84,526 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 Baker, up from #1,753 in 2015 to #217 in 2025. Brantley has gone the other way, from #122 to #499. The shortest name here is Bo at 2 letters, the longest Bartholomew at 11.

Questions about boy names that start with B

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

Benjamin. 9,762 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #11 nationally.

How many boy names start with B?

93 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, 84,526 boys born in 2025 — 4.9% of the total — were given a name starting with B.

Are boy names that start with B getting more popular?

B is losing ground. It was eighth among first letters for boys a decade ago with 5.4% of births, and it is eighth in 2025 with 4.9%.