Boy Names That Start With C

These are the 123 boy names that start with C, 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 123 names

1. Cooper #27 7,472
2. Carter #45 6,024
3. Charles #48 5,898
4. Caleb #58 5,217
5. Christopher #68 4,748
6. Cameron #76 4,348
7. Christian #96 3,641
8. Colton #103 3,420
9. Callum #118 2,995
10. Carson #124 2,883
11. Calvin #132 2,710
12. Charlie #145 2,460
13. Carlos #150 2,418
14. Colter #157 2,354
15. Connor #166 2,211
16. Cole #182 2,003
17. Callan #190 1,917
18. Chase #192 1,904
19. Caden #201 1,742
20. Camden #205 1,722
21. Cohen #225 1,590
22. Callahan #227 1,566
23. Cade #248 1,392
24. Crew #256 1,352
25. Cyrus #268 1,284
26. Colt #285 1,188
27. Cash #287 1,181
28. Clayton #300 1,130
29. Colson #310 1,099
30. Cody #318 1,076
31. Casey #320 1,072
32. Cruz #331 1,025
33. Cairo #341 965
34. Colin #343 950
35. Cristian #362 906
36. Clark #377 837
37. Cesar #385 824
38. Cayden #414 774
39. Conrad #417 770
40. Chance #442 711
41. Cassian #479 633
42. Caspian #491 614
43. Collin #493 613
44. Cillian #507 595
45. Corbin #512 586
46. Callen #516 579
47. Cal #542 554
48. Clay #573 515
49. Cassius #582 504
50. Camilo #585 503
51. Caiden #602 475
52. Colby #615 455
53. Chris #646 431
54. Case #733 359
55. Clyde #742 350
56. Chandler #753 342
57. Corey #778 327
58. Conor #843 292
59. Cason #846 291
60. Conner #864 277
61. Carlo #867 276
62. Casper #924 255
63. Colten #965 238
64. Curtis #984 232
65. Carmine #1034 214
66. Cedric #1051 209
67. Cullen #1108 194
68. Carl #1132 187
69. Cory #1244 160
70. Coleman #1310 148
71. Clifford #1352 139
72. Cristopher #1425 126
73. Coy #1451 123
74. Cecil #1486 119
75. Clarence #1499 117
76. Chester #1585 107
77. Craig #1644 102
78. Chad #1699 96
79. Clinton #1728 94
80. Charley #1826 87
81. Coby #1867 84
82. Clifton #1906 82
83. Cornelius #1906 82
84. Casimir #2035 73
85. Camron #2056 72
86. Crawford #2091 70
87. Clement #2258 62
88. Clint #2363 58
89. Carlton #2884 43
90. Cliff #2884 43
91. Claude #3036 40
92. Courtney #3128 38
93. Cyril #3128 38
94. Christ #3379 34
95. Cary #3658 30
96. Chadwick #4139 25
97. Chauncey #4396 23
98. Chaz #4539 22
99. Cornell #6143 14
100. Carey #6446 13
101. Cordero #6803 12
102. Cleveland #7194 11
103. Corbett #7679 10
104. Chuck #8243 9
105. Cletus #8243 9
106. Coty #8243 9
107. Chas #12008 5
108. Cicero #12008 5
109. Carleton
110. Carrol
111. Carroll
112. Christop
113. Christophe
114. Clarance
115. Claud
116. Clem
117. Cleve
118. Cloyd
119. Colonel
120. Columbus
121. Cornelious
122. Curley
123. Curt

Also starting with C, and now given almost only to girls: Clara, Carmen, Cleo, Clare, Carol, Connie, Clair

Boy names that start with C in the 2025 data

C is the fifth most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 122,000 of them, 7.1% of every boy in the file. It has slipped from third place a decade ago, and its share has fallen from 8.2% to 7.1%.

This list holds the 123 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 Cooper, #27 with 7,472 boys in 2025. 7 of the 123 are in this year's top 100, and 108 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Seven other names starting with C are left out — Clara, Carmen and Cleo 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 103,313 of those 122,000 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 Cassian, up from #4,890 in 2015 to #479 in 2025. Collin has gone the other way, from #261 to #493. The shortest name here is Cal at 3 letters, the longest Christopher at 11.

Questions about boy names that start with C

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

Cooper. 7,472 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #27 nationally.

How many boy names start with C?

123 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, 122,000 boys born in 2025 — 7.1% of the total — were given a name starting with C.

Are boy names that start with C getting more popular?

C is losing ground. It was third among first letters for boys a decade ago with 8.2% of births, and it is fifth in 2025 with 7.1%.