Boy Names Starting With B
The letter B gives boys 50 charted names in the 2025 SSA data, and the most popular of them is Benjamin, with 9,762 babies. The deepest entry here sits at rank #841, with 293 recorded births.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #11 | Benjamin | 9,762 |
| #40 | Bennett | 6,268 |
| #60 | Beau | 5,165 |
| #64 | Brooks | 4,877 |
| #141 | Beckett | 2,518 |
| #152 | Bryson | 2,416 |
| #168 | Beckham | 2,185 |
| #171 | Barrett | 2,138 |
| #172 | Braxton | 2,131 |
| #215 | Bentley | 1,649 |
| #217 | Baker | 1,640 |
| #229 | Brayden | 1,545 |
| #236 | Brody | 1,492 |
| #261 | Brandon | 1,326 |
| #265 | Bodhi | 1,301 |
| #266 | Bowen | 1,292 |
| #275 | Bodie | 1,249 |
| #279 | Benson | 1,214 |
| #310 | Banks | 1,099 |
| #316 | Blake | 1,080 |
| #321 | Brady | 1,071 |
| #336 | Bryan | 1,005 |
| #339 | Brian | 979 |
| #356 | Briggs | 921 |
| #357 | Bryce | 919 |
| #386 | Baylor | 822 |
| #403 | Bradley | 794 |
| #423 | Boone | 762 |
| #449 | Bo | 698 |
| #499 | Brantley | 606 |
| #536 | Bruce | 558 |
| #620 | Boston | 451 |
| #672 | Benicio | 405 |
| #686 | Briar | 397 |
| #701 | Bridger | 383 |
| #704 | Bryer | 382 |
| #721 | Bellamy | 374 |
| #725 | Braylen | 366 |
| #740 | Bruno | 351 |
| #744 | Brixton | 349 |
| #748 | Bode | 347 |
| #768 | Brayan | 334 |
| #769 | Boden | 333 |
| #781 | Blaze | 326 |
| #790 | Barron | 320 |
| #804 | Brewer | 310 |
| #810 | Brock | 306 |
| #814 | Benedict | 305 |
| #829 | Bjorn | 298 |
| #841 | Benny | 293 |
Ranks are each name's overall position among all 2025 boy names, so the gaps between rows are real — the names in between simply start with other letters. Want a random shortlist instead? Spin B boy names in the generator, or browse the full top 100 boy names.
How common B names are
In the 2025 top 1,000 for boys, B supplies 59 names and 5.1% of the births, which places it 7th of the 26 initials by share. The letter's #1 name, Benjamin, holds overall rank #11 with 9,762 births; its 50th and last name, Benny, was recorded 293 times at #841.
That 5.1% is B's births inside the 2025 top 1,000 divided by the births of all 1,000 names — the convention the reading ranks and counts guide walks through — and the 59-name count is taken at that same depth, not at the 50-name depth of the table above.
B names across the decades
| Year | List | Leading B name | B names in top 200 | Share of births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1950s snapshot | Bruce (#32) | 12 | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 1960s snapshot | Brian (#19) | 13 | 4.3% |
| 1975 | 1970s snapshot | Brian (#8) | 12 | 6.2% |
| 1985 | 1980s snapshot | Brandon (#13) | 12 | 6.7% |
| 1995 | 1990s snapshot | Brandon (#8) | 11 | 5.6% |
| 2005 | 2000s snapshot | Benjamin (#25) | 13 | 5.3% |
| 2015 | 2010s snapshot | Benjamin (#10) | 15 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | latest year, cut to its top 200 | Benjamin (#11) | 9 | 4.2% |
Counting only names inside each snapshot's top 200, the B tally for boys runs 12 in 1955, 13 in 1965, 12 in 1975, 12 in 1985, 11 in 1995, 13 in 2005, 15 in 2015 — highest in 2015, lowest in 1995. The leading name was Bruce (#32) in 1955 and Benjamin (#10) in 2015. Cut to the same top-200 depth, the 2025 list holds 9 B names, led by Benjamin at #11. 4 different names hold the lead across those snapshots: Bruce, Brian, Brandon, and Benjamin. 4 of the 50 names on the 2025 table appear in every one of the 7 snapshot top-200 lists: Benjamin, Bryan, Brian, and Bradley.
B names held 3.1% of the top-200 births for boys in 1955 and 5.5% in 2015; at the same depth in 2025 the figure is 4.2%. The first-letter trends guide sets B's share beside the other 25 initials for every snapshot year from 1955 to 2015, for both sexes.
Faded and new
The snapshot lists hold 10 B names for boys that the 2025 top 50 does not: Braden (2005, best #133 in 2005), Brendan (1985–2005, best #133 in 1995), Brett (1965–1995, best #70 in 1985), Brent (1955–1995, best #79 in 1975), Billy (1955–1985, best #69 in 1955), Bobby (1955–1985, best #75 in 1955), Barry (1955–1975, best #70 in 1955), Brad (1955–1975, best #98 in 1975), Bernard (1955, 1965, best #127 in 1955), and Bill (1955, 1965, best #151 in 1965). The years in parentheses are the snapshot years whose top 200 included the name; 2 of them last charted in 2005.
In the other direction, 34 of the 50 names on the 2025 list are absent from every snapshot top 200: the first 12 by rank are Beau (#60), Brooks (#64), Beckett (#141), Beckham (#168), Barrett (#171), Baker (#217), Bodhi (#265), Bowen (#266), Bodie (#275), Benson (#279), Banks (#310), and Briggs (#356), and the remaining 22 follow in the table above.
Read both lists against the depths that produce them — 200 ranks per snapshot year, 50 names for B in 2025 with the last at #841: a name missing from a snapshot may sit below rank 200 that year, and a name missing from the 2025 list may sit below Benny; the committed files do not say.
Shape of the list
Four letters or fewer describes 3 of the 50 names on the 2025 table (Beau, for one); five to seven letters, 44 (Bennett, for one); eight or more, 3 (Benjamin, for one). The longest spellings on the 2025 list, at 8 letters, are Benjamin, Brantley, and Benedict; the shortest is Bo at 2.
Every one of the 50 names ranks inside the 2025 top 1,000 that the generator's latest era samples; they divide into 4 inside the top 100, 26 at ranks 101–500, and 20 at 501–1,000.
5 names on this list also appear on the 2025 girls' B list, each ranked separately per sex by the SSA: Bennett (#40 for boys, #912 for girls), Blake (#316 for boys, #295 for girls), Baylor (#386 for boys, #694 for girls), Briar (#686 for boys, #400 for girls), and Bellamy (#721 for boys, #797 for girls). Second letters on the 2025 list number 6; r leads them, opening 23 of the 50 names (Br-), with Be- (11) next.
B boy names: questions answered from the data
How common are B names among 2025 boy names?
59 names, carrying 5.1% of the births in the 2025 boys' top 1,000; that share ranks B 7th of the 26 initials. This page's table goes deeper, to the letter's top 50, ending at overall rank #841.
Which B boy name had the most births in 2025?
Benjamin, with 9,762 births and overall rank #11. Next is Bennett at #40 with 6,268 births.
What is the lowest-ranked name on this B list?
The 50th and last name, Benny, ranks #841 overall with 293 births. All 50 names sit inside the 2025 top 1,000.
How did B boy names chart in the snapshot years from 1955 to 2015?
12 in 1955, led by Bruce (#32). The count is 15 in 2015, led by Benjamin (#10), and the 7-snapshot high is 15 in 2015.
Other letters
Girl names for this letter: girl names starting with B.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.