Top 100 History: Boys' 2010s

We have reached the contemporary era of naming boys.

Changes

2010

Left: Brian, Sean, Kyle, Miguel

Entered: Bentley, Jaxon, Max, Jaden

2011

Left: Eric, Aidan, Bryan

Entered: Bryson, Grayson, Nolan

2012

Left: Jesus, Cole, Max, Hayden, Diego, Jaden

Entered: Ryder, Damian, Kayden, Easton, Hudson, Jace

2013

Left: Bryson, Ryder, Carlos, Alex

Entered: Camden, Lincoln, Jaxson, Jase

2014

Left: Camden, Damian, Jase

Entered: Leo, Ryder, Asher

2015

Left: Tristan, Brody, Luis, Justin, Juan

Entered: Elias, Theodore, Sawyer, Ezra, Mateo

2016

Left: Kayden, Ryder, Nathaniel, Blake

Entered: Roman, Greyson, Leonardo, Bryson

2017

Left: Kevin, Bentley, Zachary, Tyler, Brandon

Entered: Jameson, Kayden, Santiago, Maverick, Ezekiel

2018

Left: Ayden, Gavin, Chase

Entered: Miles, Everett, Axel

2019

Left: Brayden, Bryson, Jason, Sawyer

Entered: Kai, Wesley, Declan, Luca

Movement

  • Jaxon, Grayson, Nolan, Kayden, Easton, Hudson, Jace, Lincoln, Jaxson, Asher, Elias, Ezra, Mateo, Roman, Greyson, Leonardo, Jameson, Santiago, Maverick, Ezekiel, Miles, Axel, Kai, Declan, and Luca became newly popular.
  • Leo, Theodore, and Everett were revived; Wesley also returned to the top 100. 
  • Brian, Sean, Kyle, Miguel, Eric, Aidan, Bryan, Jesus, Cole, Hayden, Diego, Jaden, Carlos, Alex, Tristan, Brody, Luis, Justin, Juan, Nathaniel, Blake, Kevin, Zachary, Tyler, Brandon, Ayden, Gavin, Chase, Brayden, and Jason left the top 100.
  • Liam, Oliver, Elijah, Benjamin, Lucas, and Mason entered the top 10.
  • James returned to the top 10.
  • Jayden, Alexander, Jacob, Michael, Daniel, Christopher, and Joshua left the top 10.
  • Sebastian, Jackson, Mason, Oliver, Elijah, Liam, and Lucas entered the top 20.
  • Jack and Henry returned to the top 20.
  • Joseph, Joshua, Jayden, Matthew, David, Christopher, Andrew, Ryan, and Anthony left the top 20.
  • Sebastian, Levi, Mateo, Asher, Grayson, Lincoln, Owen, Julian, Wyatt, Leo, Jaxon, Josiah, Ezra, Hudson, and Oliver entered the top 50.
  • Henry, Theodore, and Thomas returned to the top 50.
  • Charles, Connor, and Hunter returned to the top 50 before leaving again. 
  • Caleb, Isaiah, Ryan, Nathan, Jordan, Jonathan, Landon, Christian, Angel, Nicholas, Brandon, Tyler, Brayden, Gavin, Kevin, Justin, and Evan left the top 50.
Trends

  • Names ending in "er" stabilized (Carter, Asher, Parker, Hunter, Xavier, Oliver, Alexander, etc.)
  • The "ayden" names declined (Aidan, Hayden, Brayden, Ayden).
  • More classics came back (Leo, Theodore, Everett, Wesley). 
  • Biblical names continued to rise (Asher, Elias, Ezra, Ezekiel).
  • Single-syllable names continued to fall (Blake, Cole, Sean, Juan).
  • Names ending in "ee" continued to decline (Brody, Zachary).
  • More short names ending in "n" became common (Jaxon, Nolan, Roman).
  • Names ending in "a" trended (Noah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Josiah, Isaiah, Luca).
I'm not as enthusiastic about boys' names and I am girls' names, so my Top 100 History posts for the boys' names might have a little less quality than the girls' posts. I apologize if you think this is true. Still, I tried to be as accurate as possible.

With the new name data coming out this Friday, I tried to get this series done as quickly as possible. 

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