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Nontraditional Baby Boy Names U.S.

Can you guess these nontraditional names that appear in the top 1000 names for boys born in the United States in 2023?
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Name
37
Tom Cruise's code name in "Top Gun"
M
Maverick
72
A type of jump in figure skating
A
Axel
96
Our nation's seventh President, but with an X instead of a CKS
J
Jaxon
125
Another name for the Holy Land / a national park in Utah
Z
Zion
127
One who is employed in sawing logs
S
Sawyer
145
A myth, an epic story
L
Legend
174
Lover of the goddess Aphrodite who was killed by a wild boar
A
Adonis
182
Company known for making cowboy hats
S
Stetson
187
Literally "the anointed one", he will unite the tribes of Israel,
rebuild the temple, and usher in an age of global peace. No pressure.
M
Messiah
189
British luxury car manufacturer
B
Bentley
199
A major British soccer star
B
Beckham
269
A bird that rises from its own ashes
P
Phoenix
283
Brand of rifle
R
Remington
303
Last name of the guitarist who recorded "Purple Haze"
H
Hendrix
308
Variety of the mineral chalcedony that has black and white bands
O
Onyx
320
Latin for "greatest" / a word that comes after "gluteus"
M
Maximus
333
The capital of Egypt
C
Cairo
386
Italian fashion house known for its men's suits
A
Armani
408
World's largest inland sea
C
Caspian
418
A city in Japan famous for beef
K
Kobe
423
The god of thunder who appears in the game "Mortal Kombat"
R
Raiden
432
Greek god of music and light who is inspired by the nine muses
A
Apollo
465
Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Z
Zaire
474
A samurai without a master
R
Ronin
488
City in Tennessee on the Mississippi River
M
Memphis
514
A rank in the army which outranks captain
M
Major
531
Ivy League university located in New Jersey
P
Princeton
636
A generic piece of artillery
C
Cannon
678
Last name of the boxer who Ivan Drago killed in "Rocky IV"
C
Creed
684
Nobleman who outranks an Earl or Marquess
D
Duke
754
Last name of one of the Beatles
L
Lennon
884
The only U.S. President to ever resign
N
Nixon
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73 Comments
Henning
+7
Level 81
May 11, 2022
Sorry for nitpicking, but it should be "with an X instead of a CKS", and not just CK
Quizmaster
+129
Level ∞
May 11, 2022
Ficksed
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
May 23, 2023
X should be removed from the alphabet entirely.
GoblinOfCooz
+6
Level 77
Aug 18, 2023
If you feel strongly about it, you could move to eastern Europe.
joeythelemur
+19
Level 82
May 11, 2022
Interesting to look at the source info and see how many actual kids were given these names (and a few others).

2216 named Messiah.

1585 named Remington.

619 named Princeton.

366 named Caspian.

310 named Aryan (!).307 named Kaiser.

Crazy stuff.

kolp
+29
Level 86
May 12, 2022
Aryan is a normal name without any racist connotations in India. So I hope most Aryan are part of the Indian diaspora.
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
May 12, 2022
And also 69 boys named Lucifer.
Djilas
+5
Level 85
May 12, 2022
Lucy for short
InterAlia
+3
Level 78
Jun 19, 2024
Lucifer Short?
WillemLAif
+1
Level 76
May 15, 2022
...and the female version of this name is, of course, Venus.
APHill
+8
Level 76
May 11, 2022
These are...interesting...
lavernesue
+22
Level 80
May 12, 2022
Gosh, I feel sorry for some of these boys. Messiah and Nixon are the names that seem most wacked out to me.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 73
Sep 26, 2024
Not cannon?? I agree with messiah btw.
Shade9099
+13
Level 68
May 12, 2022
Maybe it's just me, but I never considered Sawyer to be a weird name
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
May 12, 2022
As a last name maybe? I think it started being used as a first name because of "Lost".
GrammarBeane1
+4
Level 83
May 12, 2022
I actually went to high school with a guy named Sawyer!
Qikiq
+2
Level 88
May 17, 2022
I have a niece named Sawyer.
Ssssss
+3
Level 69
Jul 14, 2022
Even worse! It is a surname as Quizmaster says.
QuizApe
+11
Level 69
Jul 14, 2022
I never considered Axel a weird name. I think it is more common in Germany.
KingWolfton
+2
Level 31
Jul 18, 2022
For some reason, I was thinking it would be Belgium.
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 78
Mar 10, 2023
Yes, Axel is a normal and reasonably common name in Germany, but more among GenX than the current generation.
FredaCat
+2
Level 44
Jun 19, 2024
Axel is a Danish form of Absalom. It is a traditional name.
Dimby
+1
Level 80
Feb 27, 2025
I bet some people are named Sawyer because country music fans thought, "I like that Sawyer Brown country singer, I'll name my kid Sawyer."
nonono
+8
Level 90
May 13, 2022
Fascinating. This might be an interesting topic for an American Studies or Sociology master's thesis. The roots of some of these are obvious: celebrity names, tv/movie/video game characters, Greek/Roman mythology, the bible. The celebrity trend of using place names is there too. But others? Do Bentley and Armani represent the dominance of conspicuous-consumption, consumerist culture in the 21st century? Nixon is particularly curious. Is there some sort of historical revisionism at work, or are the parents just too young (they would likely be born after Nixon's resignation) to appreciate the connotations?
JWatson24
+10
Level 71
Jul 14, 2022
I think you might be over-analyzing some of these. Many parents give their kids names just because they sound good. Like, some parents might think naming their child Bentley or Armani makes them sound fancy and dignified. And if you strip away the historical connotations, "Nixon" sounds kinda nice as a word. I agree that looking into the origins of some of these would be interesting though--I'm personally perplexed by Zaire and Princeton.
RJF
+6
Level 65
Jan 12, 2023
I wonder whether Caspian is named after the inland sea, or whether there's just a lot of Chronicles of Narnia fans who've had kids recently...
Thisisreal
+3
Level 92
Sep 7, 2023
Must be Narnia fans.
dogla305
+5
Level 62
May 16, 2022
if only there were a more fitting hint for "Kobe"........
Qikiq
+18
Level 88
May 17, 2022
Since 91% of people got it, I'd say it's a pretty fitting hint. It's how he got the name, after all.
Twonkie
+1
Level 15
Jun 8, 2022
My sister went to Princeton

Sorry, not to spoil an answer though

jmellor13
+21
Level 67
Jul 14, 2022
Most of these are fine, if a little unusual, but naming your kid "Messiah" is child abuse.
TheLonelyAlula
+10
Level 55
Jul 14, 2022
I think by our nation, you mean the USA?
rabble
+5
Level 68
Jun 18, 2024
Yes, that's where we live when we're on American websites made and run by Americans.

Stop by Jetpunk.ng and we'll chat familiarly about the current events & culture of Nigeria.

OlafTheSnowman
+6
Level 38
Jun 18, 2024
Just like .com refers to the USA huh? Like the Communistic States of America or something?
Zupity
+14
Level 66
Jul 14, 2022
Anyone called Legend or Messiah sets foot in Australia he will be relentlessly ridiculed at best.
TheForsakenFurby
+2
Level 76
Aug 6, 2022
I think that'll be true in the US too, unfortunately.
SaintCity
+17
Level 61
Jul 14, 2022
I can see that this site is American and therefore a bit America centered. But the term "our nation" instead of just "the US" is a bit over the top.
AlexW2210
+7
Level 66
Jul 14, 2022
Calling a child Raiden is hilarious. Gonna call my first born Noob Saibot, see how that goes down
gzx5
+9
Level 73
Jul 14, 2022
What's with all these people today giving their kids surnames for first names?

At least a couple of these names are kinda white trash lol.

sumokitty
+6
Level 84
Jul 14, 2022
I don't think it's particularly new. I had two American ancestors in the 1800s called Jackson. And I don't know about other cultures, but in Scotland there are plenty of surnames that are also used as first names (Douglas, Grant, Murray, Scott, Graham, Ross, etc.).
gzx5
+2
Level 73
Jul 14, 2022
I'm sure it wasn't completely unheard of back then but I think it was much less common then.
QuizApe
+12
Level 69
Jul 14, 2022
“Our nation’s”?

We aren’t all Americans.

jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Jul 14, 2022
Well then I guess he's not talking to you.
hwes
+2
Level 87
Jul 14, 2022
Aphrodite had quite a few lovers and their names all started with an "A"
RobNobody
+11
Level 79
Jul 14, 2022
How many of them were killed by a wild boar?
vacationmom
+9
Level 66
Jul 14, 2022
A word of warning from a special ed teacher who focused on kids with significant disabilities (including emotional!) who also used to do data entry for all the psych evals in one of the largest school districts in the US for any parents-to-be thinking of what names might be cool and unique for their future children: The names I came across most frequently were variations of Giovanni/Jovani, Messiah, Journey, and video game/anime characters. If you love one of these names, I cannot stress enough that you are setting your child up for associations beyond their control. And I'm not singling out the unusual names and forgetting the mainstream names - my classes have been a pretty even split between common American names like Brian and Elizabeth, names in the family's native language, and just some bonkers choices like a Street Fighter 2 character for a white kid.
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Aug 14, 2023
Isn't Giovanni just the Italian version of John? What am I missing?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Sep 26, 2024
Yea I have no idea what they are referring to either, it's a very normal name.
elcampeador
+3
Level 79
Jul 15, 2022
These names range from perfectly fine to absolutely off-the-wall.
AlphaQueUp
+4
Level 67
Jul 15, 2022
Parents who are trying to be "unique"
YantheMan
+1
Level 66
Jul 15, 2022
Some of these have major early-19th-century vibes, like I could picture someone being named "Cannon" or "Princeton" back then
Zenelle
+2
Level 48
Jul 16, 2022
Pokemon has ruined me again. I know the spelling of a certain mineral but I somehow got the Pokemon stuck in my head and spelt it with an 'I' instead of a 'Y'. When that didn't work, I just decided I had the wrong answer >.
Leo037
+4
Level 55
Jul 16, 2022
Remington is the most American name ever.
bn9043
+2
Level 64
Jan 29, 2024
I'm convinced that zero of the 1,585 people named Remington live within 100 miles of any major city
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Jun 8, 2024
At least I finally know why a gun-toting character in a graphic novel I've read was called "Lady Remington"
NecroMoistFistin
+2
Level 46
Aug 7, 2022
Axel :)

Nixon ._.

tschutzer
+1
Level 93
Oct 1, 2022
Interesting how many of these are part of the Rocky Balboa Extended Universe. It'd be hilarious if the next sequel featured a character named Armani Bentley Creed.
Fianchetto
+1
Level 77
Mar 14, 2023
I know someone named Maverick!
Quagga50
+3
Level 82
Apr 6, 2023
Whoa! Rocky IV spoilers :(

It hasn't even been 40 years yet.

Neodymium
+1
Level 63
May 23, 2023
I know a Nixon....
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 77
Aug 18, 2023
More babies being named "Legend" than being named George, Zachary, Evan, Tyler, etc... What is going on
aloepottt
+1
Level 49
Nov 9, 2023
I know people named Maverick, Bentley, Remington, Maximus, Memphis, and Lennon.
tonette
+3
Level 59
Apr 18, 2024
Majority of these names are awful!!!
JFM01
+2
Level 55
Jun 18, 2024
Jair Bolsonaro's middle name, of all people, is Messias.
wkrpnyc
+6
Level 82
Jun 18, 2024
Some of these names are very traditional names.... for dogs: Duke, Major, Apollo, Max(imus), Bentley, Maverick...
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Jun 18, 2024
Shame that Raiden is the lowest guessed one
DawnX
+2
Level 54
Jun 18, 2024
is anybody else EXTREMELY bothered by the fact these names are kinda listed in a rank order from most common to least common but then also very imperfectly. also i expected genesis to be on here
chewbacca
+1
Level 55
Jun 18, 2024
Nixon? Aint no way
MalyJacus
+1
Level 59
Jun 19, 2024
How about something more topical than ancient Greek mythology? Say the clue being: "Subject of Pusha T - Drake diss rap lyrics" for Adonis?
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Jun 19, 2024
Interesting comment from vacationmom further back - I was about to say 'I think we can all guess how well these children are going to do in school'. I bet Cannon will soon be ricocheting around his classroom.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 90
Jun 21, 2024
I'm thinking about the shortened nicknames some of these kids might go by. There are common ones like Ben, Ron, and Max, but also more unusual ones like Can, Stet, Mess, Arm, and Leg.
greenfishies
+1
Level 28
Oct 1, 2024
I would argue that Maximus and Axel very much are traditional names.
Astana
+1
Level 52
Feb 27, 2025
Most of my cousins' friends in Portland have these names lol
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