200 Baby Boy Names We’re Loving for 2026

Naming a baby is wild when you really think about it.

You’re choosing the name you’ll whisper into a sleepy newborn’s hair, yell across a playground, write on approximately one million school forms, and maybe someday hear announced as he walks across a graduation stage.

No pressure, mama.

Whether you’re looking for a unique baby boy name, an old-fashioned name that suddenly feels cool again, a strong classic, or something you haven't heard a hundred times before, we made the list for you.

Here are 200 baby boy names we're loving for 2026, from timeless favorites to the wonderfully unexpected.

Baby Boy Names That Start With A

Adam
Aiden
Albie
Alfred
Alvin
Amos
Andrew
Ansel
Anthony
Archer
Archie
Arlen
Arlo
Arthur
Asher
Atlas
Atticus
Auden
August
Axel

Baby Boy Names That Start With B

Banks
Bear
Beau
Beckett
Benjamin
Bennett
Bodhi
Booker
Boone
Brody
Brooks
Byron

Baby Boy Names That Start With C

Caleb
Callum
Calvin
Cameron
Carter
Casper
Caspian
Cedar
Charlie
Chester
Clarke
Clement
Clive
Cole
Colton
Conrad
Cooper
Crosby
Cullen

Baby Boy Names That Start With D

Dexter
Dorian

Baby Boy Names That Start With E

Easton
Edmund
Edwin
Eli / Elias
Ellis
Emmett
Enzo
Ernest
Evander
Everest
Everett
Ezekiel
Ezio
Ezra

Baby Boy Names That Start With F

Felix
Ferris
Finch
Finn
Fletcher
Flint
Flynn
Ford
Forest / Forrest
Foster
Fox
Franklin
Frederick

Baby Boy Names That Start With G

Gabriel
Gideon
Graham
Grayson
Grey
Gus

Baby Boy Names That Start With H

Halston
Harvey
Heath
Hector
Hendrix
Henry
Holden
Hollis
Huck
Hudson
Hugh
Hugo
Huxley

Baby Boy Names That Start With I

Ike
Isaac

Baby Boy Names That Start With J

Jack / Jackson / Jaxon / Jaxson
Jacob
James
Jasper
Jayden
Jeremiah
Jett
Josiah
Jude
Julian

Baby Boy Names That Start With K

Kai
Keats
Keenan
Kingston
Kit
Kylo

Baby Boy Names That Start With L

Lars
Leland
Lennox
Leo
Leon
Levi
Liam
Lincoln
Linus
Logan
Louis
Luca
Lucas
Lucius
Luke

Baby Boy Names That Start With M

Malachi
Mason
Mateo
Maverick
Mercer
Merritt
Micah
Miles / Myles
Milo
Monty
Moses

Baby Boy Names That Start With N

Nathan
Neville
Nico
Noah
Nolan

Baby Boy Names That Start With O

Oakley
Oliver
Orson
Oscar
Otis
Otto
Owen

Baby Boy Names That Start With P

Percy
Pierce
Porter

Baby Boy Names That Start With R

Reid
Remy
Rhodes
Rhys / Reece
River
Rocco
Roman
Ronan
Roscoe
Rowan
Rudy
Rufus
Rupert

Baby Boy Names That Start With S

Sage
Samson
Sawyer
Sebastian
Silas
Simon
Sirius
Sonny
Stone
Sullivan

Baby Boy Names That Start With T

Tate
Theo / Theodore
Tobias

Baby Boy Names That Start With V

Vaughn

Baby Boy Names That Start With W

Walker
Wallace
Walter
Warren
Waylon
Wells
Wesley
Weston
Wilbur
Wilder
Winston
Wolf
Wyatt

Baby Boy Names That Start With X

Xavier

Baby Boy Names That Start With Z

Zion

How Do You Choose the Perfect Baby Boy Name?

If you currently have 37 baby names saved in your Notes app, you're in good company.

Once you've narrowed down your favorites, start saying them out loud.

Say good morning to him using the name.

Say his first, middle and last name together. 

Imagine introducing him to someone.

Picture it written on his first birthday invitation.

And definitely yell the whole thing like he's just colored all over your white sofa (coming soon...) 😂

Pay attention to the name you keep coming back to.

Sometimes your baby's name doesn't feel like the cleverest or most impressive name on the list.

It simply feels like his name.