Thinking of a name for your baby boy can be a challenge! And I know everyone these days is trying to come up with the most unique names for their babies. But I can promise you, a lot of those unique names actually end up pretty popular because so many parents are thinking the same thing.
But what is so bad about a popular name. My running joke with my patients always was “well I’m Jessica from the 90’s and I turned out just fine! Having a common name doesn’t mean you are doomed for life. I mean lots of people have to be choosing them for a reason, right? I personally love so many of the popular names (particularly on the boys list) because they are classic and timeless. These names are not trendy, they never go out of style!
The Social Security Administration recently released their top 1000 names for each gender in 2022. While we don’t have the time to go through all of them, I broke down the top 20 names for boys in 2022 with their meanings ranked in order of popularity.
Are you having a girl? Check out my list of the top 20 girls names for 2022!
#1 Liam
An Irish name meaning “strong willed warrior” and “protector”
#2 Noah
A Hebrew name meaning “rest” or “repose”
#3 Oliver
A Old French and Medieval British name meaning “ancestor’s descendent”. Also refers to the olive tree with symbolizes fruitfulness and dignity
#4 James
A Hebrew name meaning “supplanter”
#5 Elijah
A Hebrew name coming from the words El meaning “God” and Yah meaning “Jehovah”
#6 William
A Germanic name coming from Willehelm meaning “strong-willed warrior”
#7 Henry
A Germanic name meaning “home ruler”
#8 Lucas
A Greek name meaning “bringer of light”
#9 Benjamin
A Hebrew name meaning “son of my right hand”
#10 Theodore
A Greek name meaning “gift of God” or “divine gift”
#11 Mateo
A Latin name meaning “gift of God”
#12 Levi
A Hebrew name meaning “joined” or “attached”
#13 Sebastian
A Greek name meaning “venerable” or “revered”
#14 Daniel
A Hebrew name meaning “God is my judge”
#15 Jack
An English name meaning “God is gracious”
#16 Michael
A Hebrew name meaning “who is like God?” or “there is none like God”
#17 Alexander
A Greek name meaning “protector of men”
#18 Owen
A Greek name meaning “protector of men”
#19 Asher
A Hebrew name meaning “happy” and “blessed”
#20 Samuel
A Hebrew name meaning “God has heard” or “name of God”
That rounds up our list of the top 20 names for boys in 2022. There is something about these names that just makes me smile you know. Did you see anything you like on here? Let me know in the comments below.
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