Baby Boy Names New to the Top 1000 in 2026

My favorite part of the SSA baby name drop every year is seeing what baby names snuck (or skyrocketed) their way into the top 1000 most popular list. Some of them are making their grand debut, others are returning after a hiatus away. Either way, it’s always one of my favorite data points to look into.

The top 10 is never all that exciting - it stays more or less the same year over year. The top 100 can get interesting with some movers and shakers, but I love that big picture top 1000.

With that in mind, here are the baby boy names new to the top 1000 most popular from 2024 into 2025 (the latest data we have until May of 2027.)

• Eitan

• Frankie

• Neythan

• Caius

• Agastya

• Isa

• Kreed

• Syaire

• Veer

• Josias

• Jethro

• Montgomery

• Beaux

• Harlem

• Kaycen

• Azlan

• Toby

• Dominik

• Joan

• Aurelius

• Blaine

• Palmer

• Landry

• Oziel

• Macklin

• Jasai

• Akari

• Eziah

• Kasai

• Neithan

• Barron

• Haziel

• Brewer

• Yadiel

• Aslan

• Coast

• Denim

• Boaz

• Elizer

• Hollis

• Kaleo

• Marcello

• Foster

• Kael

• Nael

• Scottie

• Koah

• Beck

• Stone

• Eitan

When it comes to sharing the less common, up and comers, and brand newcomers I always have to say: don’t shoot the messenger. The uncommon, new to a lot of us names aren’t everybody’s cup of tea. Some of these I love, some of these I still need to sit with.