Best Baby Boy Names for 2020

Written by Louise Grey

With a newborn baby herself, Louise has been reviewing products on the baby market for a number of years and prides herself on a unique take on every product she reviews!
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Last Updated 09/15/2020

Best Baby Boy Names for 2020

Choosing a name for your baby is one of the hardest decisions a couple has to come up within the early stages of having a child, you will find that family members will give your insight in how they chose your names and how they came to the name in the first place. The older generation will always try and say you should go for a more traditional name however in the last few years we have seen a rise in more modern and unique names.

Below are the top 100 that have been released for 2020, if this doesn’t give you some sort of an idea then we would recommend that you shortlist series of names to narrow the search, This will always give you an idea of which sort of names you are looking for and will give friends and family an idea to help!

Liam

Noah

William

James

Oliver

Benjamin

Elijah

Lucas

Mason

Logan

Alexander

Ethan

Jacob

Michael

Daniel

Henry

Jackson

Sebastian

Aiden

Matthew

Samuel

David

Joseph

Carter

Owen

Wyatt

John

Jack

Luke

Jayden

Dylan

Grayson

Levi

Isaac

Gabriel

Julian

Mateo

Anthony

Jaxon

Lincoln

Joshua

Christopher

Andrew

Theodore

Caleb

Ryan

Asher

Nathan

Thomas

Leo

Isaiah

Charles

Josiah

Hudson

Christian

Hunter

Connor

Eli

Ezra

Aaron

Landon

Adrian

Jonathan

Nolan

Jeremiah

Easton

Elias

Colton

Cameron

Carson

Robert

Angel

Maverick

Nicholas

Dominic

Jaxson

Greyson

Adam

Ian

Austin

Santiago

Jordan

Cooper

Brayden

Roman

Evan

Ezekiel

Xavier

Jose

Jace

Jameson

Leonardo

Bryson

Axel

Everett

Parker

Kayden

Miles

Sawyer

Jason

Best boy names rising this year

While baby names like Liam, Noah and William have remained among the most popular for years in the past – other boys names are on the rise such as Oliver which jumped from a sad Number 88 all the way to number 5 in 2018. Another boys name to take a huge jump in recent years is Elijah which went from 18 to 7 included In this bunch are Lucas and Benjamin which have seen a huge rise in recent years in popularity.

Do you leave it to the day or name before? 

You’re on the bed and your partner is looking at you lovingly at your new beautiful baby boy and the moment comes to name the baby boy but you are stuck because you haven’t been thinking about names as you thought it would come to you this guide shows you the reasons behind both. Some people choose to sit through all of these guides and decide on a handful of names in which they will wait to the day to decide what sort of name comes to mind as soon as they see their beautiful boy.

Some other people will completely leave it to the last minute which I believe can be a serious problem if you can’t decide, I always recommend being ready for that decision as you want to make sure it’s the right choice.

Don’t wear it out.

I have heard a few times in the past that deciding too early can be very hard as you will use that name a lot between you and your partner which can cause you to get sick of the name before the baby boy comes.