684 Boy Names That Start With B (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Thu Aug 31 2023
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Boy names that start with B are led today by Benjamin, the top-ranked B name for boys in the US, making the Top 10.
Along with Benjamin, boy names starting with B in the US Top 200 include Brayden, Bryson, Bennett, Bentley, Beau, and Brooks.
In the UK, Billy and Bobby are back, ranking in the Top 200 names for boys along with B names Blake, Brody, Bodhi, Brodie, and Benjamin.
Unique B names for boys that we recommend range from classic Barnaby to occupational name Booker to nature name Birch.
Here, our full selection of boy names that start with B, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry .
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- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Bennett
Origin:
English, medieval form of BenedictMeaning:
"blessed"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Blaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"to lisp, stammer"
- Bellamy
Origin:
English and Irish from FrenchMeaning:
"fine friend"
- Basil
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"royal"
- Boone
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"blessing, lucky"
- Bear
Origin:
Animal nameMeaning:
"bear"
- Banks
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the hillside or riverbank"
- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Bastian
Origin:
Diminutive of Sebastian, Latin from GreekMeaning:
"man of Sebastia"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond"
- Boaz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"swiftness"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"