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Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition
Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition
Oct 18, 2026 1:20 PM

  Yesterday we did a rundown on the divide between the girls’ names that are stylish to the point where it feels like they must be popular and those that are actually, statistically widely used.  It’s especially hard to distinguish when it comes to the names we see appearing so often in berry posts and blogs.

  So here we do a similar analysis for the boys, with some similarly surprising results, especially when it comes to those berry faves,…names such as Theo.  It’s easy to be fooled if you live in a place where there are more Atticuses than Aidens in your neighborhood playground.

  Once again, the numbers in parentheses represent how many babies were given that name in the most recent U.S. Count.

  Abner (162) is stylish, while Abraham (1,899) is popular

  Ace (395) is cool; Chase (6,397) is hot

  Anders (213) is stylish, while Anderson (1,013) is popular

  Augustine (187) is stylish, while August (635) is quite popular

  Bodhi (220) is stylish; Brody (5,015) is popular

  Bowen (165) and Odin are stylish, but Owen (8,136) is popular

  Callum (247) is stylish, while Liam (10,852) is popular

  Cassius (191) is stylish, but Cash (1,310) is popular

  Clinton (196) is stylish, while Carter (8,101) is popular

  Darwin (729) is stylish, while Dalton (1,315) is popular

  Dexter (582) is stylish; Derek (2,276) is popular

  Edison (226) is stylish, while Hudson (2,830) is popular

  Finnegan (461) is stylish; Finn (1,081) is relatively popular

  Gideon (569) is stylish, but Gabriel (12, 722) is popular

  Graydon (110) is stylish, but Jayden 17,000) is popular

  Harry (363) has style, while Henry (6,330) has big numbers

  Jagger 762 is stylish, while Justin (7,792) has long been popular

  Jefferson (660) is stylish; Jackson (11,693) is popular

  Lennox (214) is stylish, while Maddox (2,090) is popular

  Lucian (444) is stylish, but Luke (8,767) is popular

  Matthias (826) is stylish, but Matthew (13,954) is popular

  Maximo (257) is stylish, while Maxwell (2,985) is popular

  Miller (188) is cool, but Cooper (5,206) is popular

  Nash (401) is stylish, while Ashton (3,204) is popular

  Remy (237) is stylish, while Ryan (11,886) rules

  Samson (239) is stylish, but Samuel (11,776) is popular

  Seamus (236) is stylish, while Sean (3,693) is popular

  Smith (76) is stylish, while Mason (14,728) is popular

  Sullivan (653) is stylish, but Riley (3,606) is popular

  Theo (228) is stylish, but Leo (1,913) is popular

  Valentino (259) is stylish, but Romeo (845) is getting popular

  Wylie (73) is stylish; Wyatt (7,319) is popular

  Zachariah (591) is stylish, while Jeremiah (7,645) is popular

  Did any of these statistics surprise you?

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