I can’t provide you with 100 one-syllable lady names with no checklist for boys too! And, nicely, I did marry probably the most in style monosyllabic names of all time: John. Brief boy names have been in style for hundreds of years. Suppose Gods (Zeus), Gospels (Mark, Luke), Founding Fathers (George, James, Ben), all the way in which to trendy TV characters (Ross, Zack, Bart). They will really feel robust, timeless, charming, distinctive, or the entire above. So in the present day I’m sharing 100 of my favorites.
This checklist may be helpful when you’re making an attempt to steadiness out an extended final title or just in search of one thing simple on your youngster to spell and pronounce. This may also spark an thought for a center title, or the nickname you’ll use as an alternative of their longer, authorized title (Ben as an alternative of Benjamin).
Fashionable One-Syllable Boy Names
We scoured the annual checklist of High Child Names put out by the Social Safety Administration (that is 2024 information, as 2025 hasn’t been launched). Virtually 15% of the High 500 boys names had been one syllable. That’s 3x as many on women’ checklist! And that’s to not point out a number of high names which have widespread one-syllable nicknames (like Lucas, William, Daniel, and so on).
Listed below are the High 25 one-syllable child boy names, together with their rank on the general checklist:
- James (#5)
- Jack (#15)
- John (#21)
- Luke (#34)
- Miles (#37, additionally see Myles under)
- Reece (#45)
- Brooks (#67)
- Beau (#69)
- Kai (#76)
- Myles (#99, additionally see Miles above)
- Jace (#114, additionally see Jayce under)
- George (#124)
- Graham (#129)
- Juan (#137)
- Dean (#142)
- Jude (#156)
- Hayes (#160)
- Jett (#161)
- Cole (#162)
- Ace (#165)
- Jayce (#169, additionally see Jace above)
- Chase (#173)
- Rhett (#174)
- Max (#175)
- Finn (#198)
And though they’re not within the High 25, I’ve to offer a shout-out to Zayn (#249), Zain (#306), and Zayne (#447) for showing 3 instances within the High 500 underneath totally different spellings.
As for our favourite 100 choices, right here is the complete checklist of 100 one-syllable names, sorted alphabetically. Personally, my favorites are Beau, Clark, Dean, Cal, George, Graham, Finn, Jack, Kent, Luke, and Wells.
- Ace
- Artwork
- Banks
- Beau
- Beck
- Bo
- Blake
- Briggs
- Brooks
- Bruce
- Bryce
- Burke
- Cade (or Kade)
- Cain (or Kane)
- Cal
- Money
- Probability
- Charles
- Chet
- Chuck
- Clark
- Clay
- Clint
- Clive
- Clyde
- Cole
- Crew
- Cruz
- Dale
- Sprint
- Dax
- Dean
- Don
- Duke
- Drew
- Finn
- Flint
- Flynn
- Ford
- Frank
- Fred
- George
- Graham
- Grant
- Grey
- Man
- Hank
- Hayes
- Heath
- Hugh
- Jace (or Jayce)
- Jack
- Jake
- James
- Jay
- Jett
- Joe
- Joel
- John
- Juan
- Jude
- Kai
- Keith
- Kent
- Equipment
- Knox
- Kurt
- Kyle
- Lance
- Lane
- Lee
- Lev
- Lex
- Luke
- Mac
- Mark
- Max
- Miles (or Myles)
- Nash
- Nate
- Neil
- Pete
- Pierce
- Quinn
- Ralph
- Ray
- Reece (or Rhys)
- Reed (or Reid)
- Rex
- Rhett
- Rome
- Royce
- Saul (or Sol)
- Scott
- Sean (or Shawn)
- Seth
- Shane
- Steve
- Tate
- Todd
- Tom
- Hint
- Trent
- Trey
- Troy
- Vic
- Vince
- Wade
- Walt
- Wells
- Wes
- Will
- Wynn
- Zane (or Zain or Zayne)
Extra Naming Sources
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