You can see the seeds of a lot of the baby-naming trends there, too. That's where you'll find the ideas for what might be big in the coming year. Luckily, the SSA keeps note of those, too. Where you do find some interesting choices, though, is when you look at the names that have seen the biggest rise over the previous year. These are mostly the same as last year, with Henry and Alexander bumping Mason and Ethan further down the list. The most-used names for boys are Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah, William, James, Benjamin, Lucas, Henry and Alexander.
The SSA, which keeps track of the popularity of baby names, released the list of the most popular names of 2019, and it doesn't offer much by way of surprises. These are the boy names that have increased the most in popularity.
