150+ *Cute* Boy Names That End in N

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Today, I’ve rounded up all of my very favorite baby boy names that end in n. Whether you’re on the hunt for a masculine name or one that’s more soft – a short name, or a longer one with a cute nickname – this list is for you!

Here’s what’s in store –

Popular Boy Names Ending in N

Modern Boy Names Ending in N

Vintage Boy Names Ending in N

Western Boy Names That End in N

Earthy Boy Names Ending in N

Unique Boy Names Ending in N

Rare Boy Names Ending in N

Biblical Boy Names Ending in N

Boy Names on the Way Out

The popularity data for these baby names can be found on the US Social Security Administration database.

Let’s dive in –

Popular Boy Names Ending in N

First up, some of the most popular names for boys ending in n. These popular baby names are all in the top 100 names for boys for 2026.

Christian

Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: KRIS-chun · ˈkrɪstʃən
Meaning: follower of Christ (‘the anointed one’)
Popularity: #77, holding steady (2024)

Easton

Origin: Old English (place name)
Pronunciation: EE-stun · ˈiːstən
Meaning: eastern settlement
Popularity: #103 and falling (#98 → #103, 2024)

Grayson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: GRAY-suhn · ˈɡreɪsən
Meaning: ‘(son) of the steward’ (Middle English greyve)
Popularity: #48 and falling (#44 → #48, 2024)

Hudson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: HUD-suhn · ˈhʌdsən
Meaning: patronymic surname, ‘son of Hud/Hudde’ (a medieval pet form of Hugh), later used as a given name
Popularity: #22 and falling (#21 → #22, 2024)

Jackson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: JAK-suhn · ˈdʒæksən
Meaning: son of Jack
Popularity: #35 and falling (#28 → #35, 2024)

Kayden

Origin: American (modern coinage, variant of Caden)
Pronunciation: KAY-dun · ˈkeɪdən
Meaning: warrior or fighter; spirit of battle
Popularity: #125 and falling (#114 → #125, 2024)

Roman

Origin: Latin (via Old French)
Pronunciation: ROH-mun · ˈroʊmən
Meaning: belonging to or hailing from the city of Rome
Popularity: #52 and rising (#66 → #52, 2024)

Weston

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: WES-tun · ˈwɛstən
Meaning: western settlement or town
Popularity: #70 and rising (#75 → #70, 2024)

Harrison

Origin: English (patronymic surname)
Pronunciation: HAIR-ih-sin · ˈhærɪsən
Meaning: patronymic surname meaning ‘son of Harry’
Popularity: #121 and falling (#119 → #121, 2024)

Mason

Origin: English (occupational surname)
Pronunciation: MAY-sun · ˈmeɪsən
Meaning: occupational surname for a stoneworker, adopted as a given name
Popularity: #42 and falling (#30 → #42, 2024)

Lincoln

Origin: English (place name)
Pronunciation: LING-kun · ˈlɪŋkən
Meaning: a place name meaning roughly ‘colony by the pool’ (Lindum Colonia), later a surname and, in honor of Abraham Lincoln, a given name
Popularity: #73 and falling (#64 → #73, 2024)

Jayden

Origin: modern English coinage
Pronunciation: JAY-duhn · ˈdʒeɪdən
Meaning: one who is thankful to God; God has heard
Popularity: #59 and falling (#49 → #59, 2024)

Colton

Origin: English (place name)
Pronunciation: KOHL-tun · ˈkoʊltən
Meaning: coal town / dark settlement
Popularity: #98 and falling (#94 → #98, 2024)

Aiden

Origin: Irish (variant of Aidan)
Pronunciation: AY-den · ˈeɪdən
Meaning: little fire
Popularity: #47 and falling (#40 → #47, 2024)

Owen

Origin: Welsh/Irish (anglicization of Owain / Eoghan)
Pronunciation: OH-en · ˈoʊən
Meaning: young warrior
Popularity: #26 and falling (#20 → #26, 2024)

Julian

Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: JOOL-yuhn · ˈdʒuːljən
Meaning: ‘belonging to Julius’ (from Latin Iulianus); Julius’s own root is disputed, traditionally glossed ‘youthful, downy’
Popularity: #30 and rising (#33 → #30, 2024)

Waylon

Origin: English (modern variant of Wayland)
Pronunciation: WAY-lon · ˈweɪlən
Meaning: roadside land
Popularity: #65 and falling (#62 → #65, 2024)

Sutton

Origin: English (place name/surname, Old English “sūþ” + “tūn”)
Pronunciation: SUT-en · ˈsʌtən
Meaning: south settlement or southern farmstead
Popularity: #441 and rising (#446 → #441, 2024)

Logan

Origin: Scottish
Pronunciation: LOH-guhn · ˈloʊɡən
Meaning: little hollow
Popularity: #46 and falling (#39 → #46, 2024)

Jameson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: JAY-mih-sin · ˈdʒeɪmɪsən
Meaning: son of James
Popularity: #117 and falling (#102 → #117, 2024)

Rowan

Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: ROH-en · ˈroʊən
Meaning: little red one
Popularity: #71 and rising (#76 → #71, 2024)

Modern Boy Names Ending in N

Next up, some super cute names for baby boys that end in n. These boys’ names are all on the fast-movers list of names in the US for 2026.

Emerson

Origin: English (surname: ‘Emery’s son’, possibly Anglo-Saxon ‘Emar’s son’)
Pronunciation: EM-ur-sun · ˈɛmərsən
Meaning: son of Emery (or, per an alternate theory, Anglo-Saxon ‘Emar’s son’)
Popularity: #270 and falling (#268 → #270, 2024)

Zayn

Origin: Arabic
Pronunciation: ZAYN · ˈzeɪn
Meaning: beauty, gracefulness
Popularity: #249 and falling (#246 → #249, 2024)

Callahan

Origin: Irish (surname)
Pronunciation: KAL-uh-han · ˈkæləhæn
Meaning: bright (little bright one)
Popularity: #363 and rising (#460 → #363, 2024)

Dean

Origin: English (surname, with competing minor theories)
Pronunciation: DEEN · ˈdiːn
Meaning: one who lived in a valley (dale)
Popularity: #142 and rising (#159 → #142, 2024)

Cohen

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: KOH-en · ˈkoʊən
Meaning: priest
Popularity: #239 and rising (#247 → #239, 2024)

Callan

Origin: Irish (surname)
Pronunciation: KAL-un · ˈkælən
Meaning: battle-mighty (little Cathal)
Popularity: #242 and rising (#339 → #242, 2024)

Sullivan

Origin: Irish (surname, Ó Súilleabháin)
Pronunciation: SUL-ih-vun · ˈsʌlɪvən
Meaning: descendant of the ‘dark-eyed one’
Popularity: #339 and rising (#358 → #339, 2024)

Chosen

Origin: English (word name, past participle of ‘choose’, from Old English cēosan)
Pronunciation: CHOH-zin · ˈtʃoʊzən
Meaning: selected, especially by divine favor
Popularity: #619 and rising (#671 → #619, 2024)

Kylian

Origin: French (spelling variant; underlying root unclear)
Pronunciation: KY-lee-an · ˈkaɪliən
Meaning: church
Popularity: #459 and falling (#346 → #459, 2024)

Kanan

Pronunciation: KAY-nun · ˈkeɪnən
Meaning: a misspelling of Canaan, which means promised land in the Bible
Popularity: #1,140 and falling (#1,085 → #1,140, 2024)

Madden

Origin: Irish (surname, from Gaelic Ó Madadháin)
Pronunciation: MAD-en · ˈmædən
Meaning: descendant of Madadhán, a diminutive of ‘madadh’ (dog) — roughly ‘little dog’
Popularity: #688 and falling (#645 → #688, 2024)

Kaisen

Origin: modern coinage (uncertain, possibly styled after Kai)
Pronunciation: KY-sen · ˈkaɪsən
Meaning: noble one; vigilant one
Popularity: #899 and rising (#937 → #899, 2024)

Elian

Origin: Hebrew, Welsh
Pronunciation: el-ee-AHN · ˌɛliˈɑːn
Meaning: Gods answer
Popularity: #237 and falling (#235 → #237, 2024)

Zen

Origin: Japanese (from Chinese Chan, ultimately Sanskrit dhyāna)
Pronunciation: ZEN · ˈzɛn
Meaning: meditation
Popularity: #959 and falling (#935 → #959, 2024)

Kellen

Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: KEL-ən · ˈkɛlən
Meaning: swampy area
Popularity: #1,030 and falling (#922 → #1,030, 2024)

Leighton

Origin: English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: LAY-tun · ˈleɪtən
Meaning: leek/herb-garden settlement
Popularity: #1,039 and falling (#968 → #1,039, 2024)

Zaiden

Origin: English (modern coinage, variant of Zayden)
Pronunciation: ZAY-den · ˈzeɪdən
Meaning: God’s fire; fiery one
Popularity: #572 and falling (#519 → #572, 2024)

Rowen

Origin: English (from the rowan tree / surname)
Pronunciation: ROH-en · ˈroʊən
Meaning: named for the rowan tree
Popularity: #445 and rising (#492 → #445, 2024)

Kian

Origin: Irish (anglicized Cian) and/or Persian (independent name)
Pronunciation: KEE-an · ˈkiːən
Meaning: Irish: ‘ancient’ (via Cian); separately, Persian: ‘king’/’realm’
Popularity: #416 and rising (#428 → #416, 2024)

Judson

Origin: English (surname, from the given name Jordan + “son”)
Pronunciation: JUD-sun · ˈdʒʌdsən
Meaning: son of Jordan
Popularity: #956 and falling (#858 → #956, 2024)

Cillian

Origin: Irish (contested)
Pronunciation: KIL-ee-an · ˈkɪliən
Meaning: of disputed origin: possibly ‘strife/war’ or ‘church’ (Old Irish ceallach/ceall), or separately from Latin Caecilianus
Popularity: #463 and rising (#594 → #463, 2024)

Warren

Origin: Old French/Norman (place name, ultimately Gaulish)
Pronunciation: WOR-en · ˈwɔːrən
Meaning: from a Norman place/river name meaning ‘flowing water’
Popularity: #262 and rising (#306 → #262, 2024)

Given

Origin: English (word name)
Pronunciation: GIV-uhn · ˈɡɪvən
Meaning: to give
Popularity: #11,335 as of 2022 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Kingston

Origin: English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: KING-stun · ˈkɪŋstən
Meaning: king’s town/manor
Popularity: #178 and falling (#142 → #178, 2024)

Ocean

Origin: English, ultimately Greek (Ōkeanos)
Pronunciation: OH-shun · ˈoʊʃən
Meaning: the sea
Popularity: #591 and rising (#609 → #591, 2024)

Zayden

Origin: American (modern coinage)
Pronunciation: ZAY-dun · ˈzeɪdən
Meaning: to increase
Popularity: #202 and falling (#191 → #202, 2024)

Vintage Boy Names Ending in N

Love the classic charm of old fashioned names for boys? These vintage boy names ending in n were all ranked highest decades ago – but many of them are flying back up the charts!

Hampton

Origin: Old English (place-name)
Pronunciation: HAMP-tuhn · ˈhæmptən
Meaning: home settlement, or (alternatively) high settlement
Popularity: #1,521 and rising (#1,760 → #1,521, 2024)

Ellison

Origin: English (surname, patronymic)
Pronunciation: EL-ih-sun · ˈɛlɪsən
Meaning: commonly explained as ‘son of Ellis’ (a medieval form of Elias/Elijah), i.e. a patronymic surname turned given name
Popularity: #2,058 and falling (#1,931 → #2,058, 2024)

Franklin

Origin: English (from Anglo-Norman fraunclein)
Pronunciation: FRANK-lin · ˈfræŋklɪn
Meaning: a free landowner of non-noble rank (a “freeholder”)
Popularity: #385 and rising (#410 → #385, 2024)

Wilson

Origin: English (patronymic surname)
Pronunciation: WIL-sun · ˈwɪlsən
Meaning: son of Will (William)
Popularity: #644 and rising (#673 → #644, 2024)

Clifton

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: KLIF-tun · ˈklɪftən
Meaning: settlement by a cliff
Popularity: #1,746 and falling (#1,640 → #1,746, 2024)

Henderson

Origin: Scottish (patronymic surname, from Hendry, a Scottish form of Henry)
Pronunciation: HEN-der-sun · ˈhɛndərsən
Meaning: son of Hendry (a Scottish form of Henry)
Popularity: #2,076 and rising (#2,817 → #2,076, 2024)

Augustin

Origin: Latin (via French/German)
Pronunciation: AW-gəs-tin · ˈɔːɡəstɪn
Meaning: great, venerable
Popularity: #1,814 and rising (#2,190 → #1,814, 2024)

Green

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: GREEN · ɡriːn
Meaning: topographic surname for someone living by a village green, or a nickname for the colour green
Popularity: #5,843 as of 1984 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Olson

Origin: Scandinavian
Pronunciation: OHL-sun · ˈoʊlsən
Meaning: son of Olaf
Popularity: #3,307 and rising (#4,079 → #3,307, 2024)

Edison

Origin: English
Pronunciation: ED-ih-sun · ˈɛdɪsən
Meaning: son of Edward
Popularity: #827 and falling (#823 → #827, 2024)

Watson

Origin: English, Scottish
Pronunciation: WAHT-sun · ˈwɑːtsən
Meaning: son of Walter (or ‘son of Water’, the medieval pronunciation)
Popularity: #864 and falling (#805 → #864, 2024)

Gordon

Origin: Scottish (surname, disputed origin)
Pronunciation: GOR-dun · ˈɡɔːrdən
Meaning: disputed — either ‘muddy hill’ or ‘great fort’
Popularity: #1,089 and falling (#993 → #1,089, 2024)

Anderson

Origin: English/Scottish (patronymic and place-name surname)
Pronunciation: AN-der-sun · ˈændərsən
Meaning: son of Andrew (patronymic), or alternatively from the place-name Anderston (‘Andrew’s town’)
Popularity: #356 and falling (#332 → #356, 2024)

Winston

Origin: Old English (place name)
Pronunciation: WIN-stun · ˈwɪnstən
Meaning: Wine’s farmstead — Old English ‘friend’ + ‘farm/village’
Popularity: #405 and falling (#398 → #405, 2024)

Coleman

Origin: English (surname, occupational or patronymic)
Pronunciation: KOHL-mun · ˈkoʊlmən
Meaning: charcoal-burner, or patronymic form of Colman (‘dove’)
Popularity: #1,279 and falling (#1,169 → #1,279, 2024)

Pearson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: PEER-sun · ˈpɪərsən
Meaning: Son of Piers (a medieval form of Peter)
Popularity: #2,774 and rising (#3,041 → #2,774, 2024)

Leon

Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: LEE-ahn · ˈliːɑːn
Meaning: lion
Popularity: #141 and rising (#148 → #141, 2024)

Woodson

Origin: English (surname, patronymic)
Pronunciation: WUD-sun · ˈwʊd.sən
Meaning: son of a man surnamed Wood, itself an English topographic surname for a forest-dweller
Popularity: #2,737 and rising (#3,465 → #2,737, 2024)

Burton

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: BUR-tuhn · ˈbɜːrtən
Meaning: fortified farmstead
Popularity: #5,076 and falling (#3,633 → #5,076, 2024)

Milton

Origin: English (surname/place name)
Pronunciation: MIL-tun · ˈmɪltən
Meaning: mill settlement or middle settlement (Old English mylen/middel + tun)
Popularity: #1,428 and rising (#1,436 → #1,428, 2024)

Stanton

Origin: English (Old English/Saxon place name & surname)
Pronunciation: STAN-tuhn · ˈstæntən
Meaning: stone settlement/enclosure
Popularity: #5,013 and falling (#4,096 → #5,013, 2024)

Garland

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: GAR-lund · ˈɡɑːrlənd
Meaning: a garland-maker/seller, or from a place name roughly meaning ‘triangular plot of land’
Popularity: #5,722 and falling (#4,503 → #5,722, 2024)

Western Boy Names Ending in N

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Coleson

Origin: English (patronymic, variant of Colson: Cole + son)
Pronunciation: KOHL-sun · ˈkoʊlsən
Meaning: son of Cole (a medieval pet form of Nicholas)
Popularity: #915, holding steady (2024)

Dutton

Origin: English (place name/surname, two distinct origins)
Pronunciation: DUT-un · ˈdʌtən
Meaning: hill settlement (or, separately, ‘Dudda’s settlement’)
Popularity: #736 and falling (#727 → #736, 2024)

Stone

Origin: English (surname, from Old English “stan”)
Pronunciation: STOHN · ˈstoʊn
Meaning: from the English word for stone/rock; originally a surname for someone who lived near a notable stone or worked with stone
Popularity: #1,048 and falling (#995 → #1,048, 2024)

Alden

Origin: Old English
Pronunciation: AWL-den · ˈɔːldən
Meaning: old friend (from Ealdwine: eald ‘old’ + wine ‘friend’)
Popularity: #576 and rising (#639 → #576, 2024)

Bronson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: BRAHN-sun · ˈbrɑːnsən
Meaning: son of Brun/Brown, i.e. of the brown- or dark-haired man
Popularity: #1,035 and rising (#1,096 → #1,035, 2024)

Cashton

Origin: modern coinage
Pronunciation: KASH-tun · ˈkæʃtən
Meaning: money, cash
Popularity: #1,028 and rising (#1,177 → #1,028, 2024)

Kane

Origin: Irish (surname origin)
Pronunciation: KAYN · ˈkeɪn
Meaning: warrior (from Gaelic ‘cath’, battle) via the Irish surname Ó Catháin
Popularity: #431 and falling (#402 → #431, 2024)

Stetson

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: STET-sun · ˈstɛtsən
Meaning: originally a habitational surname referring to a homestead/settlement, later strongly associated with the Stetson hat brand named after manufacturer John B. Stetson
Popularity: #155 and rising (#183 → #155, 2024)

Bowen

Origin: Welsh
Pronunciation: BOH-en · ˈboʊən
Meaning: son of Owen
Popularity: #321 and rising (#349 → #321, 2024)

Hayden

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: HAY-din · ˈheɪdən
Meaning: hay valley — a secondary theory instead derives it from a Middle Dutch word for ‘heathen’
Popularity: #154 and rising (#162 → #154, 2024)

Braun

Origin: German (surname, no confirmed given-name entry)
Pronunciation: BRAWN (German: BROWN is acceptable; Wernher von Braun and the appliance brand are commonly said BROWN/BRAWN) · braʊn
Meaning: brown (the color)
Popularity: #12,563 and falling (#8,343 → #12,563, 2024)

Dunn

Origin: Irish (Anglicized surname, Ó Duinn)
Pronunciation: DUN · dʌn
Meaning: descendant of Donn, ‘brown-haired’
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Lane

Origin: English (also Anglicized Irish surname)
Pronunciation: LAYN · ˈleɪn
Meaning: one who lived by a narrow road or lane
Popularity: #261 and falling (#254 → #261, 2024)

Earthy Boy Names Ending in N

Boho mamas looking for a boys’ name inspired by nature, look no further. These boy names that end in n are all nature-inspired.

Oakland

Origin: English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: OHK-lund · ˈoʊklənd
Meaning: oak land (land characterized by oak trees)
Popularity: #1,296, holding steady (2024)

Dune

Origin: English (nature/vocabulary word)
Pronunciation: DOON · duːn
Meaning: a hill or ridge of sand shaped by the wind
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Canyon

Origin: English (modern word/nature name)
Pronunciation: KAN-yuhn · ˈkænjən
Meaning: from the deep ravine
Popularity: #1,433 and falling (#1,390 → #1,433, 2024)

Winter

Origin: English
Pronunciation: WIN-ter · ˈwɪntər
Meaning: the winter season — a time of cold — used as a given name in direct reference to the season
Popularity: #2,358 and rising (#2,434 → #2,358, 2024)

Brighton

Origin: English (place name)
Pronunciation: BRY-ton · ˈbraɪtən
Meaning: Beorthelm’s farm or settlement (a Saxon personal name + ‘tun’, farmstead) — not literally ‘bright town’
Popularity: #1,984 and falling (#1,876 → #1,984, 2024)

Aston

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: AS-tən · ˈæstən
Meaning: eastern settlement
Popularity: #1,575 and falling (#1,340 → #1,575, 2024)

Bjorn

Origin: Old Norse (via Swedish/Danish/Norwegian/Icelandic Björn/Bjørn)
Pronunciation: BYORN · ˈbjɔːrn
Meaning: bear
Popularity: #767 and rising (#798 → #767, 2024)

Bradburn

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: BRAD-burn · ˈbrædbɜːrn
Meaning: from the broad stream (wide brook)
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Byrne

Origin: Irish (surname)
Pronunciation: BURN · bɜːrn
Meaning: descendant of Bran (‘raven’)
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Arden

Origin: Celtic (Brythonic place name)
Pronunciation: AR-dun · ˈɑːrdən
Meaning: high
Popularity: #943 and rising (#1,019 → #943, 2024)

Calvin

Origin: French (Norman-Picard), from Latin calvus “bald”
Pronunciation: KAL-vin · ˈkælvɪn
Meaning: little bald one (from a nickname for a bald person)
Popularity: #140 and rising (#152 → #140, 2024)

Orion

Origin: Ancient Greek (etymology uncertain)
Pronunciation: oh-RY-un · oʊˈraɪən
Meaning: uncertain; possibly ‘heaven’s light’ (a speculative Akkadian derivation, not firmly established)
Popularity: #325 and rising (#373 → #325, 2024)

Raine

Origin: English (surname, from a Raymond-type given name)
Pronunciation: RAYN · ˈreɪn
Meaning: queen
Popularity: #4,388 and falling (#3,609 → #4,388, 2024)

Linden

Origin: English
Pronunciation: LIN-den · ˈlɪndən
Meaning: the linden (lime) tree
Popularity: #1,548 and rising (#1,739 → #1,548, 2024)

Wren

Origin: English (Middle English)
Pronunciation: REN · ˈrɛn
Meaning: the small songbird
Popularity: #1,025 and falling (#984 → #1,025, 2024)

Hawthorne

Origin: English (habitational surname)
Pronunciation: HAW-thorn · ˈhɔːθɔːrn
Meaning: surname for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or tree
Popularity: #4,103 and rising (#5,126 → #4,103, 2024)

Bourne

Origin: Old English (habitational surname)
Pronunciation: BORN · bɔːrn
Meaning: one who lived near a stream
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Robin

Origin: Old French (diminutive of Robert)
Pronunciation: RAH-bin · ˈrɑːbɪn
Meaning: pet form of Robert, whose Germanic roots mean roughly ‘bright fame’; the female/modern use is also commonly linked directly to the robin bird
Popularity: #810 and falling (#786 → #810, 2024)

Griffin

Origin: Welsh
Pronunciation: GRIF-in · ˈɡrɪfɪn
Popularity: #223 and falling (#214 → #223, 2024)

Caspian

Origin: English (from Latin ‘Caspius’)
Pronunciation: KAS-pee-an · ˈkæspiən
Meaning: of/from the Caspian Sea
Popularity: #578 and rising (#664 → #578, 2024)

Aspen

Origin: English (modern coinage, nature name)
Pronunciation: AS-pun · ˈæspən
Meaning: named for the aspen (quaking) tree
Popularity: #962 and rising (#1,034 → #962, 2024)

Brooklyn

Origin: Dutch (place name)
Pronunciation: BROOK-lin · ˈbrʊklɪn
Meaning: marshland (from Dutch broek), via the place name Breukelen
Popularity: #2,282 and falling (#2,246 → #2,282, 2024)

Moon

Origin: English / multiple (surname & word-name)
Pronunciation: MOON · muːn
Meaning: the moon (Earth’s satellite)
Popularity: #5,800 and falling (#3,958 → #5,800, 2024)

Cairn

Origin: Scottish/Irish Gaelic
Pronunciation: KAIRN · ˈkɛərn
Meaning: a pile or mound of stones, often used as a landmark or memorial marker
Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Camden

Origin: English (Old English place name)
Pronunciation: KAM-dun · ˈkæmdən
Meaning: enclosed valley (Old English camp “enclosure” + denu “valley”)
Popularity: #193 and falling (#180 → #193, 2024)

Lachlan

Origin: Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation: LOK-lun · ˈlɑːklən
Meaning: land of the lochs (Scandinavia); a Norse settler
Popularity: #691 and rising (#771 → #691, 2024)

Morgan

Origin: Welsh (Old Welsh)
Pronunciation: MOR-gan · ˈmɔːrɡən
Meaning: chief (a compound of uncertain ‘sea’ or ‘great’ plus a root meaning ‘circle, ‘ together read as ‘chief’)
Popularity: #530 and rising (#551 → #530, 2024)

Oren

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: OR-en · ˈɔːrən
Meaning: pine tree
Popularity: #1,380 and falling (#1,297 → #1,380, 2024)

Cannon

Origin: Irish/English (surname)
Pronunciation: KAN-un · ˈkænən
Meaning: wolf cub (Irish); or from ‘canon’, church official (English)
Popularity: #765 and falling (#640 → #765, 2024)

Unique Boy Names Ending in N

While some parents love the idea of a widely-recognized, easy-to-pronounce first name, others choose to go with a more unique name. These boy names that end in n are all outside of the top 100 most popular names for boys, but still within the top 1000 names for boys in the US.

Dane

Origin: English (ethnonym, ultimately Old Norse/Old English)
Pronunciation: DAYN · ˈdeɪn
Meaning: a Dane, person from Denmark
Popularity: #880 and rising (#903 → #880, 2024)

Remington

Origin: English (place name/surname: Old English ‘rima’ + ‘-ing’ + ‘-tun’)
Pronunciation: REM-ing-tun · ˈrɛmɪŋtən
Meaning: settlement by the border or edge
Popularity: #287 and falling (#283 → #287, 2024)

Jensen

Origin: Scandinavian (Danish/Norwegian)
Pronunciation: JEN-sen · ˈdʒɛnsən
Meaning: son of Jens
Popularity: #327 and falling (#301 → #327, 2024)

Lennon

Origin: Irish (surname)
Pronunciation: LEN-un · ˈlɛnən
Meaning: descendant of a ‘sweetheart’ — or, in an alternate surname line, descendant of a ‘little blackbird’
Popularity: #784 and falling (#755 → #784, 2024)

Copeland

Origin: English (place name, Old Norse)
Pronunciation: KOHP-land · ˈkoʊplənd
Meaning: bought land
Popularity: #1,992 and rising (#2,319 → #1,992, 2024)

Brixton

Origin: Old English (place name)
Pronunciation: BRIKS-tun · ˈbrɪkstən
Meaning: stone marker named for a Saxon lord called Brixi
Popularity: #652 and rising (#655 → #652, 2024)

Van

Origin: English (nickname/short form)
Pronunciation: VAN · ˈvæn
Meaning: God is gracious
Popularity: #907 and rising (#910 → #907, 2024)

Caden

Origin: modern coinage (English)
Pronunciation: KAY-dun · ˈkeɪdən
Meaning: spirit of battle
Popularity: #211 and falling (#198 → #211, 2024)

Brenton

Origin: English (surname transferred to given-name use)
Pronunciation: BREN-tuhn · ˈbrɛntən
Meaning: Bryni’s settlement
Popularity: #1,952 and falling (#1,682 → #1,952, 2024)

Flynn

Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: FLIN · ˈflɪn
Meaning: Descendant of Flann; Flann is an old Irish byname meaning “red” or “ruddy,” likely describing hair color or complexion.
Popularity: #737 and rising (#782 → #737, 2024)

Berlin

Origin: German (place name, disputed pre-Germanic origin)
Pronunciation: ber-LIN · bərˈlɪn
Meaning: uncertain; possibly ‘swampy ground’ (a disputed Slavic root, not a German word)
Popularity: #4,195 and rising (#4,359 → #4,195, 2024)

Paxton

Origin: Old English (surname)
Pronunciation: PAK-stun · ˈpækstən
Meaning: Settlement of a person named Pæcc (Old English) + tūn ‘town’
Popularity: #288 and falling (#257 → #288, 2024)

Arlen

Origin: Gaelic
Pronunciation: AHR-lun · ˈɑːrlən
Meaning: a solemn, binding promise
Popularity: #1,680 and rising (#1,681 → #1,680, 2024)

Leland

Origin: Irish Gaelic (surname)
Pronunciation: LEE-land · ˈliːlənd
Meaning: son of a servant of Saint Faolán (a name meaning ‘little wolf’)
Popularity: #547 and falling (#520 → #547, 2024)

Benson

Origin: English (surname/place name)
Pronunciation: BEN-sun · ˈbɛnsən
Meaning: from the Oxfordshire place name Bensington; popularly reinterpreted as ‘son of Ben’
Popularity: #435 and rising (#616 → #435, 2024)

Finn

Origin: Irish or Old Norse
Pronunciation: FIN · ˈfɪn
Meaning: fair (Irish) or Sami/Finn (Norse)
Popularity: #198 and falling (#186 → #198, 2024)

Ronan

Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: ROH-nun · ˈroʊnən
Meaning: little seal
Popularity: #257 and rising (#290 → #257, 2024)

Kenton

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: KEN-tən · ˈkɛntən
Meaning: possibly ‘royal settlement’ (root uncertain)
Popularity: #2,117 and falling (#2,020 → #2,117, 2024)

Halston

Origin: English (surname, uncertain)
Pronunciation: HAL-stuhn · ˈhælstən
Meaning: hallowed stone
Popularity: #2,481 and falling (#2,326 → #2,481, 2024)

London

Origin: English (place name)
Pronunciation: LUN-dun · ˈlʌndən
Meaning: uncertain — likely a pre-Roman Celtic river or place name; its exact sense is disputed among scholars
Popularity: #1,209 and falling (#1,055 → #1,209, 2024)

Vaughn

Origin: Welsh (surname)
Pronunciation: VAWN · ˈvɔːn
Meaning: small, little
Popularity: #1,187 and rising (#1,215 → #1,187, 2024)

Reuben

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: ROO-bin · ˈruːbɪn
Meaning: behold, a son! (reu + ben)
Popularity: #874 and falling (#811 → #874, 2024)

Zeppelin

Origin: German (surname/place-name origin: from the town Zepelin, via Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
Pronunciation: ZEP-uh-lin · ˈzɛp.ə.lɪn
Meaning: airship (as a word name, referencing the rigid airships named after Count von Zeppelin)
Popularity: #1,400 and falling (#1,384 → #1,400, 2024)

Odin

Origin: Old Norse (from Proto-Germanic)
Pronunciation: OH-din · ˈoʊdɪn
Meaning: rooted in a Germanic word for ‘fury/rage’ or frenzied, poetic inspiration
Popularity: #479 and falling (#361 → #479, 2024)

Rare Boy Names Ending in N

If a slightly unusual name is the vibe you’re going for, a few of these rare boy names ending in n are probably going to make it on to your list! These boy names are all ranked outside of the top 1000 names for boys in 2026.

Carrington

Origin: English (place name/surname, Old English personal name + -ing + tūn)
Pronunciation: KAIR-ing-tun · ˈkærɪŋtən
Meaning: settlement of a named person’s people (place-name/surname transferred to given-name use, no independent lexical meaning)
Popularity: #7,828 and falling (#7,358 → #7,828, 2024)

Melbourne

Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: MEL-bern · ˈmɛlbərn
Meaning: stream by a mill
Popularity: #6,691 as of 1989 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Auden

Origin: English (surname, Old English)
Pronunciation: AW-dən · ˈɔːdən
Meaning: old friend
Popularity: #1,890 and rising (#1,939 → #1,890, 2024)

Patton

Origin: English (surname)
Pronunciation: PAT-un · ˈpætən
Meaning: fighter’s town
Popularity: #2,325 and rising (#2,789 → #2,325, 2024)

Finnegan

Origin: Irish (surname)
Pronunciation: FIN-ih-gun · ˈfɪnɪgən
Meaning: descendant of the fair one
Popularity: #492 and falling (#490 → #492, 2024)

Orson

Origin: Old French (from Latin ursus, ‘bear’)
Pronunciation: OR-sun · ˈɔːrsən
Meaning: bear cub
Popularity: #1,500 and falling (#1,399 → #1,500, 2024)

Rune

Origin: Old Norse
Pronunciation: ROON · ˈruːn
Meaning: secret, mystery
Popularity: #1,925 and rising (#2,288 → #1,925, 2024)

Weldon

Origin: English (place name)
Pronunciation: WEL-duhn · ˈwɛldən
Meaning: hill by a spring/well
Popularity: #3,033 and falling (#2,688 → #3,033, 2024)

Payden

Origin: English (variant of Payton)
Pronunciation: PAY-din · ˈpeɪdən
Meaning: from the fighter’s farm
Popularity: #6,372 and rising (#8,102 → #6,372, 2024)

Tauren

Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: TOR-en · ˈtɔːrən
Meaning: bull
Popularity: #8,227 and falling (#5,634 → #8,227, 2024)

Penn

Origin: English (surname/place name)
Pronunciation: PEN · ˈpɛn
Meaning: as a surname, either ‘an enclosure’ or, from a Celtic place-name root, ‘hilltop/head’
Popularity: #2,978 and falling (#2,119 → #2,978, 2024)

Soren

Origin: Danish (Scandinavian), ultimately Latin
Pronunciation: SOR-en · ˈsɔːrən
Meaning: stern, severe
Popularity: #571 and falling (#542 → #571, 2024)

Perrin

Origin: French
Pronunciation: PAIR-in · ˈpɛrɪn
Meaning: diminutive of Pierre (Peter), meaning ‘rock’
Popularity: #3,747 and falling (#3,326 → #3,747, 2024)

Biblical Boy Names Ending in N

Love a good Biblical name? These names are all from the Bible and of course, end with the letter n.

Gideon

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: GID-ee-un · ˈɡɪdiən
Meaning: hewer, feller (one who cuts down trees)
Popularity: #331 and falling (#318 → #331, 2024)

Zion

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: ZY-un · ˈzaɪən
Meaning: biblical name for Jerusalem’s Temple Mount/city, extended to mean the people of Israel
Popularity: #151 and falling (#125 → #151, 2024)

Ben

Origin: Hebrew (short form of Benjamin, or English short form of Benedict)
Pronunciation: BEN · ˈbɛn
Meaning: son of the right hand (via Benjamin)
Popularity: #801 and falling (#796 → #801, 2024)

Samson

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: SAM-sun · ˈsæmsən
Meaning: of the sun / sun-like (from Hebrew shemesh, ‘sun’)
Popularity: #522 and rising (#563 → #522, 2024)

Aaron

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: AIR-uhn · ˈɛrən
Meaning: uncertain — traditionally glossed ‘exalted’ or ‘mountain of strength,’ but this is only one of several competing scholarly theories
Popularity: #79 and falling (#68 → #79, 2024)

Jonathan

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: JAH-nuh-thuhn · ˈdʒɑːnəθən
Meaning: Yahweh has given
Popularity: #83 and falling (#82 → #83, 2024)

Benjamin

Origin: Hebrew (biblical)
Pronunciation: BEN-jah-min · ˈbɛndʒəmɪn
Meaning: son of the right hand
Popularity: #11, holding steady (2024)

Boy Names On The Way Out

Lastly – baby boy names that end with n that are dropping in rankings. Once common boy names in decades gone by, these names are quickly becoming dated.

Ian

Origin: Scottish Gaelic (anglicized form of Eòin)
Pronunciation: EYE-uhn · ˈaɪən
Meaning: God is gracious
Popularity: #75 and falling (#69 → #75, 2024)

Adrian

Origin: Latin (place name Hadria)
Pronunciation: AY-dree-un · ˈeɪdriən
Meaning: son of Adria; from the Adriatic sea; dark one
Popularity: #72 and falling (#67 → #72, 2024)

Dylan

Origin: Welsh
Pronunciation: DIL-un · ˈdɪlən
Meaning: son of the sea
Popularity: #28 and rising (#34 → #28, 2024)

Ethan

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: EE-thun · ˈiːθən
Meaning: strong, firm, enduring
Popularity: #19 and rising (#25 → #19, 2024)

John

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: JAHN · ˈdʒɑːn
Meaning: Yahweh has shown favor (God is gracious)
Popularity: #21 and rising (#26 → #21, 2024)

Braden

Origin: Irish (Anglicized surname)
Pronunciation: BRAY-duhn · ˈbreɪdən
Meaning: salmon (via an Irish ancestral surname)
Popularity: #1,246 and falling (#1,127 → #1,246, 2024)

Jordan

Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: JOR-dan · ˈdʒɔːrdən
Meaning: one who descends, or flows down (from the Jordan River’s name)
Popularity: #104 and falling (#96 → #104, 2024)

Cameron

Origin: Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation: KAM-er-un · ˈkæmərən
Meaning: crooked nose (Gaelic cam “crooked/bent” + sròn “nose”)
Popularity: #66 and falling (#58 → #66, 2024)

Ryan

Origin: Irish (surname, anglicized from O Riain, ‘descendant of Rian’)
Pronunciation: RY-un · ˈraɪən
Meaning: little king
Popularity: #87 and falling (#83 → #87, 2024)

Landon

Origin: English (place name/surname)
Pronunciation: LAN-dun · ˈlændən
Meaning: long hill
Popularity: #106 and falling (#97 → #106, 2024)