By Pamela Redmond Satran with Esmeralda Rocha

　　Have you ever wondered which boys’ names might have been among the Top 1000 for all of the 130+ years the U.S. government has been tracking baby names? We’ve put together a list for you and divided it into relevant categories, from classics to outliers.

　　Interestingly, the group of classic boys’ names is nearly twice as large as that girls’, so we broke the classic boys’ names down into categories.

　　There are the Core Classics, about 20 percent of the group, which include those names everyone commonly thinks of as classics: John, Henry, William.  Then there are the Biblical names that have endured in modern usage, from Moses to Matthew. Variations and short forms such as Anton and Andy comprise two more groups of names that have consistently been in the Top 1000.

　　And then there are those names that are quantitatively more enduring than you might guess: Harley? Riley?  Hard to believe, yet the numbers bear it out. And then there are the Outliers, names whose continued use defies explanation and even in some cases, belief.

　　All of this gives you a wider range of options in classic boys’ names than you might initially think.  Any of the following qualify.

　　Core Classics

　　Albert

　　Alexander

　　Alfred

　　Allan and Allen

　　Andrew

　　Anthony

　　Arthur

　　Charles

　　Christopher

　　Daniel

　　David

　　Donald

　　Douglas

　　Edward

　　Francis

　　Frederick

　　George

　　Henry

　　James

　　John

　　Joseph

　　Lawrence

　　Lewis and Louis

　　Martin

　　Michael

　　Nicholas

　　Patrick

　　Paul

　　Peter

　　Philip and Phillip

　　Raymond

　　Richard

　　Robert

　　Stephen

　　Steven

　　Theodore

　　Thomas

　　Timothy

　　Victor

　　Vincent

　　Walter

　　William

　　Biblical

　　Aaron

　　Abel

　　Abraham

　　Adam

　　Benjamin

　　Eli

　　Elias

　　Elijah

　　Emanuel

　　Gabriel

　　Isaac

　　Israel

　　Jacob

　　Jeremiah

　　Jesse

　　Joel

　　Jonathan

　　Joshua

　　Levi

　　Luke

　　Mark

　　Matthew

　　Moses

　　Nathan

　　Nathaniel

　　Noah

　　Raphael

　　Reuben and Ruben

　　Samuel

　　Seth

　　Simon

　　Solomon

　　Variations

　　Anton

　　Antonio

　　Carlos

　　Francisco

　　Franklin

　　Harrison

　　Jackson

　　Jose

　　Juan

　　Lorenzo

　　Luis

　　Mathew

　　Micheal

　　Pedro

　　Ramon

　　Santiago

　　Wilson

　　Short Forms

　　Alex

　　Andy

　　Ben

　　Billy

　　Charlie

　　Chris

　　Eddie

　　Frank

　　Harry

　　Jack

　　Jake

　　Jerry

　　Jessie

　　Joe

　　Johnny

　　Larry

　　Mike

　　Ray

　　Sam

　　Steve

　　Tony

　　Will

　　Willie

　　More Classic Than We Gave Them Credit For

　　August

　　Austin

　　Avery

　　Bruce

　　Bryant

　　Calvin

　　Carson

　　Christian

　　Clark

　　Clay

　　Clayton

　　Clinton

　　Curtis

　　Dallas

　　Dean

　　Dennis

　　Dominic

　　Duncan

　　Elliott

　　Emmett

　　Eric

　　Evan

　　Harley (amazing)

　　Hector

　　Jason

　　Jasper

　　Julian

　　Keith

　　Lee

　　Logan

　　Mason

　　Max

　　Maxwell

　　Miles

　　Morgan

　　Nelson

　　Oliver

　　Oscar

　　Owen

　　Preston

　　Randall

　　Riley

　　Scott

　　Sterling

　　Taylor

　　Troy

　　Wade

　　Wayne

　　Wesley

　　Winston

　　Outliers

　　Adrian

　　Alonzo

　　Alvin

　　Byron

　　Calvin

　　Carl

　　Chad

　　Conrad

　　Cyrus

　　Davis

　　Edgar

　　Edwin

　　Ellis

　　Ernest

　　Eugene

　　Everett

　　Felix

　　Garrett

　　Gerald

　　Gilbert

　　Grant

　　Harold

　　Howard

　　Hugh

　　Hugo

　　Ivan

　　Jay

　　Jefferson

　　Jerome

　　Julius

　　Kenneth

　　Leo

　　Leon

　　Leonard

　　Malcolm

　　Manuel

　　Marcus

　　Marshall

　　Marvin

　　Maurice

　　Melvin

　　Mitchell

　　Neil

　　Nelson

　　Reginald

　　Rodney

　　Roger

　　Roland

　　Roy

　　Russell

　　Spencer

　　Stanley

　　Travis

　　Warren