Last week we brought you our underground list of most popular girls’ names 2011; now it’s the boys’ turn.

　　You may be familiar with Nameberry’s most popular boys’ names 2011, with Asher, Henry, and Finn at the top all the way down to Axel, Nathan, and Landon.

　　You may even know our hottest boys’ names 2011, with Asher (again), Archer, and Everett.

　　But we’ve got a quieter, less obvious, but potentially more interesting list for you: those boys’ names that don’t make the Top 100 but that are attracting a dramatic rise in interest in 2011 compared with 2010.

　　While not all of these names are destined for future popularity, the baby namer in search of a name that will feel as fresh in ten years as it does today should take heed. Unlikely as it may seem, the ultracool Booker may be tomorrow’s Cooper or Parker; Alden might be as hot as Aiden by 2015.

　　Our list of secretly popular boys’ names 2011:

　　Alden

　　Ambrose

　　Anderson

　　Balthazar

　　Basil

　　Bodhi

　　Booker

　　Brody

　　Cade

　　Calvin

　　Canaan

　　Cassius

　　Cato

　　Conrad

　　Cyrus

　　Damian

　　Danger

　　Dash

　　Eamon

　　Edmund

　　Gavin

　　Gunner

　　Josiah

　　Kiefer

　　Lazarus

　　Lennon

　　Linus

　　Lucien

　　Nolan

　　Quentin

　　Reuben

　　Rhett

　　Rylan

　　Simeon

　　Soren

　　Tate

　　Thaddeus

　　Thatcher

　　Traylor

　　Walter

　　Wesley

　　Zephyr

　　Zion

　　Photo thanks to Doctor Lizardo.