Yesterday we did a rundown on the divide between the girls’ names that are stylish to the point where it feels like they must be popular and those that are actually, statistically widely used.  It’s especially hard to distinguish when it comes to the names we see appearing so often in berry posts and blogs.

　　So here we do a similar analysis for the boys, with some similarly surprising results, especially when it comes to those berry faves,…names such as Theo.  It’s easy to be fooled if you live in a place where there are more Atticuses than Aidens in your neighborhood playground.

　　Once again, the numbers in parentheses represent how many babies were given that name in the most recent U.S. Count.

　　Abner (162) is stylish, while Abraham (1,899) is popular

　　Ace (395) is cool; Chase (6,397) is hot

　　Anders (213) is stylish, while Anderson (1,013) is popular

　　Augustine (187) is stylish, while August (635) is quite popular

　　Bodhi (220) is stylish; Brody (5,015) is popular

　　Bowen (165) and Odin are stylish, but Owen (8,136) is popular

　　Callum (247) is stylish, while Liam (10,852) is popular

　　Cassius (191) is stylish, but Cash (1,310) is popular

　　Clinton (196) is stylish, while Carter (8,101) is popular

　　Darwin (729) is stylish, while Dalton (1,315) is popular

　　Dexter (582) is stylish; Derek (2,276) is popular

　　Edison (226) is stylish, while Hudson (2,830) is popular

　　Finnegan (461) is stylish; Finn (1,081) is relatively popular

　　Gideon (569) is stylish, but Gabriel (12, 722) is popular

　　Graydon (110) is stylish, but Jayden 17,000) is popular

　　Harry (363) has style, while Henry (6,330) has big numbers

　　Jagger 762 is stylish, while Justin (7,792) has long been popular

　　Jefferson (660) is stylish; Jackson (11,693) is popular

　　Lennox (214) is stylish, while Maddox (2,090) is popular

　　Lucian (444) is stylish, but Luke (8,767) is popular

　　Matthias (826) is stylish, but Matthew (13,954) is popular

　　Maximo (257) is stylish, while Maxwell (2,985) is popular

　　Miller (188) is cool, but Cooper (5,206) is popular

　　Nash (401) is stylish, while Ashton (3,204) is popular

　　Remy (237) is stylish, while Ryan (11,886) rules

　　Samson (239) is stylish, but Samuel (11,776) is popular

　　Seamus (236) is stylish, while Sean (3,693) is popular

　　Smith (76) is stylish, while Mason (14,728) is popular

　　Sullivan (653) is stylish, but Riley (3,606) is popular

　　Theo (228) is stylish, but Leo (1,913) is popular

　　Valentino (259) is stylish, but Romeo (845) is getting popular

　　Wylie (73) is stylish; Wyatt (7,319) is popular

　　Zachariah (591) is stylish, while Jeremiah (7,645) is popular

　　Did any of these statistics surprise you?