Rare ‘M’ Baby Names for Boys in 2016

There are far fewer rare ‘M’ names for boys than there are for girls, but rounding up the most interesting boys’ names still creates a very long list!

As always, these names come from the SSA‘s 2016 data-set of American baby names. The 2017 numbers arrive in May. 

• 150-199 boys named: Menachem, Makhi, Mac, Mccoy, Murphy, Marcello, Marcellus
• 100-149: Meir, Milton, Mathis, Mariano, Monroe, Micaiah, Macklin, Montgomery, Marquise, Monte, Marek, Mauro, Myron, Morris, Marshawn
• 50-99: Massimo, Marcelino, Maxon, Malek, Markel, Maceo, Mickey, Marquez, Miguelangel, Meyer, Mamadou, Manolo, Mahdi, Marlin, Makaio, Marius, Mordecai, Mahir, Mace, Mayer, Mahmoud, Makari, Mars, Mendel, Morrison, Murad, Mckay, Mekhi, Mervin, Marwan, Musab
• 25-49: Manny, Mackson, Monty, Montrell, Mylan, Mercer, Murray, Michelangelo, Moussa, Maddon, Mahlon, Marquan, Marty, Mattis, Merlin, Muhsin, Macario, Makoa, Macsen, Mael, Maher, Mattox, Mehmet, Montez, Mosiah, Marquel, Mecca, Mihir, Macon, Maxime, Meshilem, Mithran, Makana, Marshaun, Maximino, Md, Manning, Marciano, Mehdi, Mubarak, Munir, Manasseh
• 10-24: Majd, Muhammadali, Mustapha, Madhav, Madoc, Massimiliano, Myers, Martavious, Marvens, Matai, Mazi, Mehtab, Merek, Mills, Moishe, Maaz, Myer, Manu, Marvel, Muaz, Makar, Manav, Mansa, Meshach, Mohid, Mohsin, Moxon, Mubashir, Macallan, Markeith, Mattia, Mega, Melchizedek, Mert, Minato, Mister, Mujtaba, Marino, Markese, Martino, Mateusz, Maurizio, Maycol, Million, Motty, Myking, Masud, Melo, Midas, Milos, Majour, Menno, Miqueas, Miro, Montavious, Morche, Macarthur, Margarito, Marsean, Matson, Messi, Mir, Mirza, Munachimso, Maki, Mako, Malosi, Manveer, Mcclain, Murdock, Macallister, Magdiel, Manas, Marcanthony, Mays, Mel, Menashe, Milad, Montel, Mukthar, Murtaza, Muscab, Myson, Maguire, Marquette, Marshon, Marston, Marwin, Master, Maury, Maze, Meba, Mehran, Merrill, Mung, Murat, Muzammil, Mylon, Makani, Mansur, Marvelous, Masson, Matisse, Matisyahu, Matthews, Maxfield, Mayan, Mccrae, Mclaren, Meshulem, Millard, Miraj, Modesto, Morocco, Moss
• 8-9: Mackey, Madsen, Makoto, Manson, Markon, Maron, Martavion, Martinez, Matin, Mirko, Maccabee, Mackay, Mads, Magic, Malaquias, Mandela, Manoa, Marking, Marz, Mate, Mcgregor, Milano, Miroslav, Monish, Moroni, Munro, Musiq
• 7: Magdaleno, Malo, Manfred, Mani, Manit, Mann, Manvith, Mccabe, Mckinnon, Melvyn, Mercutio, Mo, Moataz, Moath, Mohit, Moishy, Montreal, Morton, Mox, Moyosoreoluwa, Muhammadyusuf, Mussie, Myheir
• 6: Macarius, Mando, Maor, Marceau, Marchello, Marquavious, Marquon, Maxiel, Mayes, Maynard, Mayor, Mccormick, Mclean, Medhansh, Melih, Mihajlo, Milind, Moayad, Mohib, Mojolaoluwa, Morrell, Myshawn
• 5: Macgregor, Macintyre, Mahonri, Maico, Maize, Makaius, Makaveli,* Makayo, Makonnen, Mallex, Manish, Mankirat, Manvik, Markian, Marx, Masaki, Masato, Maston, Matheson, Matthaeus, Maui, Maxence, Maximiano, Maxis, Maxuel, Maxxen, Mayceon, Mayhem, Mayukh, Mcguire, Medardo, Melchor, Melecio, Melquisedec, Mendeecees, Mercury, Meru, Micajah, Miliano, Minho, Moctar, Montague, Montrez, Moo, Mordcha, Mosby, Motti, Mowgli, Mysean

*Makaveli appears to be a phonetic spelling of Machiavelli.

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