Boy Names Starting With C

37 US boy names beginning with C, each linking to scored middle, sibling and twin name pairings. Sorted A–Z; switch to popularity below.

C names by the numbers

About 1 in 14 US boys born in 2025 has a first name beginning with C: 122,000 boys, or 7.14% of the year's recorded births. That is close to the 8.71% it was in 1990.

Most popular C names on this page
NameRank in 2015Rank in 2025
Cooper#77#27
Carter#24#45
Charles#50#48
Caleb#37#58
Christopher#32#68

Of these names, Colter has moved up the most in ten years — #1,268 for boys in 2015, #157 in 2025.

On the middle-name pages, a middle name that also starts with C loses points. A doubled C in the initials is something some parents like and others avoid.

Boy Names starting with C

This page lists 37 boy names beginning with the letter C that are in real current use in the United States — including popular picks like Cooper, Carter, Charles. The count comes from US Social Security Administration public records: every name shown was given to at least a handful of US babies in the latest year, so this is not a list of invented or one-off spellings.

Open any name to see its pairing page — middle names, sibling names and twin names, each scored for how well it fits. Use the sort control above to switch between A–Z and 2025 popularity. To browse a different letter, go back to all boy names.