Ranking Jumps, 2019 (boys)

Time for the boys' turn! 

As always, we start off with the names gaining popularity down near the bottom of the charts, from the #2500 up:

1. Armias, +≈12000 (unranked --> #2444)
2. Sekani, +5793 (#6664 --> #871)
3. Ermias, +5197 (#5737 --> #540)
4. Amiri, +3206 (#5484 --> #2278)
5. Kross, +3168 (#4584 --> #1416)
6. Taysom, +2940 (#4879 --> #1939)
7. Broly, +2767 (#4879 --> #2112)
8. Ezriel, +1840 (#4192 --> #2352)
9. Zayaan, +1810 (#4192 --> #2382)
10. Lucah, +1739 (#3769 --> #2030)
11. Kallum, +1558 (#3966 --> #2408)
12. Graycen, +1540 (#3357 --> #1817)
13. Navy, +1522 (#3966 --> #2444)
14. Kacey, +1465 (#3495 --> #2030)
15. Kasai, +1360 (#3427 --> #2067)
16. Laine, +1355 (#2622 --> #1267)
17. Khylan, +1337 (#3154 --> #1817)
18. Fulton, +1203 (#3357 --> #2154)
19. Ronny, +1192 (#3670 --> #2478)
20. Divine, +1145 (#3084 --> #1939)

Maybe I'm out of touch, but Armias seems totally out of nowhere to me! Ermias was the given name of a rapper/activist who tragically died in early 2019, but Armias is....an old Finnish name?  I must be missing a reference somewhere, because there's no way just the similarity to Ermias gave it such an insane boost. 
Sekani is, again, from The Hate U Give, and wow, that is a jump!  Interesting how Layne appears on the girls' list, but Laine on the boys'. 

Narrowing it down a bit to more familiar names, from the Top 1500: 

1. Sekani, +5793 (#6664 --> #871)
2. Ermias, +5197 (#5737 --> #540)
3. Kross, +3168 (#4584 --> #1416)
4. Laine, +1355 (#2622 --> #1267)
5. Giannis, +928 (#2219 --> #1291)
6. Jahseh, +822 (#2134 --> #1312)
7. Kolson, +772 (#1965 --> #1193)
8. Dior, +725 (#2037 --> #1312)
9. Amias, +680 (#1499 --> #819)
10. Kyro, +625 (#1343 --> #718)
11. Crue, +611 (#1965 --> #1354)
12. Kartier, +591 (#1945 --> #1354)
13. Kylin, +534 (#2021 --> #1487)
14. Waylen, +532 (#1799 --> #1267)
15. Ambrose, +525 (#1480 --> #955)
16. Aziel, +508 (#1459 --> #951)
17. Eliel, +467 (#1131 --> #664)
18. Damir, +446 (#1450 --> #1004)
19. Sevyn, +432 (#1928 --> #1496)
20. Shivansh, +427 (#1748 --> #1321)

Jahseh, Dior, and Kyro continue their rise from last year.  Amias and Ambrose are nice surprises. :)

And now the names on everyone's lists, the top risers from the Top 500:

1. Baker, +241 (#712 --> #471)
2. Crew, +234 (#573 --> #339)
3. Colson, +183 (#638 --> #455)
4. Kairo, +176 (#482 --> #306)
5. Cairo, +174 (#518 --> #344)
6. Adonis, +124 (#366 --> #242)
7. Callum, +109 (#557 --> #448)
8. Luka, +101 (#320 --> #219)
9. Niko, +99 (#515 --> #416)
10. Khalil, +93 (#395 --> #302)
11. Kamari, +88 (#554 --> #466)
12. Forrest, +80 (#571 --> #491)
13. Malakai, +70 (#383 --> #313)
14. Kaison, +69 (#564 --> #495)
15. Legend, +67 (#217 --> #150)
16. Kyler, +67 (#303 --> #236)
17. Malcolm, +66 (#394 --> #328)
18. Atlas, +65 (#291 --> #226)
19. Tate, +58 (#495 --> #437)
20. Brooks, +52 (#161 --> #109)

Baker and Kairo also continue their rises from last year. There sure are a lot of Ky/Kai/Cai-names in this post! Some nice surprises, too, like Callum, Forrest, Tate, and Brooks. And of course, I am pretty partial to Malcolm. ;)

Finally, the boys' names completely new to the SSA Top 1000:

• Aayan
• Amias
• Atreus
• Aziel
• Azrael
• Bear
• Bellamy
• Callahan
• Calum
• Dhruv
• Eithan
• Eliel
• Emir
• Ermias
• Jakari
• Kiaan
• Kylian
• Kyro
• Legacy
• Malakhi
• Mylo
• Niklaus
• Remi
• Salem
• Sekani
• Seven
• Tru
• Zyon