| 100% | ALEC | 4 | "Smart" boy's name |
| 84% | OTTO | 4 | Palindromic boy's name |
| 84% | BOB | 3 | Palindromic boy's name |
| 79% | EMIL | 4 | Boy's name, anagram of mile |
| 78% | ELROY | 5 | Boy's name that means "the king" |
| 78% | ADAM | 4 | Boy's name that rhymes with "Madam" |
| 76% | GARY | 4 | Boy's name that's an Indiana city |
| 76% | BRAD | 4 | Boy's name that's a hardware item |
| 76% | TOM | 3 | Boy's name repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 76% | JUDE | 4 | Boy's name in a #1 Beatles hit |
| 75% | AARON | 5 | Boy's name that's almost always first alphabetically |
| 75% | EMIL | 4 | Boy's name that's a fruit spelled backward |
| 74% | OTTO | 4 | German boy's name meaning "wealthy" |
| 74% | AMADO | 5 | Spanish boy's name meaning loved |
| 74% | HORACIO | 7 | Latin boy's name meaning timekeeper |
| 74% | OTTO | 4 | Palindromic boy's name in Germany |
| 73% | ALAN | 4 | Boy's name that's an anagram of 18-Across |
| 73% | ELI | 3 | Boy's name that's an anagram of 9-Down |
| 73% | OTTO | 4 | Boy's name that reads the same forward and backward |
| 72% | ODOWD | 5 | Boy George's real last name |
| 71% | BARNABUS | 8 | Greek boy's name meaning "son of encouragement" |
| 71% | JAMAAL | 6 | Arabic boy's name meaning beauty or elegance |
| 71% | ANI | 3 | Darth Vader's name as a boy |
| 70% | SUE | 3 | Cash's "A Boy Named _____" |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | Boy's name that's also the nickname for a Yale student |
| 69% | ARNULFO | 7 | Italian boy's name derived from eagle and wolf |
| 69% | SUE | 3 | Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named ___" |
| 68% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name on the sole of Woody's boot in "Toy Story" |
| 68% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name consisting of an English word followed by its Spanish equivalent |
| 67% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? |