Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1903

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1903. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 50 most popular baby boy names since 1903, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1903.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,080,177
2 John 4,955,122
3 Robert 4,774,268
4 Michael 4,383,706
5 William 3,977,664
6 David 3,629,501
7 Joseph 2,574,344
8 Richard 2,553,630
9 Charles 2,317,514
10 Thomas 2,280,337
11 Christopher 2,047,209
12 Daniel 1,935,755
13 Matthew 1,622,947
14 Anthony 1,457,236
15 Donald 1,409,852
16 Paul 1,377,215
17 George 1,371,864
18 Mark 1,354,279
19 Andrew 1,296,327
20 Steven 1,287,286
21 Kenneth 1,276,454
22 Edward 1,244,760
23 Joshua 1,227,419
24 Kevin 1,177,043
25 Brian 1,169,546
26 Ronald 1,079,863
27 Timothy 1,075,454
28 Jason 1,041,971
29 Jeffrey 977,172
30 Jacob 953,402
31 Ryan 948,139
32 Nicholas 910,972
33 Gary 901,083
34 Eric 882,721
35 Stephen 857,201
36 Jonathan 854,054
37 Frank 845,078
38 Larry 806,046
39 Justin 782,801
40 Benjamin 774,599
41 Scott 772,156
42 Samuel 767,277
43 Brandon 764,068
44 Raymond 762,343
45 Jack 712,085
46 Gregory 709,506
47 Alexander 699,508
48 Patrick 674,970
49 Henry 670,282
50 Dennis 616,990

More Popular Baby Names

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Top 1000 most popular boy names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Top 1000 most popular girl names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Historical Data for Baby Names

If you're interested to see how the trends and popularity of baby names have changed, you can use the links below to view the historical data by decade.

Most popular first names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular boy names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular girl names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and excludes any names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.

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