Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1904

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1904. 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 1904, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1904.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,074,698
2 John 4,947,514
3 Robert 4,771,224
4 Michael 4,383,240
5 William 3,971,353
6 David 3,628,785
7 Joseph 2,571,223
8 Richard 2,552,767
9 Charles 2,314,301
10 Thomas 2,278,375
11 Christopher 2,047,159
12 Daniel 1,935,323
13 Matthew 1,622,845
14 Anthony 1,456,837
15 Donald 1,409,493
16 Paul 1,376,134
17 George 1,367,903
18 Mark 1,354,198
19 Andrew 1,295,777
20 Steven 1,287,261
21 Kenneth 1,276,124
22 Edward 1,242,492
23 Joshua 1,227,398
24 Kevin 1,177,043
25 Brian 1,169,546
26 Ronald 1,079,811
27 Timothy 1,075,405
28 Jason 1,041,958
29 Jeffrey 977,172
30 Jacob 953,213
31 Ryan 948,139
32 Nicholas 910,882
33 Gary 901,075
34 Eric 882,687
35 Stephen 857,001
36 Jonathan 854,035
37 Frank 842,434
38 Larry 805,989
39 Justin 782,789
40 Benjamin 774,275
41 Scott 772,132
42 Samuel 766,536
43 Brandon 764,068
44 Raymond 761,292
45 Jack 711,254
46 Gregory 709,496
47 Alexander 699,313
48 Patrick 674,760
49 Henry 668,360
50 Dennis 616,915

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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