Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1906

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1906. 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 1906, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1906.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,062,801
2 John 4,931,347
3 Robert 4,764,400
4 Michael 4,382,265
5 William 3,958,442
6 David 3,627,130
7 Joseph 2,564,630
8 Richard 2,550,777
9 Charles 2,307,287
10 Thomas 2,274,183
11 Christopher 2,047,066
12 Daniel 1,934,367
13 Matthew 1,622,641
14 Anthony 1,455,925
15 Donald 1,408,654
16 Paul 1,373,678
17 George 1,359,428
18 Mark 1,353,990
19 Andrew 1,294,610
20 Steven 1,287,211
21 Kenneth 1,275,236
22 Edward 1,237,791
23 Joshua 1,227,361
24 Kevin 1,177,043
25 Brian 1,169,546
26 Ronald 1,079,710
27 Timothy 1,075,274
28 Jason 1,041,935
29 Jeffrey 977,172
30 Jacob 952,750
31 Ryan 948,139
32 Nicholas 910,668
33 Gary 901,048
34 Eric 882,649
35 Stephen 856,577
36 Jonathan 854,007
37 Frank 836,798
38 Larry 805,847
39 Justin 782,758
40 Benjamin 773,538
41 Scott 772,069
42 Samuel 764,953
43 Brandon 764,068
44 Raymond 759,040
45 Gregory 709,467
46 Jack 709,439
47 Alexander 698,900
48 Patrick 674,341
49 Henry 664,149
50 Dennis 616,719

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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