Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1907

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1907. 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 1907, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1907.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,068,921
2 John 4,931,013
3 Robert 4,764,816
4 Michael 4,390,563
5 William 3,963,158
6 David 3,633,993
7 Joseph 2,568,874
8 Richard 2,551,366
9 Charles 2,309,569
10 Thomas 2,278,472
11 Christopher 2,052,552
12 Daniel 1,942,908
13 Matthew 1,629,530
14 Anthony 1,461,937
15 Donald 1,408,570
16 Paul 1,373,695
17 George 1,357,847
18 Mark 1,355,325
19 Andrew 1,299,123
20 Steven 1,288,516
21 Kenneth 1,275,999
22 Edward 1,237,129
23 Joshua 1,232,480
24 Kevin 1,179,103
25 Brian 1,170,716
26 Ronald 1,080,163
27 Timothy 1,077,049
28 Jason 1,044,514
29 Jeffrey 977,849
30 Jacob 960,166
31 Ryan 952,501
32 Nicholas 914,147
33 Gary 901,266
34 Eric 884,165
35 Jonathan 858,170
36 Stephen 857,281
37 Frank 834,704
38 Larry 806,038
39 Justin 784,811
40 Benjamin 784,028
41 Scott 772,515
42 Samuel 772,512
43 Brandon 765,831
44 Raymond 758,869
45 Jack 717,448
46 Gregory 710,058
47 Alexander 707,369
48 Patrick 675,831
49 Henry 673,258
50 Dennis 617,047

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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