Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1909

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1909. 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 1909, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1909.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,043,174
2 John 4,904,758
3 Robert 4,752,526
4 Michael 4,380,460
5 William 3,937,443
6 David 3,624,291
7 Joseph 2,553,097
8 Richard 2,547,214
9 Charles 2,295,867
10 Thomas 2,267,531
11 Christopher 2,046,911
12 Daniel 1,932,803
13 Matthew 1,622,229
14 Anthony 1,454,100
15 Donald 1,406,888
16 Paul 1,369,533
17 Mark 1,353,741
18 George 1,346,198
19 Andrew 1,292,569
20 Steven 1,287,101
21 Kenneth 1,273,421
22 Edward 1,230,110
23 Joshua 1,227,279
24 Kevin 1,177,043
25 Brian 1,169,546
26 Ronald 1,079,471
27 Timothy 1,075,074
28 Jason 1,041,901
29 Jeffrey 977,172
30 Jacob 952,085
31 Ryan 948,129
32 Nicholas 910,137
33 Gary 900,989
34 Eric 882,564
35 Stephen 855,817
36 Jonathan 853,972
37 Frank 827,911
38 Larry 805,642
39 Justin 782,711
40 Benjamin 772,246
41 Scott 771,950
42 Brandon 764,068
43 Samuel 762,318
44 Raymond 755,236
45 Gregory 709,404
46 Jack 706,454
47 Alexander 698,171
48 Patrick 673,697
49 Henry 657,551
50 Dennis 616,418

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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