Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1911

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1911. 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 1911, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1911.

Rank Name Count
1 James 5,026,385
2 John 4,883,717
3 Robert 4,742,354
4 Michael 4,378,981
5 William 3,920,686
6 David 3,621,939
7 Richard 2,544,133
8 Joseph 2,543,521
9 Charles 2,287,054
10 Thomas 2,262,212
11 Christopher 2,046,791
12 Daniel 1,931,542
13 Matthew 1,621,885
14 Anthony 1,452,362
15 Donald 1,405,303
16 Paul 1,365,852
17 Mark 1,353,509
18 George 1,336,069
19 Andrew 1,290,919
20 Steven 1,286,980
21 Kenneth 1,271,795
22 Joshua 1,227,207
23 Edward 1,223,767
24 Kevin 1,177,043
25 Brian 1,169,541
26 Ronald 1,079,260
27 Timothy 1,074,932
28 Jason 1,041,862
29 Jeffrey 977,165
30 Jacob 951,550
31 Ryan 948,129
32 Nicholas 909,698
33 Gary 900,961
34 Eric 882,490
35 Stephen 855,153
36 Jonathan 853,938
37 Frank 820,899
38 Larry 805,441
39 Justin 782,679
40 Scott 771,862
41 Benjamin 771,221
42 Brandon 764,068
43 Samuel 760,206
44 Raymond 752,058
45 Gregory 709,353
46 Jack 703,728
47 Alexander 697,592
48 Patrick 673,244
49 Henry 652,241
50 Dennis 616,163

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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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