Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1915

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1915. 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 1915, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1915.

Rank Name Count
1 James 4,963,723
2 John 4,786,337
3 Robert 4,690,171
4 Michael 4,378,578
5 William 3,848,458
6 David 3,617,733
7 Richard 2,527,812
8 Joseph 2,499,442
9 Charles 2,246,021
10 Thomas 2,243,352
11 Christopher 2,051,735
12 Daniel 1,934,066
13 Matthew 1,627,206
14 Anthony 1,448,672
15 Donald 1,393,020
16 Mark 1,353,768
17 Paul 1,346,301
18 George 1,288,893
19 Andrew 1,287,812
20 Steven 1,287,664
21 Kenneth 1,262,162
22 Joshua 1,232,085
23 Edward 1,191,610
24 Kevin 1,179,073
25 Brian 1,170,673
26 Ronald 1,078,393
27 Timothy 1,076,209
28 Jason 1,044,286
29 Jeffrey 977,800
30 Jacob 956,398
31 Ryan 952,479
32 Nicholas 910,390
33 Gary 901,027
34 Eric 883,657
35 Jonathan 857,911
36 Stephen 852,067
37 Larry 804,969
38 Frank 788,138
39 Justin 784,513
40 Benjamin 776,812
41 Scott 771,935
42 Brandon 765,820
43 Samuel 757,994
44 Raymond 734,427
45 Gregory 709,667
46 Alexander 702,930
47 Jack 700,055
48 Patrick 673,110
49 Henry 640,151
50 Dennis 615,440

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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