Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1925

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1925. 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 1925, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1925.

Rank Name Count
1 James 4,509,641
2 Michael 4,328,983
3 Robert 4,236,605
4 John 4,229,919
5 David 3,539,275
6 William 3,367,744
7 Richard 2,382,130
8 Joseph 2,240,995
9 Thomas 2,095,497
10 Christopher 2,043,418
11 Charles 1,972,487
12 Daniel 1,887,318
13 Matthew 1,611,204
14 Anthony 1,392,128
15 Mark 1,346,292
16 Steven 1,282,605
17 Donald 1,274,167
18 Andrew 1,244,314
19 Joshua 1,225,705
20 Paul 1,224,278
21 Kenneth 1,183,280
22 Kevin 1,176,644
23 Brian 1,169,256
24 Timothy 1,071,634
25 Ronald 1,068,701
26 Jason 1,040,781
27 George 1,028,783
28 Edward 998,397
29 Jeffrey 976,896
30 Ryan 948,020
31 Jacob 938,023
32 Gary 900,012
33 Nicholas 892,421
34 Eric 880,251
35 Jonathan 852,752
36 Stephen 833,397
37 Larry 800,463
38 Justin 781,092
39 Scott 769,614
40 Brandon 763,934
41 Benjamin 742,811
42 Gregory 707,284
43 Samuel 703,986
44 Alexander 679,524
45 Patrick 662,303
46 Frank 627,552
47 Raymond 619,674
48 Dennis 608,523
49 Jack 601,462
50 Jerry 597,410

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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