Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1929

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1929. 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 1929, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1929.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,314,532
2 James 4,297,323
3 John 4,006,902
4 Robert 3,992,204
5 David 3,501,899
6 William 3,161,917
7 Richard 2,278,152
8 Joseph 2,146,800
9 Christopher 2,042,311
10 Thomas 2,028,605
11 Daniel 1,869,202
12 Charles 1,850,201
13 Matthew 1,608,014
14 Anthony 1,372,392
15 Mark 1,343,586
16 Steven 1,281,172
17 Andrew 1,230,773
18 Joshua 1,225,256
19 Donald 1,184,524
20 Kevin 1,176,402
21 Paul 1,169,680
22 Brian 1,168,970
23 Kenneth 1,140,774
24 Timothy 1,070,419
25 Ronald 1,057,654
26 Jason 1,040,386
27 Jeffrey 976,781
28 Ryan 947,969
29 Jacob 934,740
30 George 925,967
31 Edward 921,326
32 Gary 899,434
33 Nicholas 887,281
34 Eric 879,397
35 Jonathan 852,308
36 Stephen 827,799
37 Larry 797,028
38 Justin 780,575
39 Scott 768,880
40 Brandon 763,881
41 Benjamin 735,113
42 Gregory 706,327
43 Samuel 687,370
44 Alexander 675,009
45 Patrick 657,357
46 Dennis 604,983
47 Tyler 595,366
48 Jerry 589,050
49 Aaron 583,768
50 Frank 569,782

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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