Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1930

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1930. 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 1930, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1930.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,311,066
2 James 4,245,197
3 John 3,954,789
4 Robert 3,932,400
5 David 3,490,597
6 William 3,114,109
7 Richard 2,248,579
8 Joseph 2,125,634
9 Christopher 2,042,037
10 Thomas 2,012,330
11 Daniel 1,864,833
12 Charles 1,820,269
13 Matthew 1,607,287
14 Anthony 1,367,658
15 Mark 1,343,009
16 Steven 1,280,875
17 Andrew 1,227,695
18 Joshua 1,225,182
19 Kevin 1,176,326
20 Brian 1,168,859
21 Donald 1,157,338
22 Paul 1,157,250
23 Kenneth 1,129,934
24 Timothy 1,070,127
25 Ronald 1,053,178
26 Jason 1,040,267
27 Jeffrey 976,762
28 Ryan 947,963
29 Jacob 934,093
30 Edward 904,103
31 George 902,949
32 Gary 898,897
33 Nicholas 886,090
34 Eric 879,193
35 Jonathan 852,217
36 Stephen 826,442
37 Larry 795,760
38 Justin 780,467
39 Scott 768,715
40 Brandon 763,868
41 Benjamin 733,418
42 Gregory 706,090
43 Samuel 683,803
44 Alexander 674,024
45 Patrick 655,915
46 Dennis 603,986
47 Tyler 595,347
48 Jerry 586,058
49 Aaron 583,299
50 Raymond 557,761

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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