Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1932

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1932. 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 1932, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1932.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,304,032
2 James 4,140,023
3 John 3,853,920
4 Robert 3,809,733
5 David 3,466,538
6 William 3,023,561
7 Richard 2,184,577
8 Joseph 2,085,323
9 Christopher 2,041,533
10 Thomas 1,978,472
11 Daniel 1,856,007
12 Charles 1,758,471
13 Matthew 1,606,022
14 Anthony 1,358,676
15 Mark 1,341,753
16 Steven 1,280,270
17 Joshua 1,224,997
18 Andrew 1,221,924
19 Kevin 1,176,130
20 Brian 1,168,673
21 Paul 1,132,040
22 Kenneth 1,106,664
23 Donald 1,099,185
24 Timothy 1,069,474
25 Ronald 1,040,817
26 Jason 1,040,078
27 Jeffrey 976,711
28 Ryan 947,934
29 Jacob 932,899
30 Gary 897,193
31 Nicholas 883,856
32 Eric 878,774
33 Edward 871,106
34 George 859,477
35 Jonathan 851,997
36 Stephen 823,852
37 Larry 791,893
38 Justin 780,277
39 Scott 768,431
40 Brandon 763,844
41 Benjamin 730,266
42 Gregory 705,586
43 Samuel 676,891
44 Alexander 672,358
45 Patrick 652,813
46 Dennis 601,610
47 Tyler 595,298
48 Aaron 582,342
49 Jerry 577,797
50 Adam 553,744

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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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