Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1933

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1933. 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 1933, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1933.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,300,424
2 James 4,088,101
3 John 3,805,298
4 Robert 3,750,468
5 David 3,454,400
6 William 2,981,435
7 Richard 2,152,771
8 Joseph 2,066,755
9 Christopher 2,041,289
10 Thomas 1,961,636
11 Daniel 1,851,559
12 Charles 1,727,376
13 Matthew 1,605,320
14 Anthony 1,354,453
15 Mark 1,341,037
16 Steven 1,279,945
17 Joshua 1,224,886
18 Andrew 1,219,279
19 Kevin 1,176,009
20 Brian 1,168,553
21 Paul 1,119,970
22 Kenneth 1,094,924
23 Donald 1,069,399
24 Timothy 1,069,133
25 Jason 1,039,983
26 Ronald 1,029,676
27 Jeffrey 976,674
28 Ryan 947,920
29 Jacob 932,341
30 Gary 895,898
31 Nicholas 882,931
32 Eric 878,575
33 Edward 855,917
34 Jonathan 851,879
35 George 839,036
36 Stephen 822,463
37 Larry 789,068
38 Justin 780,194
39 Scott 768,258
40 Brandon 763,835
41 Benjamin 728,726
42 Gregory 705,303
43 Samuel 673,481
44 Alexander 671,583
45 Patrick 651,234
46 Dennis 600,189
47 Tyler 595,274
48 Aaron 581,828
49 Jerry 572,494
50 Adam 553,486

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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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