Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1934

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1934. 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 1934, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1934.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,305,706
2 James 4,049,019
3 John 3,767,005
4 Robert 3,700,296
5 David 3,450,116
6 William 2,953,668
7 Richard 2,123,109
8 Joseph 2,057,366
9 Christopher 2,046,617
10 Thomas 1,951,600
11 Daniel 1,856,295
12 Charles 1,704,275
13 Matthew 1,611,764
14 Anthony 1,357,032
15 Mark 1,341,764
16 Steven 1,280,988
17 Joshua 1,229,930
18 Andrew 1,222,059
19 Kevin 1,177,937
20 Brian 1,169,573
21 Paul 1,109,444
22 Kenneth 1,084,815
23 Timothy 1,070,614
24 Jason 1,042,496
25 Donald 1,041,359
26 Ronald 1,018,144
27 Jeffrey 977,315
28 Ryan 952,281
29 Jacob 939,405
30 Gary 893,877
31 Nicholas 885,666
32 Eric 879,890
33 Jonathan 855,927
34 Edward 843,857
35 George 823,300
36 Stephen 822,053
37 Larry 786,079
38 Justin 782,162
39 Scott 768,574
40 Brandon 765,586
41 Benjamin 738,156
42 Gregory 705,656
43 Alexander 679,597
44 Samuel 678,714
45 Patrick 651,364
46 Dennis 598,921
47 Tyler 597,509
48 Aaron 585,860
49 Jerry 566,765
50 Adam 556,876

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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