Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1935

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1935. 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 1935, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1935.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 4,292,771
2 James 3,982,734
3 John 3,712,338
4 Robert 3,640,411
5 David 3,428,375
6 William 2,902,214
7 Richard 2,088,275
8 Christopher 2,040,812
9 Joseph 2,032,489
10 Thomas 1,927,767
11 Daniel 1,842,747
12 Charles 1,668,597
13 Matthew 1,604,129
14 Anthony 1,346,638
15 Mark 1,339,641
16 Steven 1,279,327
17 Joshua 1,224,678
18 Andrew 1,214,490
19 Kevin 1,175,726
20 Brian 1,168,216
21 Paul 1,095,922
22 Kenneth 1,071,719
23 Timothy 1,068,451
24 Jason 1,039,811
25 Donald 1,010,549
26 Ronald 1,003,530
27 Jeffrey 976,591
28 Ryan 947,896
29 Jacob 931,255
30 Gary 890,289
31 Nicholas 881,170
32 Eric 878,082
33 Jonathan 851,620
34 Edward 828,205
35 Stephen 819,718
36 George 802,184
37 Larry 781,344
38 Justin 780,027
39 Scott 767,919
40 Brandon 763,817
41 Benjamin 725,832
42 Gregory 704,720
43 Alexander 670,308
44 Samuel 667,235
45 Patrick 647,957
46 Dennis 596,451
47 Tyler 595,242
48 Aaron 580,887
49 Jerry 559,296
50 Adam 553,014

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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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