Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1954

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1954. 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 1954, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1954.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 3,617,321
2 David 2,626,169
3 James 2,555,379
4 John 2,430,997
5 Robert 2,240,798
6 Christopher 2,000,492
7 William 1,892,609
8 Daniel 1,616,842
9 Joseph 1,601,845
10 Matthew 1,584,958
11 Thomas 1,288,170
12 Joshua 1,222,405
13 Anthony 1,218,950
14 Richard 1,218,356
15 Mark 1,191,998
16 Andrew 1,146,545
17 Kevin 1,134,393
18 Brian 1,120,937
19 Steven 1,077,459
20 Jason 1,037,189
21 Charles 999,547
22 Timothy 968,953
23 Ryan 946,853
24 Jacob 921,853
25 Jeffrey 896,207
26 Nicholas 851,600
27 Eric 846,528
28 Jonathan 834,544
29 Justin 777,821
30 Brandon 763,297
31 Paul 753,743
32 Scott 730,896
33 Kenneth 705,221
34 Benjamin 692,243
35 Alexander 652,531
36 Stephen 613,520
37 Gregory 600,333
38 Tyler 594,287
39 Samuel 586,770
40 Aaron 569,132
41 Patrick 553,329
42 Adam 548,245
43 Zachary 542,300
44 Nathan 535,390
45 Ronald 515,932
46 Donald 514,285
47 Jose 513,073
48 Edward 504,369
49 Gary 489,912
50 Kyle 478,036

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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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