Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1957

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1957. 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 1957, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1957.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 3,349,708
2 David 2,378,671
3 James 2,300,006
4 John 2,188,891
5 Robert 1,986,806
6 Christopher 1,978,119
7 William 1,712,224
8 Matthew 1,574,624
9 Daniel 1,538,458
10 Joseph 1,506,288
11 Joshua 1,221,729
12 Anthony 1,176,090
13 Thomas 1,150,325
14 Andrew 1,128,283
15 Brian 1,088,084
16 Kevin 1,080,141
17 Mark 1,064,721
18 Richard 1,054,845
19 Jason 1,036,047
20 Steven 964,585
21 Ryan 946,352
22 Jacob 920,178
23 Timothy 907,501
24 Charles 891,490
25 Nicholas 844,833
26 Eric 832,448
27 Jeffrey 831,345
28 Jonathan 825,663
29 Justin 777,083
30 Brandon 762,863
31 Scott 697,444
32 Benjamin 684,873
33 Paul 673,933
34 Alexander 648,888
35 Kenneth 624,857
36 Tyler 593,920
37 Samuel 570,019
38 Aaron 565,782
39 Stephen 548,302
40 Adam 547,219
41 Gregory 541,807
42 Zachary 541,551
43 Nathan 532,381
44 Patrick 523,204
45 Jose 503,131
46 Kyle 476,759
47 Ethan 453,539
48 Edward 446,149
49 Noah 439,713
50 Jeremy 439,570

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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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