Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1958

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1958. 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 1958, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1958.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 3,256,990
2 David 2,296,297
3 James 2,215,697
4 John 2,109,884
5 Christopher 1,969,148
6 Robert 1,905,067
7 William 1,655,387
8 Matthew 1,569,400
9 Daniel 1,511,137
10 Joseph 1,474,476
11 Joshua 1,221,456
12 Anthony 1,159,045
13 Andrew 1,121,288
14 Thomas 1,105,730
15 Brian 1,070,577
16 Kevin 1,055,866
17 Jason 1,035,608
18 Mark 1,011,915
19 Richard 1,002,416
20 Ryan 946,075
21 Steven 927,762
22 Jacob 919,636
23 Timothy 882,775
24 Charles 857,234
25 Nicholas 842,636
26 Eric 825,824
27 Jonathan 822,617
28 Jeffrey 807,383
29 Justin 776,784
30 Brandon 762,733
31 Benjamin 682,381
32 Scott 681,697
33 Alexander 647,627
34 Paul 646,939
35 Kenneth 596,816
36 Tyler 593,779
37 Samuel 564,788
38 Aaron 564,437
39 Adam 546,792
40 Zachary 541,260
41 Nathan 531,158
42 Stephen 528,587
43 Gregory 520,357
44 Patrick 512,855
45 Jose 499,659
46 Kyle 475,728
47 Ethan 453,474
48 Noah 439,560
49 Jeremy 439,478
50 Christian 428,478

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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

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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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