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 3,265,819
2 David 2,304,038
3 James 2,227,725
4 John 2,117,814
5 Christopher 1,974,683
6 Robert 1,909,118
7 William 1,666,669
8 Matthew 1,576,425
9 Daniel 1,520,184
10 Joseph 1,482,247
11 Joshua 1,226,602
12 Anthony 1,165,599
13 Andrew 1,126,412
14 Thomas 1,112,195
15 Brian 1,071,747
16 Kevin 1,057,926
17 Jason 1,038,202
18 Mark 1,013,335
19 Richard 1,004,089
20 Ryan 950,447
21 Steven 929,101
22 Jacob 927,239
23 Timothy 884,602
24 Charles 863,123
25 Nicholas 846,259
26 Eric 827,373
27 Jonathan 826,792
28 Jeffrey 808,060
29 Justin 778,851
30 Brandon 764,496
31 Benjamin 693,223
32 Scott 682,181
33 Alexander 656,300
34 Paul 648,265
35 Kenneth 598,113
36 Tyler 596,031
37 Samuel 573,130
38 Aaron 568,933
39 Adam 550,417
40 Zachary 543,505
41 Nathan 536,678
42 Stephen 529,498
43 Gregory 520,964
44 Patrick 514,558
45 Jose 503,649
46 Kyle 476,532
47 Ethan 461,745
48 Noah 458,181
49 Jeremy 440,907
50 Christian 432,920

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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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