Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1960

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1960. 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 1960, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1960.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 3,090,031
2 David 2,137,516
3 James 2,070,382
4 John 1,965,417
5 Christopher 1,950,711
6 Robert 1,757,321
7 Matthew 1,563,499
8 William 1,561,090
9 Daniel 1,469,447
10 Joseph 1,422,618
11 Joshua 1,225,999
12 Anthony 1,130,218
13 Andrew 1,112,220
14 Jason 1,036,887
15 Brian 1,031,750
16 Thomas 1,029,858
17 Kevin 1,006,505
18 Ryan 949,737
19 Jacob 926,174
20 Richard 906,971
21 Mark 903,751
22 Steven 862,571
23 Nicholas 841,880
24 Timothy 825,079
25 Jonathan 820,630
26 Eric 809,460
27 Charles 800,107
28 Justin 778,202
29 Brandon 764,175
30 Jeffrey 757,578
31 Benjamin 688,636
32 Alexander 653,953
33 Scott 643,271
34 Paul 596,322
35 Tyler 595,740
36 Aaron 565,988
37 Samuel 563,131
38 Adam 549,364
39 Kenneth 544,820
40 Zachary 543,007
41 Nathan 534,061
42 Jose 496,661
43 Stephen 495,051
44 Patrick 493,772
45 Gregory 481,297
46 Kyle 474,373
47 Ethan 461,588
48 Noah 457,891
49 Jeremy 440,679
50 Christian 431,913

More Popular Baby Names

You can also use the links below to research more about the most popular baby names.

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.