Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1962

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1962. 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 1962, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1962.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 2,918,938
2 David 1,966,825
3 Christopher 1,918,131
4 James 1,917,622
5 John 1,809,396
6 Robert 1,612,053
7 Matthew 1,549,498
8 William 1,463,747
9 Daniel 1,417,609
10 Joseph 1,363,426
11 Joshua 1,225,331
12 Andrew 1,095,537
13 Anthony 1,090,523
14 Jason 1,034,884
15 Brian 987,203
16 Thomas 953,030
17 Kevin 949,219
18 Ryan 948,967
19 Jacob 925,176
20 Nicholas 837,506
21 Richard 822,306
22 Jonathan 813,806
23 Steven 796,442
24 Eric 787,819
25 Mark 787,253
26 Justin 777,357
27 Timothy 766,364
28 Brandon 763,800
29 Charles 741,247
30 Jeffrey 696,741
31 Benjamin 684,001
32 Alexander 651,524
33 Scott 597,753
34 Tyler 595,365
35 Aaron 562,332
36 Samuel 553,751
37 Adam 546,765
38 Paul 545,068
39 Zachary 542,294
40 Nathan 530,943
41 Kenneth 491,034
42 Jose 488,993
43 Patrick 472,362
44 Kyle 471,953
45 Stephen 462,739
46 Ethan 461,381
47 Noah 457,626
48 Jeremy 440,335
49 Gregory 439,632
50 Christian 430,647

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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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