Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1963

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1963. 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 1963, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1963.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 2,825,068
2 Christopher 1,895,074
3 David 1,877,757
4 James 1,833,046
5 John 1,723,047
6 Robert 1,537,806
7 Matthew 1,535,183
8 William 1,407,599
9 Daniel 1,383,012
10 Joseph 1,325,571
11 Joshua 1,219,849
12 Andrew 1,081,713
13 Anthony 1,063,862
14 Jason 1,030,991
15 Brian 962,796
16 Ryan 944,197
17 Kevin 918,814
18 Jacob 917,099
19 Thomas 910,046
20 Nicholas 831,733
21 Jonathan 805,371
22 Richard 781,218
23 Justin 774,778
24 Eric 773,924
25 Steven 764,420
26 Brandon 761,844
27 Timothy 737,445
28 Mark 732,329
29 Charles 707,777
30 Benjamin 670,651
31 Jeffrey 662,537
32 Alexander 641,631
33 Tyler 592,881
34 Scott 566,560
35 Aaron 555,821
36 Adam 540,990
37 Samuel 540,862
38 Zachary 539,709
39 Nathan 523,891
40 Paul 519,934
41 Jose 481,175
42 Kyle 469,439
43 Kenneth 464,502
44 Patrick 460,170
45 Ethan 452,978
46 Stephen 446,208
47 Noah 438,864
48 Jeremy 438,734
49 Christian 425,553
50 Gregory 417,066

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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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