Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1964

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1964. 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 1964, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1964.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 2,741,290
2 Christopher 1,876,721
3 David 1,799,290
4 James 1,761,724
5 John 1,644,416
6 Matthew 1,527,148
7 Robert 1,467,793
8 William 1,363,132
9 Daniel 1,358,191
10 Joseph 1,295,479
11 Joshua 1,219,477
12 Andrew 1,072,193
13 Anthony 1,043,622
14 Jason 1,029,488
15 Ryan 943,551
16 Brian 938,676
17 Jacob 916,610
18 Kevin 888,195
19 Thomas 874,540
20 Nicholas 829,600
21 Jonathan 800,902
22 Justin 774,279
23 Brandon 761,584
24 Eric 760,645
25 Richard 740,440
26 Steven 735,083
27 Timothy 710,254
28 Mark 682,978
29 Charles 680,991
30 Benjamin 668,300
31 Alexander 640,325
32 Jeffrey 630,821
33 Tyler 592,599
34 Aaron 553,742
35 Zachary 539,382
36 Adam 538,644
37 Samuel 536,342
38 Scott 536,148
39 Nathan 522,347
40 Paul 493,255
41 Jose 477,156
42 Kyle 467,809
43 Ethan 452,842
44 Patrick 448,100
45 Kenneth 439,267
46 Noah 438,740
47 Jeremy 438,533
48 Stephen 431,217
49 Christian 424,880
50 Sean 407,370

More Popular Baby Names

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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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