Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1967

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1967. 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 1967, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1967.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 2,497,637
2 Christopher 1,804,576
3 David 1,589,972
4 James 1,555,814
5 Matthew 1,497,366
6 John 1,425,313
7 Daniel 1,285,729
8 Robert 1,275,338
9 William 1,240,527
10 Joshua 1,218,139
11 Joseph 1,209,277
12 Andrew 1,041,777
13 Jason 1,020,724
14 Anthony 982,523
15 Ryan 940,375
16 Jacob 915,145
17 Brian 862,671
18 Nicholas 823,315
19 Kevin 805,057
20 Jonathan 786,868
21 Thomas 779,455
22 Justin 772,821
23 Brandon 760,485
24 Eric 712,778
25 Benjamin 661,081
26 Steven 649,679
27 Alexander 636,340
28 Richard 629,030
29 Timothy 624,878
30 Charles 609,342
31 Tyler 591,663
32 Mark 564,644
33 Aaron 546,349
34 Jeffrey 540,305
35 Zachary 538,401
36 Adam 530,728
37 Samuel 523,320
38 Nathan 518,006
39 Jose 465,026
40 Kyle 463,205
41 Scott 456,158
42 Ethan 452,285
43 Noah 438,324
44 Jeremy 437,754
45 Christian 422,551
46 Paul 417,868
47 Patrick 408,045
48 Austin 406,328
49 Sean 393,268
50 Dylan 390,534

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

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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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