Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1968

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1968. 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 1968, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1968.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 2,415,197
2 Christopher 1,775,151
3 David 1,523,147
4 James 1,494,120
5 Matthew 1,483,788
6 John 1,363,691
7 Daniel 1,263,521
8 Robert 1,218,962
9 Joshua 1,217,576
10 William 1,202,904
11 Joseph 1,183,343
12 Andrew 1,031,807
13 Jason 1,015,389
14 Anthony 961,640
15 Ryan 938,447
16 Jacob 914,696
17 Brian 834,013
18 Nicholas 821,022
19 Jonathan 781,948
20 Kevin 780,443
21 Justin 772,197
22 Brandon 760,003
23 Thomas 751,190
24 Eric 694,942
25 Benjamin 658,574
26 Alexander 634,883
27 Steven 622,644
28 Timothy 596,287
29 Richard 595,441
30 Tyler 591,243
31 Charles 588,045
32 Aaron 543,437
33 Zachary 538,037
34 Mark 529,719
35 Adam 528,203
36 Samuel 519,089
37 Nathan 516,573
38 Jeffrey 512,211
39 Kyle 461,064
40 Jose 460,612
41 Ethan 452,097
42 Noah 438,169
43 Jeremy 437,356
44 Scott 430,620
45 Christian 421,229
46 Austin 406,123
47 Patrick 395,069
48 Paul 395,029
49 Dylan 390,471
50 Sean 385,767

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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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