Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1977

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1977. 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 1977, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1977.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 1,742,890
2 Christopher 1,377,065
3 Matthew 1,274,491
4 Joshua 1,153,565
5 David 1,073,125
6 Daniel 1,054,825
7 James 1,047,942
8 Joseph 968,652
9 John 944,848
10 Andrew 928,326
11 William 918,434
12 Jacob 896,606
13 Ryan 860,111
14 Robert 806,668
15 Anthony 796,708
16 Nicholas 794,558
17 Justin 726,451
18 Brandon 721,890
19 Jonathan 700,247
20 Jason 686,495
21 Alexander 614,641
22 Benjamin 606,836
23 Tyler 584,012
24 Kevin 581,989
25 Thomas 558,973
26 Brian 540,198
27 Zachary 528,266
28 Eric 504,923
29 Samuel 478,759
30 Nathan 477,616
31 Adam 473,009
32 Aaron 470,909
33 Ethan 448,402
34 Kyle 437,794
35 Noah 434,340
36 Steven 431,660
37 Charles 426,113
38 Timothy 421,745
39 Jose 406,151
40 Austin 403,465
41 Christian 399,101
42 Dylan 387,729
43 Richard 379,374
44 Jordan 378,618
45 Jeremy 357,408
46 Logan 357,088
47 Gabriel 336,291
48 Elijah 316,778
49 Mark 311,210
50 Mason 306,457

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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