Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1982

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1982. 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 1982, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1982.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 1,402,902
2 Christopher 1,133,041
3 Matthew 1,091,361
4 Joshua 1,000,022
5 Daniel 912,880
6 David 867,217
7 Jacob 859,226
8 James 850,960
9 Andrew 836,946
10 Joseph 825,835
11 William 794,315
12 John 770,988
13 Ryan 742,657
14 Nicholas 709,973
15 Anthony 709,370
16 Brandon 658,661
17 Robert 636,340
18 Justin 628,763
19 Jonathan 619,469
20 Alexander 598,603
21 Tyler 573,012
22 Benjamin 542,793
23 Zachary 509,096
24 Kevin 485,216
25 Thomas 474,680
26 Samuel 450,367
27 Ethan 444,944
28 Jason 438,703
29 Noah 429,726
30 Nathan 424,686
31 Kyle 411,958
32 Aaron 406,019
33 Eric 400,769
34 Austin 398,288
35 Brian 394,246
36 Adam 392,076
37 Christian 387,772
38 Dylan 384,526
39 Jordan 371,036
40 Jose 367,155
41 Logan 354,893
42 Charles 352,293
43 Steven 350,024
44 Timothy 327,698
45 Gabriel 319,702
46 Elijah 313,527
47 Mason 304,960
48 Richard 294,956
49 Caleb 292,582
50 Cameron 275,357

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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