Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1983

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1983. 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 1983, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1983.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 1,343,487
2 Christopher 1,079,343
3 Matthew 1,052,317
4 Joshua 967,139
5 Daniel 889,263
6 Jacob 856,766
7 David 834,492
8 James 824,109
9 Andrew 819,230
10 Joseph 802,553
11 William 779,994
12 John 744,203
13 Ryan 720,323
14 Anthony 696,276
15 Nicholas 693,947
16 Brandon 640,200
17 Robert 605,964
18 Alexander 602,680
19 Justin 601,721
20 Jonathan 600,513
21 Tyler 570,679
22 Benjamin 539,810
23 Zachary 505,194
24 Kevin 469,808
25 Thomas 463,558
26 Samuel 452,696
27 Ethan 452,499
28 Noah 446,533
29 Nathan 419,400
30 Kyle 404,551
31 Jason 400,655
32 Austin 399,838
33 Aaron 396,102
34 Dylan 390,522
35 Christian 389,639
36 Eric 382,436
37 Adam 375,597
38 Jordan 371,379
39 Brian 369,583
40 Jose 362,527
41 Logan 361,780
42 Charles 343,870
43 Steven 334,218
44 Elijah 324,766
45 Gabriel 323,516
46 Mason 312,621
47 Timothy 312,059
48 Caleb 296,738
49 Liam 292,067
50 Richard 279,906

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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