Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1990

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1990. 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 1990, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1990.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 885,381
2 Jacob 760,442
3 Matthew 720,545
4 Joshua 683,666
5 Christopher 682,958
6 Daniel 637,259
7 William 607,738
8 Andrew 596,926
9 Joseph 595,102
10 James 584,090
11 David 573,771
12 Anthony 540,251
13 Alexander 532,777
14 Nicholas 531,055
15 John 527,880
16 Ryan 519,656
17 Tyler 494,542
18 Brandon 462,573
19 Ethan 444,158
20 Benjamin 440,214
21 Noah 438,301
22 Jonathan 435,259
23 Zachary 418,583
24 Samuel 397,302
25 Justin 395,075
26 Robert 387,370
27 Dylan 378,605
28 Austin 372,957
29 Christian 366,488
30 Logan 349,684
31 Nathan 346,605
32 Thomas 338,049
33 Kevin 334,012
34 Jordan 322,285
35 Elijah 319,445
36 Mason 308,058
37 Jose 301,607
38 Gabriel 301,428
39 Aaron 300,006
40 Liam 290,934
41 Kyle 283,157
42 Caleb 280,086
43 Lucas 261,322
44 Jackson 260,444
45 Cameron 258,159
46 Charles 255,660
47 Luke 250,792
48 Isaac 246,012
49 Jack 245,855
50 Hunter 242,565

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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