Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1991

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1991. 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 1991, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1991.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 820,079
2 Jacob 738,429
3 Matthew 675,726
4 Joshua 640,445
5 Christopher 630,611
6 Daniel 603,436
7 William 582,837
8 Joseph 564,974
9 Andrew 563,263
10 James 551,734
11 David 540,022
12 Alexander 516,586
13 Anthony 515,171
14 Nicholas 503,140
15 John 498,795
16 Ryan 490,404
17 Tyler 473,904
18 Brandon 440,410
19 Ethan 437,168
20 Noah 436,992
21 Benjamin 425,588
22 Jonathan 411,183
23 Zachary 398,156
24 Samuel 386,415
25 Dylan 374,192
26 Austin 365,045
27 Justin 364,429
28 Christian 359,710
29 Robert 358,493
30 Logan 346,249
31 Nathan 335,667
32 Thomas 319,826
33 Elijah 318,305
34 Kevin 313,601
35 Mason 306,580
36 Jordan 306,152
37 Gabriel 297,732
38 Liam 290,657
39 Jose 290,093
40 Aaron 285,453
41 Caleb 275,933
42 Kyle 260,451
43 Jackson 259,653
44 Lucas 258,234
45 Cameron 251,494
46 Luke 247,909
47 Jack 244,021
48 Charles 243,665
49 Isaac 243,585
50 Hunter 241,175

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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