Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1992

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1992. 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 1992, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1992.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 750,457
2 Jacob 705,629
3 Matthew 627,060
4 Joshua 594,076
5 Christopher 577,970
6 Daniel 563,468
7 William 547,689
8 Joseph 527,369
9 Andrew 526,600
10 James 509,196
11 David 501,867
12 Alexander 490,273
13 Anthony 484,175
14 Nicholas 472,161
15 John 463,064
16 Ryan 458,502
17 Tyler 446,441
18 Ethan 422,770
19 Noah 417,056
20 Brandon 412,629
21 Benjamin 400,872
22 Jonathan 384,035
23 Zachary 374,528
24 Samuel 366,843
25 Dylan 357,732
26 Austin 352,640
27 Christian 345,825
28 Justin 335,570
29 Logan 334,781
30 Robert 327,608
31 Nathan 319,650
32 Elijah 304,981
33 Thomas 296,573
34 Mason 296,557
35 Kevin 291,281
36 Jordan 286,259
37 Gabriel 286,133
38 Jose 274,378
39 Liam 269,929
40 Aaron 266,716
41 Caleb 265,333
42 Jackson 250,406
43 Lucas 244,088
44 Cameron 239,858
45 Kyle 238,036
46 Luke 237,551
47 Hunter 235,685
48 Isaac 234,393
49 Jack 233,185
50 Jayden 231,453

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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