Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 1993

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 1993. 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 1993, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1993.

Rank Name Count
1 Michael 704,889
2 Jacob 687,567
3 Matthew 596,350
4 Joshua 563,007
5 Daniel 543,364
6 Christopher 541,044
7 William 535,906
8 Joseph 507,239
9 Andrew 501,187
10 James 492,717
11 David 481,192
12 Alexander 478,879
13 Anthony 467,563
14 Nicholas 448,024
15 John 444,747
16 Ryan 435,861
17 Noah 434,254
18 Ethan 426,135
19 Tyler 419,894
20 Benjamin 398,263
21 Brandon 384,769
22 Jonathan 366,803
23 Samuel 363,843
24 Zachary 351,974
25 Dylan 349,367
26 Austin 344,535
27 Christian 338,312
28 Logan 338,130
29 Elijah 315,437
30 Nathan 315,022
31 Justin 314,024
32 Robert 307,568
33 Mason 302,346
34 Liam 290,081
35 Gabriel 288,983
36 Thomas 287,755
37 Jordan 276,107
38 Kevin 273,702
39 Jose 266,547
40 Caleb 266,032
41 Jackson 257,113
42 Aaron 256,704
43 Lucas 251,619
44 Luke 240,829
45 Jack 240,004
46 Aiden 239,105
47 Isaac 238,313
48 Jayden 237,869
49 Cameron 237,445
50 Hunter 236,709

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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